Restaurant Ikarus
From dream to reality: Restaurant Ikarus's guest chef concept
Gleaming white chefs' hats, checked trousers, hustle and bustle – if you're expecting the usual Michelin-starred gastronomic clichés at Restaurant Ikarus, you'll be sadly disappointed.
The powerful stereo system is the only source of noise, the chefs' whites are jet black and the chefs wear black baseball caps bearing the Hangar-7 logo instead of toques. They are not just for appearances' sake; they express executive chef Roland Trettl's philosophy that the only tradition by which he is bound is the quality of his creations.
Quite a few things about Restaurant Ikarus in Hangar-7 are different anyway. Usually if a restaurant frequently changes head chef, it's not likely to show the establishment's quality. Restaurant Ikarus, on the other hand, has fulfilled the long-nurtured dream of every leading gastronome, because one of the culinary world's greatest challenges and visions, the guest chef concept, has been embodied and implemented there since October 2003. Every month a different top international chef takes the culinary baton from Roland Trettl.
Under the patronage of chef of the century Eckart Witzigmann, old masters and young guns from the best restaurants in the world, including Rainer Becker, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Xavier Pellicer, Carlo Cracco and Grant Achatz, have accepted the invitation to Salzburg. A massive logistical effort is required behind the scenes so guests can enjoy this culinary world tour. Exotic ingredients have to be flown in, for example. Restaurant Ikarus's grand culinary tour is also evident from the kitchen equipment: worktops with tailor-made warming plates, or a tandoori oven, have been procured for individual guest chefs. The idea is that every guest chef should find the optimum conditions enabling him or her to prepare menus as if he or she were back home. But the greatest challenge facing the team of chefs and serving staff every month is constantly adapting to the individual cooking style of the guest chefs.
Guest Chefs 2011
December, Daniel Redondo & Helena Rizzo
November, Björn Frantzén & Daniel Lindeberg
October, Xavier Pellicer for Santi Santamaria
September, Alvin Leung
August, Ikarus Team
July, Peter Goossens
June, Emmanuel Renaut
May, Anatoly Komm
April, Daniel Humm
March, Claus-Peter Lumpp
February, Marcus G. Lindner
January, Enrico & Roberto Cerea
Guest Chefs 2010
December, Mauro Colagreco
November, Sven Elverfeld
October, Hans Välimäki
September, Sergio Herman
August, Heinz Reiter, Thomas Dorfer & Icarus
July, Joan & Jordi Roca
June, Nicolas Fast & Supanut Khanarak
May, Cornelia Poletto
April, David Higgs
March, Heiko Nieder
February, Marcelo Tejedor
January, Stefano Baiocco
Guest Chefs 2009
December, Paul Pairet
November, Grant Achatz
October, René Redzepi
September, Didier corlou
August, Roland Trettl
July, Antonino Cannavacciuolo
June, Joachim Koerper
May, Thierry Marx
April, Ian Chalermkittichai
March, Andreas Caminada
February, Dani García
January, Kenneth Oringer
Guest Chefs 2008
December, Danyel Couet & Paul Svensson
November, Normand Laprise
October, Kenichiro Ooe and Stefan Mörth
September, Gastón Acurio
August, Gérard Depardieu
July, Joël Antunes
June, Horst Petermann
May, Norbert Kostner
April, Massimo Bottura
March, Margot Janse
February, Christian Jürgens
January, Sam Leong
Guest Chefs 2007
December, Roland Trettl
November, Jean-Marie Gautier
October, Greg Malouf
September, Andrea Berton
August, Gary Danko
July, Jonnie Boer
June, Heinz von Holzen
May, Rainer Sigg
April, Marc Fosh
March, Marcus Samuelsson
February, Susur Lee
January, Mario Lohninger
Guest Chefs 2006
December, Alex Atala
November, Jean-Georges Klein
October, Jin Jie Zhang
September, Andrés Madrigal Garcia
August, Roland Trettl
July, Ryuichi Yoshii
June, Robert Feenie
May, Frank Zlomke
April, Gianluigi Bonelli
March, Vivek Singh
February, Gabriel Kreuther
January, Juan Amador
Andrés Madrigal Garcia
Guest Chefs 2005
December, Martha Ortiz Chapa
November, Dieter Müller
October, Jereme Leung
September, Gennaro Esposito
August, Roland Trettl
July, Christian Delouvrier
June, Cheong Liew
May, Eduard Hitzberger
April, Xavier Pellicer
March, Wolfgang von Wieser
February, Marc Haeberlin
January, Ralf Zacherl
Guest Chefs 2004
December, Gray Kunz
November, Rainer Becker
October, David Thompson
September, Jean-Georges Vongerichten
August, Thomas Kammaier
July, Norbert Niederkofler
June, Lea Linster
May, André Jäger
April, Dieter Koschina
March, Carlo Cracco
February, Martin Dalsass
January, Roland Trettl
Guest chefs 2003
December, Roland Trettl
November, Jörg Sackmann
October, Gerhard Schwaiger
Opening Hours Restaurant Ikarus
Daily, lunch 12:00 to 02:00 pm,
dinner 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm
In order to better facilitate the Ikarus kitchen's transition from one guest chef to the next, the restaurant will be closed for lunch the first day of every month.
