Tim Raue
Tim Raue is a multiple award-winning top chef from Berlin.
He is an entrepreneur, team leader, media personality, and a person with an extraordinary story. With clarity, energy, and remarkable credibility, he speaks about success, discipline, motivation, and the question of what enables individuals and teams to achieve peak performance.
Tim Raue stands for a direct, ambitious manner and for precision. His talks are inspiring and approachable – driven by genuine experience and the conviction that performance, attitude, and enthusiasm are the foundation of sustainable success.
Tim Raue Lecture topics
Chef Tim Raue talks about:
- how he worked his way up to become one of the 50 best chefs in the world
- what it takes in terms of passion, humility, and discipline
- how important it is to view work & performance positively and as an absolute enrichment of life
Head Chef Tim Raue talks about:
- how, in fine dining, the productive trade – the kitchen – can communicate with the entertainment trade – the service – in pursuit of one common goal: making guests happy and inspiring them
Entrepreneur Tim Raue explains:
- how he leads 11 restaurants located all around the world
- how he delegates, motivates, challenges, and supports teams
- how he works with employees from all 5 continents
My Way – The Person Tim Raue talks about:
- what it is like to grow up in extreme poverty and still find your way despite a lack of prospects
- how this period shaped him
- and why it is so important to him, as a mentor, that young people in this phase of life between school and vocational training receive support
Media Professional Tim Raue talks about:
- what it means to become known to a million-strong audience through formats such as Chef’s Table, Kitchen Impossible, Herr Raue reist, and The Taste
- how to deal with sudden international attention, pressure of expectations, visibility, and success
- what travel, competition, boundary-pushing experiences, and encounters on all continents have taught him about enjoyment, culture, and peak performance
Brand Ambassador Tim Raue talks about:
- how brands, products, and experiences can be credibly connected with personality, attitude, and storytelling
- how companies can emotionally inspire employees and customers for their brand
- why clear language, humor, energy, discipline, humility, and the unconditional will to succeed make the difference
Who is Tim Raue?
Born in Berlin in 1974, entrepreneur and top chef began his training as a chef at the age of 17 and, after successfully completing it, gained experience in various Berlin restaurants. At just 23, he took on the position of head chef for the first time. In 2003 came his first international role: as Executive Chef and Global Culinary Advisor at Swissôtel Berlin, he was responsible for the kitchen of Restaurant 44 and supported the hotel group’s culinary teams worldwide with his expertise. In 2007, the restaurant was awarded one Michelin star and 18 points by Gault&Millau, while Raue himself was named “Chef of the Year.”
In 2008, Raue took on the position of Culinary Director and Corporate Executive Chef at Adlon Holding GmbH. Just five months after the opening of Restaurant MÂ Tim Raue, he earned one Michelin star there as well as 18 points in Gault&Millau.
In September 2010, together with his business partner Marie-Anne Wild, he opened Restaurant Tim Raue. In 2011, it was awarded two Michelin stars. In 2012, the restaurant appeared for the first time on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. It is currently ranked number 58 there. The renowned gourmet guide Gault&Millau awarded Restaurant Tim Raue five black toques. Tim Raue himself was named “Restaurateur of the Year 2014” by the same guide. This distinction honors not only his work as a Michelin-starred chef, but also his achievements as an entrepreneur.
As he himself says:
“With Restaurant Tim Raue, I fulfilled a lifelong dream – but my other projects represent culinary freedom for me and the opportunity to fully realize my many ideas with the help of my head chefs.”
He is currently responsible as patron for the Brasserie Colette Tim Raue in Munich, Konstanz, and Berlin, as well as for the Hanami by Tim Raue restaurants and the Fugu with Tim Raue restaurant on ships in the TUI Mein Schiff fleet. Tim Raue is also a brand ambassador for METRO. In June 2025, he opened SPHERE by Tim Raue in Berlin’s TV Tower.
In addition to publishing a number of books – including the autobiography “Ich weiss was Hunger ist” (I Know What Hunger Is) and the cookbook “My Way“ – Tim Raue has also been successful on screen. He is the only German head chef to whom an entire episode of the Netflix hit series Chef’s Table has been dedicated. He also appears regularly on the popular TV format Kitchen Impossible with Tim Mälzer as both guest and challenger, and has been a longstanding jury member on SAT.1’s hit show The Taste. In search of new aromas, authentic flavors, and emotional culinary moments, Raue has also been traveling the world since 2021 under the title Herr Raue reist for MagentaTV.
Wolfram Sauer's opinion on Tim Raue
Tim Raue brings something to the stage that can’t be taught: lived consistency. You can tell that he didn’t build his path in theory, but earned it – through resistance, with clear standards, and without shortcuts.
When he speaks, it’s less about big concepts and more about mindset. About standards, discipline, and what it truly takes to perform at a high level over time. His style is direct and unfiltered, yet never arbitrary – his perspective is clear, demanding, and grounded in real experience.
His impulses aren’t designed to be comfortable. They resonate with people who carry responsibility and understand that real performance requires consistency – in thinking, in action, and in how you lead yourself and others.
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