HISTORY
| 1823 | Kofler town backery in Bad Homburg, purveyor to the court of the German Emperor |
| 1991 | Foundation of the company, based in Frankfurt |
| 1993 | Kunsthalle Schirn/Frankfurt – Event cooperation with interior artist Alfredo Arriba |
| 1996 | Won „branch Oscar“, Herforder Preis |
| 1997 | Opening of the restaurant at the Frankfurt Zoo / Headquarters of Kofler & Kompanie at the Palais im Zoo, at the same time, event space |
| 2001 | 3rd place within the best Top Ten event caterers in Europe |
| 2003 | Opening of the Berlin Potsdamer Platz unit |
| 2004 | One Michelin star awarded to head cook, Hans Horberth/Villa Merton at the Union International Club/Frankfurt Takeover of restaurant and event venue at the Zeughaus (Armory) at the German Historical Museum / Berlin and IM Pei building Opening of the Hamburg Unit and move into the historic Curiohaus am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, both company unit and event space Catering Inside Magazine’s „Caterer of the Year“ with the PRET | A | DINER® concept |
| 2005 | 2nd Catering Inside Magazine „Caterer of the Year“ award with the implementation of molecular cuisine in catering events |
| 2006 | Foundation of Kofler & Kompanie AG, relocation of
headquarters to Berlin |
| 2007 | Catering partner for events of the „Zeitenströmung“ project,
halls 9 and 12
in Dresden Catering contract with the Bertelsmann AG Berlin Representative Office/Unter den Linden 1 Opening of the Kofler & Kompanie KOCHBAR / Hamburg, Gault Millau awards the Kofler & Kompanie KOCHBAR/Hamburg 14 points Opening of the Munich Unit, management of the event space in the original boiler house HKW Mitte/Freiheizhalle |
| 2008 | Opening of Kofler & Kompanie Showrooms KOCHLABOR at the theater and cultural space „HKW Mitte/Freiheizhalle“ in Munich Majority take-over of the Swiss premium catering company Oggenfuss Catering by Wilfinger Services Zurich/Switzerland with exclusive event venues |
| 2009 | Investment in "Düsseldorf Gourmet Team Catering GmbH" and change of it's corporate form into Kofler & Kompanie International Caterer GmbH/Düsseldorf Opening of the second KOCHLABOR at Curiohaus, Hamburg Exclusive service for the Emirate's Airline lounges at the airports in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt Development of the K I Pot (kitchen portable) - professional hardware for caterer Foundation of ICA International Caterers Alliance with partnerships in Germany, Great Britain, France and Swisse Foundation of Green Hospitality Pty. Ltd. South Africa Taking over the majority of the company Infront Hospitality Management GmbH - strategic alliance of Infront Sports & Media and Kofler & Kompanie AG Sports Hospitality during the Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa |
| 2010 | Joint Venture with Emirates Palace / Abu Dhabi Sports Hospitality during the World Cup 2010 in South Africa Cooperation with the Institut für Sporternährung e.V. and Sportklinik Bad Nauheim Villa Merton / Frankfurt - awarded "Best Restaurant in Frankfurt" by the Magazine "Frankfurt geht aus! 2011" Acquisition of the gastronomically service at the horse race track Iffezheim near Baden-Baden with the subsidiary Infront Hospitality Management GmbH |
| 2011 | Opening of the London Office Villa Merton/Frankfurt - Best Restaurant in Frankfurt / Magazin "Frankfurt geht aus! 2012" Opening of the first PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in Berlin from 17.01.-28.02.2011 Opening of the second PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in Berlin from 05.07.-13.07.2011 Opening of the third PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in Frankfurt from 08.09.-22.10.2011 Opening of the fourth PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in London from 10.-25.10.2011 Opening of the fift PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in Munich from 09.11.-17.12.2011 Awarded as "Caterer of the Year" with the concept PRET | A | DINER Dining Experience Pop-Up Restaurant "Leaders Club Award 2011" - Golden Palm for the concept PRET A DINER "Dining Experience" Pop-Up Restaurants Takeover of Café Schmus/restaurant at Jewish Museum Berlin, preferrd catering partner for events at Jewish Museum |
| 2012 | Opening of the sixth PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in Berlin from 13.01.-10.03.2012 Opening of the seventh PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in London from 09.05.-30.06.2012 Opening of the eighth PRET A DINER Pop-Up Restaurants in Monaco from 26-27.05.2012 Takeover of PARDO BAR at K21 Ständehaus in Düsseldorf, preferrd catering partner for events at K21 Ständehaus |