However, evening opening hours on these days will remain the same: the restaurant will open at 07:00 pm.
Books at the Hangar-7 Online-ShopShop
All books are available at the Hangar-7 Shop as well as at the Hangar-7 Online-Shop.
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Rating Systems for Gourmet Restaurants
Gourmet restaurants are rated in various publications such as the Guide Michelin, Falstaff and GaultMillau.
The GaultMillau, for example, evaluates restaurants according to the French school grade system awarding 0 to 20 points. In keeping with the original ethos of the guide's two founders,Gault and Millau, the highest 20 point rating cannot be awarded in Austria.
As the globally-recognised Guide Michelin has pulled out of Austria, local gourmets can now only look to the "Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe" for pointers. Of the 44 cities in 20 featured countries, only Vienna and Salzburg are rated here.
The most democratic of all ratings is conducted by Falstaff:
The results are gathered by polling members of the "Falstaf" gourmet club.
For the Falstaff Restaurant Guide 2010, 15,000 gourmet club members tested more than 1,100 restaurants and submitted a total of 176,000 reviews.
This further consolidates Austria's only independent and democratic restaurant guide's position as the most important mouthpiece of the gourmet community.
The restaurant Ikarus in Hangar-7 was for the first time awarded a record rating of 100 points in March 2011.
Spotlight
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- Guest at the Ikarus
- Roland Trettl on tour
- Vinum Vertico
Guest chefs at Restaurant Ikarus: February 2012
Tim Raue /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2012/tim-raue/
Trettl meets Tim Raue
Tim RaueBerlin, Germany /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2012/trettl-meets-tim-raue/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus
PreviewGuest chefs 2012 /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2012/preview-guest-chefs-2012/
Guest chefs at Restaurant Ikarus: January 2012
Nuno Mendes /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2012/nuno-mendes/
Trettl meets Nuno Mendes
Nuno MendesViajante, London /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2012/trettl-meets-nuno-mendes/
Guest chefs at Restaurant Ikarus: December 2011
Daniel Redondo &Helena Rizzo /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/daniel-redondo-helena-rizzo/
Guest chefs at Restaurant Ikarus: November 2011
Björn Frantzén &Daniel Lindeberg /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/bjoern-frantzen-daniel-lindeberg/
Roland Trettl on tour
Helena Rizzo & Daniel Redondo, São Paulo, Brazil /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-helena-rizzo-daniel-redondo/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: October 2011
Xavier Pellicer /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/xavier-pellicer/
Roland Trettl on tour
Xavier Pellicer,Barcelona, Spain /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-xavier-pellicer/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: September 2011
Alvin Leung /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/alvin-leung/
Roland Trettl on tour
Alvin Leung,Hong Kong, China /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-alvin-leung/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: August 2011
Ikarus Team /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/ikarus-team/
Roland Trettl on tour
Peter Goossens,Kruishoutem, Belgium /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-and-the-ikarus-team/
Vinum Vertico
Vinum Vertico 2010 - Domaine Coche Dury /en/ikarus/vinum-vertico/vinum-vertico-2011/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: July 2011
Peter Goossens /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/peter-goossens/
Roland Trettl on tour
Peter Goossens,Kruishoutem, Belgium /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-peter-goossens/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: June 2011
Emmanuel Renaut /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/emmanuel-renaut/
Roland Trettl on tour
Emmanuel Renaut,Megève, France /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-emmanuel-renaut/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: May 2011
Anatoly Komm /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/anatoly-komm/
Roland Trettl on tour
Anatoly Komm,Moscow, Russia /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-anatoly-komm/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: April 2011
Daniel Humm /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/daniel-humm/
Roland Trettl on tour
Daniel Humm,New York, USA /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-daniel-humm/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: March 2011
Claus-Peter Lumpp /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/claus-peter-lumpp/
Roland Trettl on tour
Claus-Peter Lumpp,Germany /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-claus-peter-lumpp/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: February 2011
Marcus G. Lindner /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/marcus-g-lindner/
Roland Trettl on tour
Marcus G. Lindner, Switzerland /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-marcus-g-lindner/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: January 2011
Enrico & Roberto Cerea /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2011/enrico-roberto-cerea/
Roland Trettl on tour
Enrico Cerea, Italy /en/ikarus/roland-trettl-on-tour/2011/roland-trettl-meets-enrico-cerea/
Guest chef at Restaurant Ikarus: December 2010
Mauro Colagreco /en/ikarus/guest-chef-at-restaurant-ikarus/2010/mauro-colagreco/