Johann Lafer

{{short description|Austrian chef}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|9|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = St. Stefan im Rosental, Steiermark, Austria

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| occupation = Chef

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| website = {{url|lafer.de}}

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Johann Lafer (born 27 September 1957) is an Austrian chef living in Germany.{{Cite web |title=Prediger hinter dem Herd |url=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/mein-weg/johann-lafer-prediger-hinter-dem-herd-1383843.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806233356/http://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/mein-weg/johann-lafer-prediger-hinter-dem-herd-1383843.html |archive-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=dead}} He became well known through his TV cooking show and his numerous cookbooks. His television show is self-produced.

He was a regular guest of the television host Markus Lanz, in whose show he regularly prepared meals in front of an audience.{{Cite web|title=Ein Leben zwischen Küche und Kamera|url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/ein-leben-zwischen-kueche-und-kamera-100.html|access-date=20 December 2021|website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur|date=27 September 2007 |language=de}}

He lives with his wife Silvia{{Cite web |title=10 FRAGEN AN Silvia Buchholz-Lafer |url=http://sommelier-magazin.de/159-aWQ9NDI0MA-~box2~intern~meldungen_aktuelles~meldungen_aktuelles_detail.html |website=sommelier-magazin.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316084814/http://sommelier-magazin.de/159-aWQ9NDI0MA-~box2~intern~meldungen_aktuelles~meldungen_aktuelles_detail.html |archive-date=16 March 2013 |url-status=dead}} and two children Jennifer and Jonathan in a little village called Guldental.{{Cite web|title=Consent|url=https://www.restaurant-ranglisten.de/consent/?tx_cookies_main%5Bredirect%5D=news-magazin%2Fdetails%2F6746-restaurant-geschlossen-lafer-weiter-sternekoch%2F&tx_cookies_main%5Bcontroller%5D=Main&cHash=240acf28f42e8522b33e0995e96397d6|access-date=20 December 2021|website=Restaurant Ranglisten|language=de}} He also operates a cooking school in Guldental.