In May 2014, Jan Hartwig became head chef at the ATELIER restaurant in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. The restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars in 2015 and three from 2017 until his departure. Jan Hartwig was one of only ten three-star chefs in Germany until he left the ATELIER restaurant in 2021.
After training at the Dannenfeld restaurant in Braunschweig, he cooked at "Pomp Duck and Circumstance". In 2005, he moved to the two-star restaurant Kastell under the management of Christian Jürgens in Wernberg-Köblitz. This was followed in 2006 by a stint at the later three-star restaurant GästeHaus Klaus Erfort in Saarbrücken and from 2007 at the three-star restaurant Aqua under Sven Elverfeld in Wolfsburg, where he was sous chef from 2009.
Reviews for the restaurant JAN in 2023
3 Michelin stars
5 toques Gault&Millau
10+ pans in Gusto
5F Der Feinschmecker
5 cutlery in the Schlemmeratlas
5 Great Guide
Further awards
2016 "Chef of the Year", Der Feinschmecker
2017 "Chef of the Year", Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
2021 "Chef of the Year", Der Große Restaurant & Hotel Guide
2022 "Chef of the Year", Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung