This page names who runs 45 leading hotels and 53 leading restaurants in Germany, each with a dated source. It is part of the full record of who runs the world's best hotels and who leads the world's best restaurants, and is updated every week.
Last updated 10 November 2026.
Hotels in Germany
| Hotel | General manager | Executive chef |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel PURSAndernach | Phillip Doetsch (source, July 2026) | Peter Fridén |
| Grand Hotel HeiligendammBad Doberan | Fabian Engels (source, May 2026) | Steffen Duckhorn |
| Villa ContessaBad Saarow | Marina Runge (source, April 2023) | |
| Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa, Oetker HotelsBaden-Baden | Stephan Bösch (source, 21 May 2025) | Sebastian Haverkemper |
| Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof Baden BadenBaden-Baden | Holger Flory (source, August 2026) | Marcel S. Traber |
| Hotel BareissBaiersbronn | Clemens Degenhardt (source, 20 August 2026) | Daniel Sorge |
| Hotel Traube TonbachBaiersbronn | Sebastian Finkbeiner (source, 6 November 2026) | Torsten Michel |
| Kempinski Hotel BerchtesgadenBerchtesgaden | Werner Müller (source, 25 March 2025) | Ulrich Heimann |
| Hotel Adlon Kempinski BerlinBerlin | Christian Hirt (source, 12 November 2025) | Jonas Zörner |
| Hotel Palace BerlinBerlin | Michael Frenzel (source, August 2026) | |
| Patrick Hellmann SchlosshotelBerlin | Stefan Athmann (source, July 2026) | Sandy Bohm |
| TelegraphenamtBerlin | Johannes Mayr (source, September 2026) | Elmar Sertel |
| The Ritz-Carlton, BerlinBerlin | Leonard Cernko (source, 18 June 2024) | Lukas Bachl |
| Waldorf Astoria BerlinBerlin | Christian Schwenke (source, 6 January 2025) | Daniel Behrendt |
| Spa & Golf Hotel Weimarer LandBlankenhain | Daniel Stenzel (source, July 2026) | Danny Schwabe |
| Excelsior Hotel ErnstCologne | Georg Plesser (source, February 2026) | Lars Wolf |
| Severin's Resort & Spa ÖschberghofDonaueschingen | Michael Artner (source, November 2026) | Manuel Ulrich |
| Bülow PalaisDresden | Robbert van Rijsbergen (source, October 2026) | Thorsten Bubolz |
| Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski DresdenDresden | Marten Schwass (source, July 2025) | Marcel Spahn |
| Breidenbacher Hof DüsseldorfDüsseldorf | Cyrus Heydarian (source, 28 July 2026) | Philipp Ferber |
| Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa Retreat and Cultural HideawayElmau | Lukas Leitz (source) | Philipp Schlosshauer |
| Das Achental ResortGrassau | Nikolai Bloyd (source, 2026) | Edip Sigl |
| Hotel Louis C. JacobHamburg | Judith Fuchs-Eckhoff (source, July 2025) | Thomas Martin |
| Hotel Vier JahreszeitenHamburg | Ingo C. Peters (source, 2026) | Christoph Rüffer |
| The Fontenay HamburgHamburg | Thies Sponholz (source, February 2026) | Julian Stowasser |
| Vitalhotel Alter MeierhofHeiligendamm | Dirk Luther (source, October 2026) | Sebastian Buchta |
| Luisenhöhe - Gesundheitsresort SchwarzwaldHorben | Caroline Möller and Niels Möller (source, September 2026) | Niels Möller |
| Das Kranzbach Hotel & Wellness RetreatKranzbach | Henning A. Schaub (source, August 2026) | |
| Mandarin Oriental, MunichMunich | Barbara Göttling (source, 13 May 2026) | |
| Rosewood MunichMunich | Roland Duerr (also spelled Roland Dürr) (source, 15 April 2026) | Matthias Brenner |
| The Charles Hotel, a Rocco Forte HotelMunich | Ulrich Schwer (source, October 2025) | Caspar Bork |
| Seesteg NorderneyNorderney | Jens Brune and Marc Brune (owners; no separate general manager found) (source, May 2025) | Markus Kebschull |
| Gut SteinbachReit im Winkl | Raphael Merkel (source, January 2026) | Achim Hack |
| Althoff Seehotel ÜberfahrtRottach-Egern | Vincent Ludwig (source, 15 January 2026) | Cornelia Fischer |
| Park-Hotel Egerner HöfeRottach-Egern | Milos Colovic (source, January 2025) | Matthias Beck |
| Parkhotel Egerner HöfeRottach-Egern | Milos Colovic (source, January 2025) | Thomas Kellermann |
| Wellness & Sport Hotel JagdhofRöhrnbach | Michael Ritzinger (source) | Thomas Ritzinger |
| La MaisonSaarlouis | Maja Stephan (source, September 2025) | Sebastian Sandor |
| BUDERSAND Hotel – Golf & Spa - SyltSylt | Marco Winter (source, June 2026) | Felix Gabel |
