Schuhbeck finally took the
Kurhausstüberl from Sebastian Schuhbeck in 1980. He was the driving force in his mentor's business. His chef skills impressed the guests of the
Kurhausstüberl in a way that this former village inn became a favourite restaurant for the upper society of
Munich and
Salzburg. In 1983, Schuhbeck was awarded with one star in the French
Michelin Guide, as the third chef outside France at this time. The also French
Gault Millau restaurant guide gave him 17 points and 3 hoods and elected him
Cook of the Year in 1989. Since 1990, Schuhbeck has operated a catering service and supplied many first-class events like the
Federal Chancellor's celebration, the
Ball des Sports and the German music industry's
ECHO award ceremony. In 2003, he established a new restaurant, the
Südtiroler Stuben in Munich. There, he won his second Michelin star in December 2003. In November 2005, he was awarded with the
Five Star Diamond Award by the
American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. German TV broadcaster
Bayerischer Rundfunk has aired Schuhbeck's show
Schuhbecks since 1993. His popularity in Germany results in this as well as publishing more than 20 books about cooking. He is also a regular guest in other German TV shows. The lockdown resulting from the
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 caused Schuhbeck's business to suffer. After futilely waiting for government relief to arrive, he eventually announced that he had filed for bankruptcy on 18 July 2021.
Businesses At the end of the 1990s, he set up
Schuhbecks GmbH. This company included the restaurant
Südtiroler Stuben, a wine bistro, a catering service, a cookery school, a spice shop and an ice-cream parlour, all based in Munich.
Schuhbeck Check Inn GmbH was formed in 2001 to manage the
Check Inn restaurant and bar in Egelsbach (south
Hesse). == Tax evasion and imprisonment ==