Nikolaus Platteter has been named Executive Chef of Severin's - The Alpine Retreat, Lech and takes up the post on 4 December 2026. (source, 12 November 2026) Marius Pieper holds the post until then.
The hotel holds a leading score in La Liste and MICHELIN Keys.
Career
- Chef de Cuisine, Restaurant OPUS, Hotel Imperial Wien, Vienna from September 2025 (source)
- Head Chef, Beef Club, Schlosshotel Fiss, Fiss, Tirol (source)
Training
- Learned classic French cuisine from the basics up under Dieter Koschina at Vila Joya in Portugal (source)
- Apprenticeship begun at Freisitz Roith and continued in Traunkirchen under Lukas Nagl (source)
Recognition
- MICHELIN star for the Beef Club at Schlosshotel Fiss (2025) (source)
From the book
How do the chefs of the world's leading restaurants run a kitchen? It is the question behind The Luxury of Attention.
Context
The people who run each of the world's leading hotels are listed in who runs the world's best hotels.
Checked 14 November 2026. Corrections are welcome at press@theluxuryofattention.com.