The Gundel family\u2019s culinary history<\/a>\u00a0It dates back centuries. To be precise, it is 170 years since Johannes Gundel, in 1857, at the age of just 13, left his home in Bavaria and took a job at a restaurant in Pest. It turned out that he had such a talent for hospitality that, within a few years, he had become head waiter at the historic Arany Sas restaurant. In 1869, he married the owner\u2019s daughter and, in the same year, bought the B\u00e9csi S\u00f6rh\u00e1z. By then, he had started a family business as J\u00e1nos Gundel and set in motion a story that has since become world-renowned. He soon became the head chef at such prestigious restaurants as the one at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, and his kitchens became famous far and wide. Everyone who mattered in Hungarian public life at the time frequented his establishments, including K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Tisza, M\u00f3r J\u00f3kai, Ferenc Liszt and K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Miksz\u00e1th. It was thanks to the latter that he created Pal\u00f3c soup, which has since become an indispensable part of Hungarian cuisine. According to Gundel\u2019s original recipe, the soup is made with lamb, potatoes, green beans, a sour cream-based sauce and dill.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1nos Gundel had five children, but of them it was K\u00e1roly who truly had an affinity for the catering trade, and in the end it was he who carried on the Gundel family\u2019s reputation. Even as a small child, he helped out with the work in the restaurant; gastronomy was literally in his blood. K\u00e1roly married in 1907, had 13 children, and in 1910 purchased the Wampetics restaurant in V\u00e1rosliget, which still houses the Gundel Restaurant today. It was here that the recipes were devised which have continued to enhance the Gundel family\u2019s reputation ever since, including Gundel pancakes, Gundel stew and Gundel salad. Although the First World War brought the Gundel family\u2019s success to a halt, in 1918 K\u00e1roly threw himself back into his work with renewed vigour. He leased the restaurants at the Royal Hotel and the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel, ushering in the heyday of the Gundel family. His businesses were nationalised after the Second World War, but the restaurants continued to operate. In 1991, the Gundel Restaurant was privatised and remains one of Budapest\u2019s most prestigious restaurants to this day.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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