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Great sadness not only in Röhrmoos: Simon Radlmayr died at the age of only 58

2021-05-14T22:56:37.459Z


Cooking was his passion, the guests, his business partner and the whole team were his family: Simon Radlmayr, former head chef at the Mariabrunn castle restaurant, died at the age of 58. Shortly before his death, he had one more wish: Nobody should be sad that he left, "I want a big party!"


Cooking was his passion, the guests, his business partner and the whole team were his family: Simon Radlmayr, former head chef at the Mariabrunn castle restaurant, died at the age of 58.

Shortly before his death, he had one more wish: Nobody should be sad that he left, "I want a big party!"

Mariabrunn / Fahrenzhausen -

Simon Radlmayr made one last wish in his hospital bed: “I don't want people to sit in black suits at my funeral and be sad. I want a big party, everyone can come who thinks they belong. ”Three days later, the former head chef at the Mariabrunn Palace tavern fell asleep forever. He was only 58 years old. He had diabetes and kidney damage for many years.

“He has never had a problem with his fate,” says Bernhard Öttl, business partner and best friend of Simon Radlmayr.

The two of them worked together for 30 years, and Simmerl had to go on dialysis for 15 years due to his illness.

"He never whined." And when he was asked how he was doing, his answer was always: "Better than the robber Kneissl!"

When he was in his kitchen, he was fine.

“The Simmerl was a passionate cook.

Taking good care of the guests was the most important thing for him, ”says Öttl.

"When asked what he would most like to do in his life, he once said: 'Cooking without having to earn anything.'"

Simon Radlmayr was born at Tegernsee.

He grew up with a sister and three brothers.

At the age of four, Simon and his family moved to Fahrenzhausen, where their father continued to run their parents' property and where Simmerl was at home until the end.

He went to school in Haimhausen, after which he completed an apprenticeship as a butcher in Schönbrunn and an apprenticeship as a cook at Bachmair in Weissach am Tegernsee.

Simon Radlmayr passed the master craftsman examination in both apprenticeships.

Simon Radlmayr's great hobby has been making music since his youth.

He played the trombone in the Dachau boys' band and was present at every rehearsal and every performance.

“During that time we got to know each other, I was 10, he 16,” reports Bernhard Öttl, and since then the two have been in regular contact.

Ten years later, the two became business partners: Bernhard Öttl drove over to the Alten Wirt in Fahrenzhausen - and had a flash of inspiration. He called Simon Radlmayr: "Simmerl, that would be something for us?" Many did not trust them, but Radlmayr and Öttl made the Alte Wirt a gem, business was going well - also thanks to the support of their families. Ten years later, history repeated itself: with the Schlosswirtschaft Maria-brunn.

The business partnership quickly turned into a friendship: For Bernhard and Karin Öttl's daughter Marlena, Simmerl was like an uncle. The girl was often with him in the kitchen for hours, making dumplings, later raving about music idols. “He always listened to her with interest.” The whole team, Karin Öttl, the employees, but also many guests, were Simon Radlmayr's family.

Bernhard Öttl describes Simon Radlmayr as "a person of the heart who found it difficult to show his feelings". When people thanked him for the good food, he mischievously replied: “You're lucky.” Simon Radlmayr's Rumfort platter was legendary: if guests couldn't decide on a dish when choosing a festive menu, they hit Radlmayr: "Then do a rumfortplatte" - with everything that is lying around and has to go. "That means that there is something for everyone," says Öttl with a smile.

Simon Radlmayr was not a man of big words, more of a silent observer. He was known for his dry sense of humor and merciless honesty, reports Öttl. “He would never have bent himself or played anything to anyone.” Even when Simmerl fell ill, “he always gave 100 percent”. From the hospital, he often knew better what to order than the chefs in the pub. And he was totally modest: he spent his vacations on the “Kanapee-Nordwand”, and he didn't need much else either, says Bernhard Öttl. His humility went so far that he refused to receive a kidney for a transplant from his brother. The Simmerl only liked to eat well, "he was a gourmet - and probably the only one who has ever been to Tantris with sweatpants",after the operation that removed his foot.

Two and a half years ago, Simon Radlmayr and Bernhard Öttl stopped in Mariabrunn, also because “the illness robbed Simmerl of his strength”. In the last few years he has spent more time in the hospital than at home. But Simmerl quietly accepted his fate, says Öttl. He now wants to fulfill his friend's last wish: a party for all friends, the previous regulars, the family. If Corona allows it, "then we'll celebrate together, and Simmerl will look down from above!"

Source: merkur

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