Günter Beer

Even as a child, Patrik Jaros used to stand in front of the steaming pots on his grandmother's stove, completely entranced by her art. He owes his passion and deep understanding of this craft to her. He is the youngest chef to be awarded stars by the Guide Michelin, has worked in Eckart toon meer Witzigmann's Aubergine restaurant in Munich, and came third at the Bocuse d'Or in Lyon, the centre for gastronomy's top cooks. Today Patrik Jaros runs and co-owns a number of restaurants and bars in Cologne In 1978, the photographer Gunter Beer began work as a reporter in a small Bavarian local newspaper. After that, he took photographs in Rio de Janeiro for the Journal di Brasil and, during the civil war in Nicaragua covered both the Sandinistas and the Contras. He has sat in the mud left over from gold washing in Venezuela, photographed fashion in Mexico London and on the Matterhorn toon minder