Gault&Millau Restaurant Guide 2024

‘Our 4 toques and 17 points show real appreciation for the work we do each day. We are delighted that we have consistently thrilled the testers with our innovations, authenticity and quality’, says junior director Alban Pfurtscheller, beaming with joy at the review in Austria’s leading restaurant guide. ‘This rating shows that our team, led by Christian Jeske, does their best work every day. Congratulations to Christian Jeske, Albin Mayr and Karlheinz Jonak, and to every member of the kitchen, service and sommelier teams. They all play their part in giving our guests extraordinary experiences every day – not just for their palate, but for all their senses! We are incredibly proud of you!’

Eyes ablaze with pride, Chef Christian Jeske also thanks the team: ‘I’m absolutely thrilled, as is the whole team – wonderful reviews like these go down like a fine olive oil,’ he smiles. ‘There’s no greater praise for our efforts to create something extraordinary than when our guests leave the table smiling. The fact that we also won over the discerning Gault&Millau testers is a huge tribute and motivates us even more,’ says Christian Jeske. ‘I’d like to thank my team in the kitchen, my colleagues Albin Mayr and Karlheinz Jonak, and the entire service and sommelier team. We can only perform at this level if we are perfectly attuned to one another and share the same goal: happy guests. There’s one person I’d particularly like to thank: our junior director Alban Pfurtscheller. Working with him is an additional source of inspiration as we enjoy the freedom to realise our full potential. Thank you!’

Director Armin Pfurtscheller is clearly proud of the hotel’s performance and its reviews in the restaurant and hotel guides: ‘The review is like something out of a fairytale: not just for our Hubertus team, who I thank and congratulate from the bottom of my heart, but for everyone who works at the hotel. They richly deserve the judges’ praise, which proves that our philosophy of excellent service and focusing solely on the needs of our guests makes a crucial difference. When guests travel to the SPA-Hotel Jagdhof, it should feel like coming home. This is our top priority, harnessing all our expertise, grown out of tradition and refined with creative innovation’, says Armin Pfurtscheller. ‘Martina and Karl Hohenlohe wrote in their foreword to the Gault&Millau Restaurant Guide 2024 that “Many people plan their holidays hoping to have their personal needs met in full. For example, they may not just be looking for a wellness holiday, but expect services to be personally tailored.” Since opening the SPA-Hotel Jagdhof, this is what we’ve been trying to do – in the hotel, the restaurant and in the spa. Reviews and awards of this calibre show that we’re on the right track.’

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