Bavaria for Gourmets, Beer Lovers and Wine Connoisseurs

On the way to chefs who will spoil you with either hearty, down-to-earth dishes or sometimes refined fine dining. Meet innovative winemakers, cheese makers, and innkeepers. With our stories, you can accompany brewers, fishermen and hunters, cheese makers, a natural baker and a sommelier of fine spirits. With many enjoyable portraits, stories, recipes and snappy listicles.

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They're brewing something!

Zoigl is a bottom-fermented beer specialty produced in the so-called communal breweries. Beer enjoyment and hiking in the Upper Palatinate Forest!

Muk Röhrl ist Gastronom in der elften Generation und führt das traditionelle Gasthaus

Landlord Muk Röhrl

The “Gasthaus Röhrl” has been in the hands of just one family since 1658. We met up with Muk Röhrl, who is the eleventh generation to run this inn

Im Strandbad Lindenhof am Bodensee lässt Teresa im Sommer gemütlich den Tag ausklingen

Winemaker Teresa Deufel

The charming winery of Teresa Deufel is located directly on Lake Constance - a meeting place for locals and visitors

Baroque with a refined aftertaste

The romance of wine can be enjoyed at its best in Würzburg. Baroque opulence, creative beers and whisky with Franconian character also await you.

Gesundheitsuntersuchung eines Spiegelkarpfens

Round and healthy

From September to April, gourmets make a pilgrimage to the Franconian Aischgrund region to enjoy the carp bred there. We tasted them

Silvia Beyer: Bei Pfronten betreibt sie die erste vegetarische Berghütte in den Alpen

Mountain hut owner Silvia Beyer

Instead of Schnitzel and cold meats, the menu of the Hündeleskopfhütte offers vegan cheese spätzle and zucchini lasagne

Bio-Gärtner Sebastian Niedermaier im Biergarten in Bamberg

13 x Abbey Breweries

Bavaria is blessed with monasteries. Their location and art treasures attract many visitors, as do the beers brewed there. Our reporter tips. Cheers!

Recipe Tips from our Bavaria Insiders

The recipes of our Bavaria insiders bring new interpretations of traditional Bavarian dishes into your kitchen and onto your table. View all recipes

Lasst euch die vegetarische Linsensuppe mit Alb-Leisa-Linsen schmecken

Alb-Leisa lentil soup

Silvia Beyer from the "Hündeleskopfhütte" near Pfronten cooks vegetarian food. Instead of schnitzel and bacon platters, she serves cheese spaetzle

Der Grünkernslalat wird wahlweise von Brot und Ziegenkäse begleitet

Green spelt salad with asparagus

Caro Schenk cooks in the Heckenwirtschaft of the Schenk winery. Caro Schenk presents her recipe for a fresh green spelt salad with asparagus

Die Bayerisch Creme wird mit dem Fruchtspiegel überzogen und Minzblättern garniert

Bavarian Creme with raspberries

As the head of Wild-Berghof Buchet, Thomas Gstettenbauer, introduces you to his Bavarian Creme with raspberries

Chocolate mountain pepper tartlet with raspberries

Stefanie Bauer reinterprets Bavarian cuisine. And because a good meal should never be complete without dessert, she presents chocolate mountain pepper

Kalte Gurken-Krensuppe mit Brunnenkresse verziert

Char filet with cucumber soup

Alexander Huber is the head chef at the "Huberwirt". He serves both inn classics and haute cuisine. He presents you with a wonderful char recipe

Auf dem Zander wird der Spargel drapiert und daneben Risotto und Sauce platziert

Pike-perch fillet with green asparagus and Bavarian risotto

Alexander Huber cooks at the "Huberwirt". He serves star-level cuisine and classic pub dishes of outstanding quality. He presents a pike-perch recipe

Das fertig zubereitete Dessert wird wird neben den restlichen Buchteln und Marillen drapiert

Buchteln (a filled yeast pastry) with chocolate sauce and apricot roast

Alexander Huber has a Michelin star and cooks at the "Huberwirt". He presents his recipe for Buchteln with homemade chocolate sauce and fruity apricot