Philipp Tiede has been appointed Sous Chef Trees Restaurant at Townhouse Hotel & Conference Centre

Tiede, one of the newly appointed Townhouse Hotel and Conference Centre sous chefs, has gained a wealth of experience working at leading establishments in Europe and South Africa and joins the team after working as sous chef at Roots Restaurant on 1 May 2013. His culinary career commenced in 2003 when he served his apprenticeship at four-star Hotel Verwall in Austria. In 2006 he joined Restaurant Köhlerstube in five-star Hotel Traube Tonbach in Baiersbronn, Germany as commis de cuisine, entremetier and garde manger. Tiede then pursued his career in Cologne, Germany, first working as a junior chef at *Restaurant L’escalier and in 2009 joining the team at five-star Hotel Im Wasserturm as chef de partie at the 1 star Michelin restaurant “la vision”. Tiede relocated to Cape Town in 2010 and joined La Mouette in Sea Point as sous chef before joining five-star Forum Homini and Restaurant Roots in Johannesburg.