| Landhaus StrickerSylt | Holger Bodendorf (source, June 2026) | Denis Brühl |
| Severin's Resort & SpaSylt | Max Westphal (source, October 2026) | René Verse |
| Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury ResortWeissenhaus | Martin Elsner (source, February 2026) | |
| Hotel Nassauer HofWiesbaden | Jakob Stöhrer (source, 27 March 2026) | Michael Kammermeier |
| The Ritz-Carlton, WolfsburgWolfsburg | Bernd Knaier (source, 30 July 2026) | Fabian Schröter |
| Chiemgauhof Lakeside RetreatÜbersee | Nikolai Bloyd (source, 2025) | Max Müller |
Restaurants in Germany
| Restaurant | Chef |
|---|---|
| AUGUSTAugsburg | Christian Grünwald (source, September 2026) |
| Le PavillonBad Peterstal-Griesbach | Martin Herrmann (source, 2025) |
| BareissBaiersbronn | Claus-Peter Lumpp (source, 2026) |
| SchwarzwaldstubeBaiersbronn | Torsten Michel (source, 29 May 2026) |
| PURBerchtesgaden | Ulrich Heimann (source, 5 September 2026) |
| VendômeBergisch Gladbach | Dennis Kuckuck (source, June 2026) |
| CODA Dessert DiningBerlin | René Frank (source, September 2026) |
| FACILBerlin | Michael Kempf (source, June 2026) |
| HorváthBerlin | Sebastian Frank (source, 11 July 2026) |
| Nobelhart & SchmutzigBerlin | Micha Schäfer (source, May 2026) |
| RutzBerlin | Marco Müller (source, 23 June 2026) |
| Waldhotel SonnoraDreis | Clemens Rambichler (source, July 2023) |
| LafleurFrankfurt am Main | Andreas Krolik (source, 22 September 2026) |
| RAUSCHFrankfurt am Main | Jochim Busch (source, October 2026) |
| the duneFrankfurt am Main | Niclas Nußbaumer (source, 7 October 2026) |
| Meierei Dirk LutherGlücksburg | Dirk Luther (source, 2026) |
| ES:SENZGrassau | Edip Sigl (source, 27 March 2024) |
| 100/200 KitchenHamburg | Thomas Imbusch (source, 2026) |
| LakesideHamburg | Julian Stowasser (source, October 2026) |
| Restaurant HaerlinHamburg | Christoph Rüffer (source) |
| The Table Kevin FehlingHamburg | Kevin Fehling (source, February 2026) |
| JanteHannover | Tony Hohlfeld (source, March 2026) |
| VotumHannover | Benjamin Gallein (source, April 2025) |
| seinKarlsruhe | Thorsten Bender (source, 2026) |
| OpheliaKonstanz | Dirk Hoberg (source, May 2026) |
| IKIGAIKrün | Christoph Rainer (source, July 2026) |
| Ox & KleeKöln | Daniel Gottschlich (source, October 2026) |
| OPUS VMannheim | Dominik Paul (source, September 2026) |
| Alois - Dallmayr Fine DiningMunich | Rosina Ostler (source, December 2023) |
| AtelierMunich | Kevin Romes (source, 26 August 2026) |
| JAN - Jan HartwigMunich | Jan Hartwig (source, 2026) |
| TantrisMunich | Benjamin Chmura (source, 14 August 2026) |
| THE CLOUD by KäferMunich | Jens Madsen (source, 20 October 2026) |
| Tohru in der SchreibereiMunich | Tohru Nakamura (source, 23 October 2026) |
| Coeur D'ArtichautMünster | Frédéric Morel (source) |
| Obendorfers EisvogelNeunburg vorm Wald | Sebastian Obendorfer (source, October 2026) |
| EssigbrätleinNürnberg | Andree Köthe and Yves Ollech (source, 2026) |
| etzNürnberg | Felix Schneider (source, September 2026) |
| Victor's Fine Dining by Christian BauPerl | Christian Bau (source, April 2026) |
| schanz. restaurant.Piesport | Thomas Schanz (source, 2026) |
| Gourmetrestaurant DichterRottach-Egern | Thomas Kellermann (source, 2026) |
| ammolite - The Lighthouse RestaurantRust | Peter Hagen-Wiest (source, October 2026) |
| EsplanadeSaarbrücken | Silio Del Fabro (source, July 2026) |
| GästeHaus Klaus ErfortSaarbrücken | Klaus Erfort (source, September 2026) |
| ATAMA by Martin StoppSankt Ingbert | Martin Stopp (source, August 2026) |
| MühleSchluchsee | Fabian Obergfell (source, June 2026) |
| SpeisemeistereiStuttgart | Stefan Gschwendtner (source) |
| HirschenSulzburg | Douce Steiner (source, June 2025) |
| Oswald's GourmetstubeTeisnach | Thomas Gerber (source, September 2025) |
| IntenseWachenheim an der Weinstraße | Benjamin Peifer (source, 5 July 2025) |
| PietschWernigerode | Robin Pietsch chef patronLuis Hendricks head chef (source, 6 September 2026) |
| AURA by Alexander Herrmann & Tobias BätzWirsberg | Tobias Bätz (source, November 2026) |
| Le CerfZweiflingen | Boris Rommel (source, April 2026) |
The lists covered and how each name is confirmed are set out on the two main pages. Corrections are welcome at press@theluxuryofattention.com.