Portrait of world cooking champion Agnes Karrasch in the male-dominated world of top gastronomy – at 11:05 p.m. on ORF 2
Vienna (OTS) – Another “dokFilm” premiere of the ORF focus on International Women’s Day (details at presse.ORF.at) will be presented on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 11:05 p.m. on ORF 2, co-financed by ORF as part of the film/television agreement Film “She Chef” about the years of apprenticeship and travel of Agnes Karrasch, the 2019 youth international cooking world champion, through three of the most renowned restaurants in top gastronomy. The film, which was shown in local cinemas last year, follows the woman, now in her early thirties, as she searches for her place in the elite, male-dominated world of star cuisine, in which she demands equality, respect and trust. “She Chef” provides unvarnished insights into creative haute cuisine and explores questions about the compatibility of family and career, as well as the opportunities and hurdles facing aspiring female chefs. The documentation also shows the sensual beauty of the craft – completely outside of the usual celebrity cult.
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Women are still a rarity in top-class gastronomy and are only slightly visible. The documentary “She Chef” aims to help change that. The directors Melanie Liebheit and Gereon Wetzel show the career of the young chef Agnes Karrasch in renowned star restaurants in Vienna, Cologne, Barcelona, New York and the Faroe Islands. After her training in Austria’s top restaurant Steirereck, the then 25-year-old won the World Cooking Championships in Luxembourg with the Austrian youth national team. Shortly afterwards, Karrasch begins her apprenticeship and traveling years. She wants to learn from the best chefs in the world and has the opportunity to look into the kitchens of the gourmet temples “Vendôme” in Bergisch-Gladbach, “Disfrutar” in Barcelona and “Koks” on the Faroe Islands. As different as the personalities and styles of the famous chefs she meets there may be, they have one thing in common: they are all men. There are enough reasons for this: stress, physically demanding work and family-unfriendly working hours. Topics that Agnes repeatedly discusses with her colleagues. They all want shorter working hours, more breaks and a friendlier tone. The only way to escape the current structures is to become self-employed. On the other hand, working in a fine kitchen with exquisite products and a creative, sustainable concept is the only option for her.