Eduard Frauneder
{{Short description|Austrian chef and restaurateur}}File:Eduard Frauneder pic.png
Eduard (Edi) Peter Frauneder (born 1977) is an Austrian chef known for his promotion of Austrian cuisine in New York City, where he started multiple restaurants.{{Cite web|last=Böck|first=Mario|date=2018-02-20|title=Gold für Gastro-Pionier Frauneder|url=https://www.w24.at/News/2018/2/Gold-fuer-Gastro-Pionier-Frauneder|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013104449/https://www.w24.at/News/2018/2/Gold-fuer-Gastro-Pionier-Frauneder |archive-date=2020-10-13 |access-date=2020-10-12|website=|language=de-DE}} He earned his first Michelin Star in 2010 and became "one of the world's youngest Michelin Starred chefs".{{Cite web|date=February 16, 2013|title=THE Dish: Chef Eduard Frauneder's Wiener Schnitzel|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-dish-chef-eduard-frauneders-wiener-schnitzel/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en}}
Early life
Eduard (Edi) Frauneder was born in Vienna, Austria in 1977 to Maria and Eduard Frauneder. He grew up in the bakery/pastry shop of his parents where he worked with his father.{{Cite web|title=Eduard Frauneder|url=https://www.tasteofaustria.org/meet-the-chefs/2015/3/5/eduard-frauneder|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Taste of Austria|language=en-US}} The elder Frauneder was the second generation owner of Backerei Frauneder in Vienna. Frauneder trained as a baker and pastry chef in the family business before attending culinary school in Vienna at Gastgewerbefachschule Wien am Judenplatz.{{Cite web|title=DIE GAFA – Gastgewerbefachschule, 1010 Wien|url=https://gafa.ac.at/|access-date=2021-12-20|language=de-DE}}
Career
At the age of 19 Frauneder moved to London where he worked as the personal chef to the Austrian Ambassador. In 2001, he moved to New York where he became the personal chef to the German Ambassador to the United Nations.{{Cite web|last=Amt|first=Auswärtiges|title=Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations |url=https://new-york-un.diplo.de/un-en|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations|language=en}} He opened four restaurants in New York City (Seasonal, Edi and The Wolf, Bar Freud, Schilling) and bar The Third Man.{{Citation|title=List of Michelin starred restaurants in New York City|date=2020-05-07|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Michelin_starred_restaurants_in_New_York_City&oldid=955446509|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2020-10-13}}{{Cite web|last=Peed|first=Mike|title=Edi & the Wolf|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/04/edi-the-wolf|access-date=2020-06-06|website=The New Yorker|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Stein|first=Joshua David|date=2013-03-27|title=The Third Man|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/fashion/the-third-man-a-bar-opens-in-the-east-village.html|access-date=2020-06-06|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last=Fabricant|first=Florence|date=2018-02-27|title=Bar Freud, Serving Inventive Cocktails, Opens in Greenwich Village|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/dining/bar-freud-restaurant-news.html|access-date=2020-06-06|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|last=staff/emily-siegel|date=2016-05-25|title=Schnitzel Meets The Mediterranean With The Debut Of Schilling In FiDi|url=http://gothamist.com/food/schnitzel-meets-the-mediterranean-with-the-debut-of-schilling-in-fidi|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Gothamist|language=en}}
Personal life
In 2017 Frauneder married Dr. Tracy-Ann Moo, a breast surgical oncologist.{{Cite web|last=dieter.chmelar|title=Star-Gastronom Frauneder heiratet im Stephansdom|url=https://kurier.at/stars/star-gastronom-frauneder-heiratet-im-stephansdom/268.011.446|access-date=2020-06-06|website=kurier.at|language=de}} They have 2 children Eduard and Vienna. Frauneder is an avid Kite surfer.{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Jen|date=2014-07-28|title=The Kitesurfing Workout of Chef Eduard Frauneder|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kitesurfing-workout-of-chef-eduard-frauneder-1406564150|access-date=2020-06-06|issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite web|title=How top chefs train|url=https://furthermore.equinox.com/articles/2018/10/how-top-chefs-train|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Furthermore from Equinox}}
Awards and honors
Awards
Media honors
- 2010 - Michelin Star for the restaurant Seasonal
- 2012 - Winner, Iron Chef America
- 2014 - Winner, Knife Fight, third season{{Citation|title="Knife Fight" Alligator (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4884954/plotsummary|access-date=2020-10-13}}
Television credits
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|Show Name/Network |Year |Role |Citation |
| Iron Chef America/Food Network
|10/07/12 |Himself, chef |
| Fox Business
|10/02/12 |Himself, guest |
| Lebe Deinen Traum
|03/13/13 |Himself, guest |
| CBS The Dish
|02/13/13 |Himself, guest |
| Knife Fight Season 2/Esquire Network
|10/07/14 |Himself, chef |
| Chopped/ Food Network
|10/15/15 |Guest Judge |
| Knife Fight Season 3/Esquire Network
|02/06/15 |Himself, chef |
| Knife Fight Season 4/Esquire Network
|12/29/15 |Guest Judge |
| USA Today
|12/06/16 |Himself, guest |
| AZ Central
|12/14/16 |Himself, guest |
| The Food Seen
|09/25/18 |Himself, guest |
References
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