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Fine dining „Dinner-4-12“

“Antiques & Wine” shop run by Mag. Astrid Zinniel at Castle Halbturn near Vienna (Austria) needed to capture curious visitors more. Many visitors had anxiety of buying admired fine antique objects, as they could not dare or even imagine to use them in every day life. The project named „Dinner-4-12“ was designed to bridge the dining experience using various antiques items from the shop and show visitors how to use them when plating or serving food. I developed and started the project in early 2016 and personally run it until end of 2018. The project turned to be successful and in high demand. I passed the project on to local chefs of famous wine region of Burgenland (Austria) to present their own culinary art. Unfortunately, the project was discontinued due to COVID-19.

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A sandwich making competition

Beetroot & Fennel Seeds Gravlax with Knäckebröd

Party that unites teams!

Having years of experience in people management, I have a created hands-on corporate cooking team-building activities to encourage group bonding, improving communication, helping with project management and foster camaraderie while whipping up fun in the kitchen! One of the examples is a sandwich making competition.

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Cooking for corporate fine food events

Spiced Mixed Nuts

“Eating together can radically shift people’s perspectives: It reduces people’s perceptions of inequality, and diners tend to view those of different races, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds as more equal than they would in other social scenarios:” Argues Alice Julier in her book Eating Together.

The table acts as a unifier, a place of community. Sharing a meal is an excuse to talk, one of the few times where people are truly happy. I decided to use this powerful tool to our advantage. The catering and restaurants were not presentable well enough in the near vicinity of our office. Further during financial crisis I wanted to impress our guests, stressed out partners and clients. I decided to take matter into my own hand and I have created an original tailor-made fine food to suit our requirements and budget. This turned out to be extremely popular and innovative. The news spread very fast and I was approached by many business owners to deliver tailor-made fine food for their corporate events.

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Home-made Christmas Cookies

Here is my international selection of home-made Christmas Cookies (Weihnachtsbäckerei) for inspiration.

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Little plates of heaven

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Radio talk: Food Styling

I was invited by moderator Ms. Lucia Cibulová to talk about Food Styling at RadioFM.

Listen to my live radio talk with Ms. Lucia Cibulová that was on 14.03.2013 RadioFM – Bratislava (SR) (in Slovak language)

Food presentation goes beyond the arrangement of finished ingredients on a plate. It is a very important part of the dining experience, because we eat with our eyes first.

Hands on experience of Food Styling at Radio-FM before talk with moderator Ms. Lucia Cibulová

I like to style and present food for what it is and how it can really be cooked and plated. When taking food photos, I refuse to cheat or enhance food by using well known industry tricks and I only do very minimal post processing.

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Flori from United Kingdom – Testimonial

Kristina is a very passionate cook with a great eye for detail and a wide base of knowledge as a result of her experimental nature. The perfect cook to help you gain confidence in anything from impressing the guest dinner parties, to a base of good hearty home cooking for a busy family.

Her experience, time spent in England and interest in a wide range of cuisine means that Kristina can teach you in a style that suits you. Another talent of Kristina’s is a good palate for wine giving her the ability to add the finishing touch to the perfect meal suggestions.
― Flori Johnson-Maisonneuve (UK) – Chef and a coworker

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Ilse from Netherlands – Testimonial

You have truly inspired me to start cooking. And maybe even more important, you helped me to start healthy cooking. It all starts by realizing what you put in your mouth. It’s so easy to get spiced chicken from the supermarket and just cook or bake it. But you taught me how to make my own herbs. And how to make a complete tasteful dinner without all the added ingredients. You truly changed my way of looking at food and how to prepare it. Thank you very much.
― Ilse Jurrien (Netherlands)

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Dr. Bernd Olbricht from Austria – Testimonial

Liebe Kristina, dear Kristina,

schon lange wollte ich Dir schreiben, wie sehr ich Deine Art des Kochens schätze und bewundere; immer sind die verschiedenen Gerichte vorzüglich abgeschmeckt, sind in herrlichen Kombinationen mit Salaten und Gewürzen und auch die Getränke und die Deserts reihen sich zu einem wunderbaren Gesamtbild ein.

Alleine die Hühnerleberpastete, die Du zum Sylvesterabend zubereitet hast, habe ich heute noch in meinem Gaumen und die darauf folgende Schokoladen Torte und die Brownies haben das alles ( als Hauptgericht gab es Fondue Chinoise ) wunderbar ergänzt.

Ein Abendessen bei gemeinsamen Freunden habe ich auch noch in Erinnerung:

Als entree gab es sehr frisch schmeckende canapees mit prawns und frischen Erbsen ( prawns on pea and mint fritters ) darauf folgte eines der besten Hühnergerichte, das ich je gegessen habe, ein Schmetterlingshuhn mit Zitronenbutter ( chicken spatchock), das so zart und saftig geschmeckt hat , dass es auf der Zunge einfach zergangen ist.

Die hausgemachten Wildschweinwürstel mit Kartoffelsalat und einem Senfdressing und karamelisierten Zwiebeln passten dann auch dazu und Deine Deserts sind so wie so unschlagbar – die Zitronen Meringue Torte und die abschliessenden verschiedenen Sorbets von von Erdbeere über Apfelpfefferminz bis zu Schokoladen und verschiedenen Eiscremes war alles dabei. Und alles hat wunderbar geschmeckt und wurde immer begleitet von herrlichen Weinen aus dem Burgenland.

Ganz liebe Grüße B.
― Dr. Bernd Olbricht (Vienna, Austria)