{"id":16597,"date":"2022-12-27T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/?post_type=sajto&p=16597"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:49:14","slug":"janos-gundel-founder-of-a-gastronomic-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"sajto","link":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/sajtoszoba\/egy-gasztronomiai-dinasztia-alapitoja-gundel-janos\/","title":{"rendered":"The founder of a gastronomic dynasty \u2013 J\u00e1nos Gundel"},"content":{"rendered":"

J\u00e1nos Gundel<\/strong>\u00a0(Ansbach, Bavaria, 3 March 1844\u00a0\u2013 Budapest, 28 December 1915) Hungarian restaurateur, founder of the famous gastronomic dynasty, Knight of the Order of Franz Joseph, from 1876 to 1911 president of the Budapest Trade Association of Hoteliers, Restaurateurs and Pub-keepers and trustee of the Evangelical Lutheran sister churches in the De\u00e1k Square branch of Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original title: Johann Adam Michael Gundel<\/em> He was the son of J\u00e1nos Gundel, a citizen of Ansbach, and Anna Schwartz. When he was ten years old, his father, a master baker, died. In 1855, he began his studies at the School of Agriculture and Industry in Ansbach. His mother and stepfather were unable to cover the cost of his education for long. In 1857, he travelled to Hungary with his friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He began working as a busboy for his stepfather\u2019s brother-in-law, Gy\u00f6rgy G\u00e4rtner, a Buda innkeeper. In 1857, he worked as a waiter at the T\u00e9li S\u00f6rh\u00e1z in Pest, and in 1858 he moved to the famous Arany Sas inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1869, he bought the B\u00e9csi S\u00f6rh\u00e1z on Kir\u00e1ly Street with his wife\u2019s dowry. The restaurant\u2019s specialities were Viennese boiled beef (Tafelspitz), Viennese schnitzel, beef tripe and Austrian beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years later, Gundel bought the \u201eVir\u00e1gbokor\u201d (Blumenst\u00f6ckl<\/em>) restaurant, which he ran for eight years. His regular patrons included famous artists, linguists, university lecturers and politicians, amongst whom were K\u00e1roly Lotz,\u00a0Ferenc Liszt, K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Miksz\u00e1th, Dezs\u0151 Szil\u00e1gyi, K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Tisza and Istv\u00e1n Tisza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1875, he also bought the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1876, he became president of the Trade Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs. In 1882, he was elected a member of the capital\u2019s municipal council. In 1885, he was awarded the Knight\u2019s Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph. In 1900, he was awarded a silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition.\u201e\u2026since he had no children, he amassed a tidy fortune, retired from business, thinking to himself: \u201dYou have given me enough money, Lord, but You have not given me any children, so why should I labour myself to death? But Providence is resourceful too, and played a trick on Mr Gundel. His work brought him thousands in banknotes. Then, whilst he was resting, he was blessed with so many children that he now found himself thinking: \u2018You have given me enough children, Lord, but you have not given me enough money to go with them.\u2019 Whereupon he longed once more to return to business, to multiply his wealth and to raise his children to be strong Hungarians. He rented the Archduke Istv\u00e1n Hotel\u2026\u2019 \u2013 (K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Miksz\u00e1th)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e1nos Gundel\u2019s creation is the Pal\u00f3c soup, a green bean soup whipped with sour cream and generously seasoned with dill, which he devised in honour of K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Miksz\u00e1th, the \u201egreat Pal\u00f3c\u201d. K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Miksz\u00e1th asked Gundel to surprise him with a soup unlike any he had ever tasted before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e1nos Gundel, a follower of the Augustinian faith, married Anna Katalin Evelin Kommer, a Roman Catholic woman of the middle classes, on 28 April 1869 at the parish church in central Pest (Pest, Lip\u00f3tv\u00e1ros, 27 December 1851 \u2013 Budapest,\u00a012 December 1920), whose parents were Antal Kommer (1818\u20131901), a restaurant owner in Pest, and Katalin Lichter. \u00a0Five children were born to J\u00e1nos Gundel and Anna Kommer; of these, K\u00e1roly Gundel followed in his father\u2019s footsteps as a restaurateur, taking over the Wampetics restaurant in V\u00e1rosliget in 1910, the predecessor of today\u2019s Gundel Restaurant. They had 13 grandchildren, including Katalin Gundel, Endre Gundel, Ferenc Gundel and Imre Gundel; his 26 great-grandchildren include Zolt\u00e1n Latinovits, Istv\u00e1n Bujtor and K\u00e1roly Frenreisz; and one of his countless great-great-grandchildren is G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs Gundel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She passed away at 3 o\u2019clock in the morning on 28 December 1915, in the 72nd year of her life, and the 47th year of his marriage. He was laid to rest in the family vault at the Kerepesi Road Cemetery on the afternoon of Friday, 31 December 1915, in accordance with the rites of the Evangelical Church.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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