Jan Hartwig has performed a true miracle. Only a few months ago he set up his own restaurant “Jan” in Munich. The crowning glory: three Michelin stars straight away. A conversation about an achievement that hasn’t existed in a hundred years of the Michelin Guide.
Herr Hartwig, the director of the Michelin Guide, Ralf Flinkenflügel, told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” that your restaurant is one of the best in Germany without a shadow of a doubt. That you have a special gift, similar to Messi or Ronaldo. Others can train as long as they want, they will never reach this level, says Flinkenflügel. Doesn’t that go down like oil?
Jan Hartwig: Yes, it goes down like oil. With a qualification of three stars, you have of course reached the Olympus of cooking. More is not possible in our industry. What Ralf Flinkenflügel wrote can be interpreted as something with an asterisk, which is great, of course.