Just before star chef Alfons Schuhbeck went to jail, the prison where he is expected to serve his sentence for tax evasion is looking for a new chef. However, the position cannot be filled by prisoners, said the deputy head of the prison in Landsberg am Lech on Tuesday. In addition, by the end of the application period a good month ago, several people had already expressed interest in the position of chef or baker. The selection process is still ongoing. The media group “Münchner Merkur/tz” had previously reported on the job advertisement.
According to the job advertisement, the new cook or baker should take care of the catering for the prisoners and the employees. In addition to preparing the food, his duties also include the instruction and supervision of the prisoners employed there. Schuhbeck, who has already cooked for celebrities such as Queen Elizabeth II, Charlie Chaplin and FC Bayern players, could soon be among them.
A spokeswoman for the Munich I public prosecutor’s office announced on Friday that his lawyer had been handed the summons to begin his arrest. So it is clear that the star chef has to go to prison in the coming days. Schuhbeck was sentenced to three years and two months in prison in October 2022 for tax evasion in the millions. The court was convinced that Schuhbeck reached into the tills of two of his restaurants more than 1,000 times, making money disappear. To do this, he used a computer program that an employee had created on his behalf.