Sven Wassmer
SEASON 2, EPISODE 5
In this episode Justine interviews Sven Wassmer as he shares about his passion for Swiss alpine cuisine, and getting his third Michelin star after the pandemic.
Sven grew up in Frick, Aargau, and completed a chef’s apprenticeship at the Swissôtel in Basel between 2003 and 2006. He then gained experience in various top restaurants in Switzerland and neighbouring countries. As Chef Pâtisserie and Chef de Partie Garde Manger, he worked at Andreas Caminada’s Schloss Schauenstein restaurant in Fürstenau (three Michelin stars) from 2009 to 2010. He was then sous chef at the Viajante restaurant in London and at the Park Hotel Vitznau under Chef Nenad Mlinarevic.
At the end of 2014, he became head chef at Restaurant 7132 Silver at Hotel 7132 in Vals, which was awarded one Michelin star in 2016 and two Michelin stars in 2017. In 2018, Wassmer was guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus in Salzburg’s Hangar 7.
In 2019, Wassmer became Culinary Director at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. In this role, he designed and implemented the concept of the Memories and verve by sven restaurants. On 1 July 2019, his signature restaurant Memories, which seats 30, opened at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, which was awarded its third Michelin star in 2022 as well as a green Michelin star. The restaurant verve by sven was awarded one Michelin star in 2021. Since 2017, Wassmer’s restaurants have each achieved 18 points in the Gault-Millau.
Wassmer describes his style as Swiss Alpine cuisine.
You can follow Sven below to stay tuned and stay inspired with all he has going on ahead
Instagram: @svenwassmer
Website: www.svenwassmer.com
Restaurant: www.memories.ch
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