Two years ago, a fire destroyed the “Schwarzwaldstube”, one of the best-known starred restaurants in Europe. Now it’s reopening. Senior boss Renate Finkbeiner on the power of the family and what makes a good hotelier.
Interviewed by
Marten Rolff
Before the interview, Renate Finkbeiner, 70, invites you to a tour of the construction site. The senior boss of the Baiersbronn hotelier clan wears an army jacket over an elegant black turtleneck sweater, her hair is braided into a wreath. She greets every craftsman by name, talks about joint widths or the advantages of oiled end-grain floors. The “Schwarzwaldstube”, the famous three-star restaurant, will reopen here next Friday. Finkbeiner calmly talks about the January 2020 disaster. What to do if everything burns down Well, start over.