Juan Amador
Affiliation
Amador
Three-Michelin-starred restaurants in Germany and Austria
i. Biography
Juan Amador, born in 1968 in Waiblingen, Germany, to Spanish parents, is a chef who opened his eponymous three-Michelin-starred restaurant Amador in Langen near Frankfurt in 2005, earning three stars in 2008 and Relais & Châteaux membership. After closing that location, he relocated to Vienna in 2016, transforming a former Heuriger into Austria's first and only three-Michelin-starred restaurant Amador, awarded two stars in 2017 and the third in 2019. His career includes prior roles earning Michelin stars at Petersilie in Lüdenscheid and Schlosshotel Weyberhöfe in Sailauf.
The Archive
Selected Works & Focus Areas
Focus 01
Three-Michelin-starred restaurants in Germany and Austria
Focus 02
Avant-garde cuisine fusing Spanish heritage with classical French techniques
Focus 03
Reductionist style emphasizing minimal components with maximum intensity