Ex-soccer national player enthusiastic: This is what the food of the future tastes like

Created: 05/13/2022 15:53

By: Stephanie Ebner

Ex-star chef Holger Stromberg (middle) is looking for the best food.

Ex-national player Mario Gomez (left) invests in his company "Organic Garden", Martin Seitle co-founded it.

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Inspiring people for a diet that tastes fantastic and is healthy for people and nature at the same time, that is the declared goal of "Organic Garden".

Germany's youngest star chef co-founded the company in 2019.

Ex-national soccer player Mario Gomez has now joined as an investor.

Hergolding

– Coincidence brought the ex-national player and the former star chef together again: Mario Gomez had come across a photo of Holger Stromberg – he not only looked tens of kilograms lighter than when he was the national team chef, but also “significantly healthier,” says Gomez.

The 36-year-old called Stromberg without further ado and said: "Wow, you look healthy and good.

How did you do that?” Holger Stromberg's answer: “I've completely changed my diet.” Plant-based nutrition has been Stromberg's recipe for success for years.

Gomez, who has long been involved with healthy eating for professional reasons, was enthusiastic about Stromberg's idea of ​​the "organic garden".

"Because I just like what Holger makes." His favorite at the Organic Garden Eatery, which already exists in Hergolding and Munich: the so-called Farmers Toast.

Gomez' children: One daughter likes yellow sausage, the other avocado

However, the ex-national player does not switch to a completely vegan diet: “I enjoy a good piece of meat every now and then.” Gomez and his wife Carina also feed their children quite conventionally.

"They can eat what they like." The father of three says: "One daughter prefers yellow sausage, the other an avocado." It is important to the footballer that the food is produced in harmony with nature, regionally and seasonally are.

This approach convinced him so much at Holger Stromberg that he became an investor in Holger Stromberg's high-tech farm "Organic Garden".

The two have agreed not to disclose the amount.

Just this much: Gomez is a “serious commitment”, as the gentlemen call it.

Gomez is one of the largest investors in "Organic Garden," says co-founder Martin Seitle.

Organic Garden: A pilot farm is to be built before the end of this year

In the meantime, one million euros have been raised, also through the crowdfunding campaign, which is still running.

Currently, anyone can join the company for 250 euros.

An "Organic Garden" pilot farm is to be set up in the Munich area before the end of this year.

Another is planned in Austria.

Declared goal by 2030: Around 1,500 employees should work at ten locations and take care of the nutrition of the future.

Holger Stromberg explains what it looks like.

It is not only important to the former star chef that the food is healthy and without additives, but also tastes good: "Our culinary team works on this every day."

Stromberg sees itself as a trendsetter.

“We develop new tastes that shouldn't be so far removed from familiar ones.

The basis is conventional cuisine.” The “Organic Garden” range already includes a hearty gravy based on regional organic root vegetables and spicy rice-miso paste, which is perfect for plant-based roasts and dumplings.

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The company still has to buy the groceries for the existing restaurants.

But that should change soon.

"Organic Garden" plans to use sustainable agriculture to produce fruit, vegetables, mushrooms and algae in a CO2-neutral manner.

Stromberg emphasizes: "The circulatory system of the farms consists of different modules that are operated with a green energy plant."

The waste material from one module in turn serves as the energy supplier for the next, resulting in highly efficient operation.

Holger Stromberg's vision: "This is how we set the standards for the agriculture of the future, strengthen the regional value chain and protect ecosystems at the same time."

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