Our next sommelier to put in the spotlight comes from our neighboring country. Please meet Torsten Junker who represented Germany during the 2017 ASI European Sommelier Championship in Vienna. Torsten took his first steps in the HoReCa business at the Landhotel „Tal – Café“ in Erkensruhr where I guess he also get bitten by the HoReCa bug :-) as from that moment he walked a nice path!! His career brought him to different restaurants/hotels across Germany, with exception of working on a MS Vessel in 2009 and as Chef de Service at the Wellness- & Spa Hotel Beatus in Merligen Switzerland. But missing his home country Torsten decided to return to Germany and start working at the Michelin star awa
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