The 2019 Gastro Founders' Award has been presented. Among the five selected winning teams is the Über-den-Tellerrand-Café, a Munich-based restaurant concept.
A jury of experts once again selected the best gastronomic start-up concepts this year. The submitted concepts were evaluated for innovation and unique selling points at each location. The prospects for economic viability and the founders' persuasiveness were also taken into account in the jury's assessment. Five gastronomic concepts ultimately made it onto the winners' podium, including Think Outside the Box Café from Munich.
Not “just” a café, but an integration project
What's special about this Munich café is that it's not "just" a café, but rather an integration project. The café sees itself as a social enterprise and meeting place where people with and without refugee experience can cook together, and guests and staff can learn from each other. Events such as shared game nights and language cafés are intended to help establish the "Über den Tellerrand" café as a meeting place. Founders Jasmin Seipp and Julia Haarig were able to convince the jury of their idea with their personal commitment.
And what happens next?
The winning teams will present their gastronomy concepts to a large audience at the finals of the German Gastronomy Founders' Award on March 15th. Tim Mälzer will host the founders' pitches. The expert audience can choose the winner via live voting. The prizes include €10,000 in seed capital, 40 hours of consulting from the Leaders Club Germany, participation in Europe's largest congress for professional gastronomy, the International Foodservice Forum at Internorga, and a four-day trip to New York.
