It’s okay that she has to spend her day off in the restaurant again, says Julia Komp and sits down on the velvet green chair. Oriental lamps hang from the ceiling, the crockery on the laid tables is from Morocco, handcrafted, everything still shines brand new. It smells like coffee while Komp talks – and forgets the time in her Cologne restaurant.
Julia Komp received her first Michelin star in 2016, when she was the youngest star chef in Germany. A conversation about partying after work, intolerances from guests and the fortune in the form of their wine cellar.
Interviewed by
Jan Diesteldorf and Nils Wischmeyer, Cologne