City of Aarau, My Hometown
on November 12, 2025 with No Comments
They call it the “Die Stadt der Schönen Giebel” The City of the Beautiful Gables”, the name comes from the River Aare, which flows along the banks of Aarau
My Life Story as a Chef
on October 3, 2025 with No Comments
This is a short version of the life of a Chef and Hospitality Consultant spanning over 55 years and seven countries. Author Ulrich Koepf My Life Story as a Chef and Hospitality Consultant I was born in a small Town … Read More
Aargauer Tagblatt 1977!
on September 25, 2025 with No Comments
The Day I Served the Future on a Plate (South Florida Wasn’t Ready)
on September 25, 2025 with No Comments
The Day I Served the Future on a Plate (South Florida Wasn’t Ready) Cuisine Nouvelle (or Nouvelle Cuisine) was revolutionary in the 1960s–70s in France—lighter sauces, fresher ingredients, artistic plating—and it really spread worldwide in the 1980s. If you were … Read More
Karma is a Bitch!😁
on August 4, 2025 with No Comments
Well, after making fun of my two brothers-in-law for years, telling them they are not really Swiss because they grew up in a Village called Hallau in the Canton of Schaffhausen, this is a part of Switzerland, looping very close … Read More
Memories from the time in the Swiss Army
on March 24, 2025 with No Comments
Where are they all now, 54 years later?! The second page is a price list of provisions calculated for 100 Soldiers, that I had to use during my time!
“Bleib Links” in Bermuda
on March 14, 2025 with No Comments
Als Koch kam ich 1972 auf den Bermudas an, einer subtropischen Insel im Atlantik, etwa 700 Meilen vor der Küste New Yorks oder Carolinas. Direkt nach meinem Militärdienst in der Schweizer Armee war es mein erster Flug aus der Schweiz … Read More
“Stay Left” in Bermuda!
on March 14, 2025 with No Comments
As a Chef, I arrived in Bermuda, a subtropical island in the Atlantic Ocean, about 700 miles off the coast of New York or the Carolinas, as a chef in 1972. Fresh off my military service in the Swiss Army, … Read More
A Recipe for Success during your Hospitality Career!
on June 13, 2024 with No Comments
Leadership style at eye level has always helped me the most during my hospitality career for 50 years. It didn’t matter whether I was talking to a Dishwasher, a prep cook, or a General Manager. That was always important to … Read More