Rudolf has been a chef in our hotel for 20 years now. He surprises the guests every day with a delicious 4-5 course menu. He’s a chef, you know chefs, they do have their temper sometimes. He doesn’t throw things around the kitchen though. Otherwise a lovely, creative guy from Austria who loves travelling in his campervan when he’s off work few months in the year.
Rudi about himself:
Mountain, cuisine and creativity – what do these 3 word have to do with my person? Grew up in Tyrol in Austria, I wandered through the beautiful mountains of the Alps already as a toddler with my parents. The fascination for the Alps has been with me in youth and adulthood. In spring 1995 I had an oppurtunity to start working in Hotel Parnass as a chef. I was, a person can say, double happy, because Hotel Parnass is a family run business and because I can enjoy the breathtaking mountain surroundings for 9 months here in Zermatt.
Favourite place:
Bahnhofstrasse
Favourite hike:
Favourite piste:
Gornergrat
Must do activity in Zermatt:
Ice palace on Klein Matterhorn, Alpine Museum and Gornergrat.
Some people about Rudi’s kitchen:
‘Theresia and the staff are always so wonderful to us and spoil us with a wonderful 5 course meal every evening. ‘
‘Dinner is also offered and it should not be missed. Dinner is a five course meal that was always excellent. Dietary concerns (I don’t eat pork, veal or lamb) are respected with carefully prepared substitutes offered.’
‘The food is definitely first-rate, I highly recommend the delicious five-course dinners – you get a different menu every evening, excellent ingredients, presentation and service. It is so good that other restaurants pale in comparison. ‘
‘The five-course dinner was excellent. Although a set meal there was the opportunity at breakfast time to request and alternative dish.’
‘The 5 course dinners each night were simply outstanding. They were varied and “gourmet” enough to satisfy my wife and I and our more gastronomically inclined son, but not so over the top to prevent our two “meat-and-potatoes” boys from enjoying most courses as well.’
Text: Agnieszka Wajs
Hotel Parnass 