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
Catering for the State Representation of Hesse

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

Management of the café at the Bode-Museum and event venue on the Berlin Museumsinsel (Museum island)

2007

Catering partner for events of the „Zeitenströmung“ project, halls 9 and 12 in Dresden

Gault Millau „Restaurateur of the Year 2008“ award

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

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