Tributes to Jorg

BANGKOK MONDAY SEPTEMBER 08, 2008

BY HANSPETER SCHWANINGER CHEF AND SPEECHWRITER



JORG MEIERHANS,

“DO NOT CRY NEAR MY COFFIN,COME FORWARD SILENTLY CLOSELY,THINK WHAT I HAVE SUFFERED, AND ALLOW ME TO HAVE MY ETERNAL PEACE “

IN JORG WE LOST SOMEBODY WHICH HIS POSITIVE QUALITIES WOULD TAKE HOURS TO TELL.

HE WAS A FRIEND LIKE NO SECOND.

HE WAS A GENLEMEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ALL THE WAY

HE WAS A EXEPTIONAL AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER PROFESSIONAL THAT EVERYBODY APPRECIATED FROM THE GUEST,THE MANAGEMENT, HIS HOTEL CO EMPLOYEES, BUT SPECIALLY HIS “KITCHEN BRIGADE” HE UNDERSTOOD TO LEAD PSYCHOLOGICALLY,PROFESSIONALLY, BUT SPECIALLY THE HUMANLY FACTOR LIKE NO OTHER.HIS INSPIRATIONAL GIFTED TALENT SHOWED HIS HIGH PROFESSIONAL SKILLS,THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING BUT MOSTLY THE LOVE TO THE DETAIL. HE WAS ONE WITH THE CAPABILITIES TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.

HE WS NOT ONE THAT SEARCHED, HE WAS ONE THAT FOUND.

ONE THAT WAS NOT COMPLAINING, BUT UNDERSTOOD PHANTASTICALLY TO PUT HANDS ON TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF A MISERABLE SITUATION.

JORG WAS NOT THE ONE STANDING ON THE SIDE WHEN IT WAS ABOUT TO CHEERISH FRIENSHIP, OR TO HELP SOMEONE OUTSIDE IN NEED OR DOING A FAVOUR OF ANYKIND.

HE WAS VERY HARD AND THOUGH WITH HIMSELF, THERE WHERE NO LAPSES IN DISCIPLINE TO KEEP HIS BODY AND SOUL IN TOP SHAPE, AND THIS NOT TO IMPRESS OTHERS, BUT TO CONFRONT AND FACE HIS ALREADY IRON EGO, THAT WAS ONE REASON THAT MADE HIM SYMPATETIC.

HIS CHARACTER SHAPED WITH THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATION, COOL BUT ANYTIME SPARKLING HUMOR WILL BE IN OUR MEMORIES FOREVER.

JORG WAS ONE GOING TROUGH THE WORLD WITH OPEN EYES,AND ALSO DID NOT CLOSE THEM WHEN THE SITUATION BECOME UNFAVOURABLE.

HE WAS NEVER THE ONE TO BE A HERO, BUT HE WAS ONE TO STAND FIRMLY ON THE GROUND LIKE A LARGE OAKTREE WITH ITS LARGE BRANCHES SPREADING OUT ONLY FOR THE GOOD, BUT NEVER FOR THE BAD. IN THIS RESPECT JORG WAS SIMPLY ENVIABLE AND WITHOUT ANY DOUBTS A MODEL.

DEAR JORG,

WHEN YOU HAVE ARRIVED IN HAVEN “GOD NEW YOUR PATH “ GREET ALL OUR PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES, VALARIO LORENZETI,MARTIN LORENTZ, RUDI HITZ, JUERGEN HIRSCH, CHARLY MAURER,RUDOLF VOLKMANN, HARRO PREUSS,HARALD NEUMANN, HANS STUERKNER, THAI CHEF MICKY.

AND PLEASE INFORM THEM:

ONE DAY THE BANGKOK EXECUTIVE CHEFS TABLE WILL BE IN HAVEN, HAV FOOD AND DRINKS READY, THEN WE LOOK DOWN TO THE EARTH TOGETHER AND WE ARE ALL PROUD TO HAVE BEEN CHEFS !