Thomas Grasberger

Hi, I'm Thomas Grasberger. I Cooked and baked for Presidents, Kings, Sultans and Heads of States and other famous, infamous and not so famous people.

... born in Upper Austria's Wels, I have done most of my growing up in Vienna. Only by sheer accident did I fall into the trade of Patissier. After a short apprentice ship at a Viennese Bakery, I was accepted for apprentice ship, at "K.u.K. Hofzuckerbacker Demel's Sohne", one of the oldest patisseries in Vienna. Learning the trade from the very basics, as the Emperor two Centuries ago would have expected from a "Patissier to the Royal and Imperial Court" (That is what the older Patissier still calls himself). I soon took to travel the world. From patisseries in America, to hotels in the Far East, Africa and the Middle East, did I accumulate a wealth of experience, ranging from bakeries to first class restaurants in major hotels to banquets for Presidents, Sultans and Heads of States and other famous, infamous and not so famous people. But the true excitement for me is in the "Viennese Cafe". Not just as an occupation, but as an institution in it own right.

Chef & B Manager at Taba Sands Hotel & Casino

2008 - 2008

Hotel Opening

F&B Manager at Golden Tulip Flamenco Hotel Cairo

2003 - 2008

Executive Bakery/Pastry Chef at InterContinental Hotels Group

2001 - 2003

Deputy Executive Chef at Scalini Ristorante

1998 - 1999

Executive Pastry Chef at Sheraton Hotels & Towers

1995 - 1997

Owner/Partner, Executive Chef, F&B Consultant at TACK s.a.r.l.

September 1999

General Manager / Owner The Austrian Cookie Kitchen s.a.r.l. o Executive Chef and F&B Consultant (Africa & Middle East) o Providing interim services to small hotel as F&B Mgr. and/or Executive Chef o Bakery / Pastry Consultant, retail and whole sale o Clients include hotels, up-market restaurants, start-up restaurants, bakeries and pastry shops o F&B systems and service training o Designing whole-sale production for local manufacturers o Recipe/formula review for factory productions o Hotel & Resort openings (F&B) o Hotel re-branding (F&B)

Cornell University

2009 – 2010

Master Certificate in the Essentials of Hospitality Management

Cornell University

2009 – 2010

Certificate in Hospitality Marketing

Concentration: Hospitality Marketing

Cornell University

2009 – 2009

Certificate in Foodservice Management

Concentration: Certificate in Foodservice Management

Berufsschule fur Zuckerbacker

1981 – 1983

Berufsschule fur Backer

1979 – 1981

Handelsschule Karlsplatz

1978 – 1979

Concentration: Business and Trade

scuba diving, travel, reading, networking, cooking, patisserie, chocolate