Rosins Restaurants (Kabel 1): Celebrity chef cleans up in Neuötting - for the start of the season it's off to Upper Bavaria

Frank Rosin ends up in Upper Bavaria for the new season of "Rosins Restaurants".

We asked how the celebrity chef spruced up the restaurant.

Neuötting - Neuötting, a small town in the southeast of Upper Bavaria: Not far from the pretty old town, on the road to the industrial park, Alexandra and Robert Gerich opened a new restaurant at the beginning of 2020. Then came Corona: lockdown brutal! The couple struggled hard and got help from restaurant tester Frank Rosin (55). In the opening episode of the new season of Rosins Restaurants - a star chef cleans up, Kabel 1 * shows on Thursday how the couple fared. The

visited the innkeepers in their restaurant.

To (served) - the restaurant has the name of the owner in its center.

It used to be an aging cocktail bar with storm-torn bast umbrellas in front of the door.

Alexandra and Robert wanted to make something new, good out of it.

With freshly cooked Bavarian-Austrian food of the highest quality and in a pleasant atmosphere.

In January 2020, the two 51-year-olds sign the lease.

They renovate the restaurant - with a lot of sweat and money, convert the covered outdoor terrace into an airy, elegant beer garden.

Corona shock: Food only "to go" and with delivery service

Then comes Corona and with the pandemic comes the shock. “We opened in April without knowing how to do it,” says Alexandra Gerich. Initially only "to go" and with delivery service. "We started with five dishes without knowing: Do we have to eat this ourselves or does someone come?" These are difficult times for restaurateurs.

In September, the Gerichs are disillusioned, but full of energy: they apply for Rosin's show. Dozens of phone calls follow, a film team comes by for a casting video, then an outfitter ... On March 22nd, the restaurant is closed, the doorbell rings surprisingly: two-star chef Rosin is in person at the door! "No more breakfast, let's go!" He calls out and begins to inspect the inn. “He really looked at everything. Every drawer, every corner, even in the basement, ”says Robert. "It's clean with you, I have to give you that," praised Rosin. But: He also has a lot to criticize - for example the way she cooks. Because Robert Gerich is a trained butcher and cook, but not up to date. He has worked in the security service for the past 30 years. Wife Alexandra also only worked in the restaurant business on the side.The couple bravely accepts any criticism from Rosin.

Rosin tidies up: the menu reduced, dishes refined, every meal calculated, the rooms renovated

Everything is turned inside out: the menu reduced, dishes refined, every meal calculated, the rooms renovated.

Guests from the region are allowed to come for a test dinner twice.

A test eater told the tz how it tasted: “The first time it was nothing good.

But really good the second time! ”There was also a fight: for the devil's toast.

“It has to go,” Frank Rosin had demanded.

“Warm mayonnaise, that doesn't work at all!” However, this much can be revealed, the court opposed, because: “Our guests fought for the devil's toast!”

And what is he like now, TV star Rosin? “A tough dog in front of the camera, but not really like that”, says Robert Gerich. His wife is also enthusiastic: “He has brutal expertise. You can ask him anything. He pushes you to the limit. But then he'll help you too. ”