Marco Krainer (Marco Wolfgang Krainer, born October 4, 1981, in

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) is an

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n specialty

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who works as a TV and Radio chef. Krainer grew up in

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, Austria's most southern province, where he also currently resides. In Carinthia, he attended the Culinary and Tourism Technical College in Oberwollanig by

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, the same institution his colleague,

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attended, who has become one of the most famous chefs in the

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. Early on, Krainer became interested in public broadcast programs, which dealt with nutrition issues, particularly “Hobbythek” in the German Broadcast Station

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. In February 2002, the first invitation came from the WDR Studio in

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. At first, Krainer was responsible for research and development of the recipes. Later, it was decided to give him time in front of the camera as “Hobbythek-Chef”. He is busy as show-chef for meetings, presentations, food shows and cooking classes. The unusual concept of “Cooking on the Radio” became very successful. On the Austrian regional Broadcast

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Radio Carinthia, Krainer regularly cooks live in the studio. In 2004, he presented to the audience an erotic menu during his debut at the TV station VOX (

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) in the erotic magazine “Wa(h)re Liebe” (True love or love for sale) with Lilo Wanders whose program has achieved cult status. Krainer's primary focus is on the American, Austrian, Italian and Asian cuisine. Because of his partiality to

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, he had his own Hobbythek pumpkin program filmed in Krainer's private pumpkin patch in Austria.

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krainer, Marco Austrian television chefs German television personalities 1981 births Living people Austrian television presenters People from Linz