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Hans rockenwagner biography

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JOHNNY HARLOWE

In 1962, Johnny Harlowe made the jump from the silver screen to chef and owner of Dear John’s. Convinced by his pal Frank Sinatra, Johnny opened the iconic spot just a ways down from Sony Studios on Culver Blvd. It became the watering-hole for the Hollywood elite with Sinatra often in the corner playing the piano against the dark brick walls once lined with portraits of famous John’s. Seasoned chefs and entrepreneurs Josiah Citrin and Hans Röckenwagner have teamed up to re-open Dear John’s with an updated classic American menu and old-school cocktail list.

 

Hans Röckenwagner is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, baker, author, TV personality, designer and carpenter.  He launched his first restaurant at the age of 24 in Venice, which served as a platform for numerous industry honors including the James Beard Rising Chef award, Gourmet Magazine’s Top 10 Restaurants and LA Weekly’s Top 10 Bakeries, among others.  In addition to Röckenwagner Cafe in Mar Vista, Hans founded The Röckenwagner Bakery Group, which provides a ful

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Hans Röckenwagner was born in southern Germany in the late 1950s to parents who owned a restaurant there. After three years of schooling in the Black Forest, he apprenticed at the Michelin two-star Zum Adler restaurant near Basil, as well as other restaurants throughout France, Germany and Switzerland.  In 1979 at the age of 22, he was recruited by Jovan Tryboyevic to come to Chicago and work at his Le Perroquet restaurant.

In 1984, he moved to Los Angeles and in 1985, he opened Röckenwagner Café in Venice, California, and Fama in Santa Monica.   In 1991, the Venice building was sold, so Chef Hans moved Röckenwagner Café to Main Street in Santa Monica, in a building that was designed by Architect Frank Gehry.  In a corner of the café he had opened a little bakery, called Röckenwagner Bakery, and today it has expanded to stores and products throughout Southern California.

In 1996, Great Chefs Television was producing their Great Chefs – Great Cities series, and showed up on Santa Monica’s Main Street to tape Chef Hans Röckenwager preparing three dishes: a Langoustine Purse wi

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Chef Hans Rockenwagner of Rockenwagner - Biography

Hans Rockenwagner completed his rigorous apprenticeship and three years of schooling in the Black Forest, where he learned the fine points of combining classical French and Nouvelle Cuisine with elegant presentation.He perfected these techniques while cooking and traveling in Germany, France, and Switzerland. Rockenwagner came to the United States after being recruited by Jovan Tryboyevic of the legendary Le Perroquet Restaurant in Chicago. At the age of twenty-two, Rockenwagner was one of the youngest talents to command a fine dining kitchen in the nation.



He moved to Los Angeles in 1984 to open his own restaurant, Röckenwagner, which gains notoriety year after year as one of the top restaurants in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times, Gourmet Magazine, the Zagat Survey, and the Food Network consistently praise Rockenwagner's intelligent cooking and his ability to seamlessly meld classic with new, while integrating innovative, whimsical presentation. In 2000, Röckenwagner was named one of the top ten resta

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