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Hamburg (dpa) - Moping on the 50th birthday?

That doesn't suit Tim Mälzer.

The Hamburg TV chef wants to cook and celebrate with hundreds of people this Friday instead.

Corona-compliant, of course.

The restaurateur and entrepreneur invites you to “Cook Along” online.

“I am one of those people who love to celebrate their birthday with lots of people, friends and family.

It's a day of honor, ”says Mälzer of the German Press Agency in Hamburg.

For this purpose, Mälzer has arranged to meet himself in the kitchen of his restaurant “The Good News” on the Outer Alster.

The cook date will be broadcast on social media.

Everyone can join in.

If the "kitchen bull" has its way, the internet event can turn out to be a record party.

"I think it will be the biggest unifying social distancing event that you can imagine."

Some can even - if they have ordered the “Bad Ass Birthday Box” from Mälzer beforehand - cook the same meal and sip the same cocktails.

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The party should also be a symbol, says the Pinneberger.

The message is clear: giving up and whining does not count.

«We can't change the situation right now.

But we can fill the situation with life, with emotions, with contacts. "

That is not the yellow of the egg, but it creates new memories and new moments.

He came up with a suitable saying in the shower: "If life gives you Corona, make confetti out of it!"

Mälzer and his team have made “confetti” out of their everyday work despite the lockdown.

Among other things, they have created a delivery service for completely packed meals.

«That released creative energies and strengthened the feeling of togetherness.

In this context, we were able to keep all of my Hamburg-based employees in employment. "

That didn't bring big profits.

"But we didn't go out with a minus either."

At the end of 2020, Mälzer reacted emotionally to the effects of the Corona crisis on the catering trade on Markus Lanz's talk show.

"We always affectionately call it the crybaby appearance," says Mälzer himself with a smile.

But it is currently also an “incredibly complex and difficult challenge to work economically independently right now.

And not everyone can do that.

And that's why I use the opportunity again and again, as on talk shows, to draw attention to this grievance. "

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The Association of German Chefs values ​​Mälzer for the fact that he attracts attention with his programs and his appearances and thus strengthens the entire profession.

"It is not just since Corona that strong voices like these have been good and important for the cooking profession," says association boss Richard Beck of the dpa.

Mälzer loves what he does.

No ifs and buts.

It became clear to him early on that the Pinneberger absolutely wanted to work as a cook.

The apprenticeship was followed by positions in Hong Kong, London (at the side of Jamie Oliver, who was also unknown at the time), in the kitchens of large hotels and the first own restaurants in and around Hamburg.

The great celebrity finally came to Vox with his first cooking show.

In “Doesn't taste good, doesn't exist”, Mälzer won over TV viewers with his relaxed sayings and down-to-earth cuisine.

Young people in particular discovered the joy of cooking and feasting.

Many a viewer rubbed their eyes in amazement, says Vox managing director Sascha Schwingel of the dpa.

«TV chefs already existed - but a man with a T-shirt, cropped hair and a hamburger nose - that was new.

With this mixture, he has not only given the «cooking show» genre a completely new note, it has also redefined the image of an entire profession.

To this day there is no one who swears as nicely on German television as he does. "

The TV chef is loved by viewers for his authenticity, emotionality and his big heart - but also for his unconventional manner.

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In the meantime, with his “Bullerei” restaurant in the middle of Hamburg's Schanzenviertel, he has made a regular place in the Hanseatic city's gastronomic scene.

He has four restaurants nationwide.

He describes his kitchen as intuitive and down-to-earth.

He was shaped by the rustic cuisine of Northern Germany, the passionate cuisine of Italy and the product-loving and humble cuisine of Japan.

It's no longer just about meat.

Mälzer also has vegetarian cuisine on the list.

If he didn't love sausage, ham and bacon so much, the "kitchen bull" could even imagine living a vegetarian lifestyle.

In the world of cuisine there is "meanwhile a cornucopia of fantastic, vegetarian and vegan alternatives that are pleasurable and that taste great".

Fortunately, he is not missing much at the moment - apart from the normality without Corona.

He still has one wish: “Hopefully a good lifetime.

My life is good.

It's an adventure playground that I move around in.

It would be good if it stayed that way a little longer.

I'm not bored yet. "

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210117-99-57936 / 3

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