Benjamin Parth

Benjamin Parth (born 27 July 1988 in Zams) is an Austrian chef.

Life Benjamin Parth was born to Alfons and Maria Odile Parth. Parth attended kindergarten and primary school in Ischgl, Paznaun. Parth successfully completed his studies at the secondary school in Landeck in 2004.

Parth then completed an apprenticeship from 2004 to 2007 at the Hotel YSCLA under the residence of Heinz Winkler. He then visited Annecy, France and Nice in order to improve his language ability. In November 2007, he went to Nice to be a Stagiaire Cuisiner at the Restaurant l’Univers under Christian Plumail (1* Michelin). From December 2007 to May 2008, he led the Stüva restaurant in Hotel Yscla in Ischgl. In summer 2008 he cooked at the Can Fabes, among others, under Santi Santamaria in Sant Celoni (3* Michelin), in the Bind restaurant under Christian Bind in Krusa and the Illhaeusern restaurant under Marc Haeberlin, before he returned to the Hotel YSCLA for the 2008/2009 winter season. After a spell in Wolfsburg, in the summer of 2009, at the Aqua restaurant under Sven Elverfeld, he has been head chef of the Stüva restaurant in Ischgl continuously since 2009.

Awards 2009: First award from Gault-Millau with one toque (with 14 points) 2009: Award for Austria's youngest award-winning chef 2009: Two spoons award from Schlemmer Atlas 2009: Three stars from A la Carte 2010: One toque from Gault-Millau 2011: 18 out of 20 points from La Vanguardia 2011: One toque from Gault-Millau 2012: Two toques from Gault-Millau 2012: Upgrading to four stars from A la Carte 2012: Upgrading to three spoons from Schlemmer Atlas 2013: CHEFS NextGeneration – 2013 participant 2013: Falstaff – two forks 2013: Schlemmer Atlas – three cutlery sets 2013: Schlemmer Atlas — Top 20 Chefs in Austria 2013: Meyer's Guide — two cocks 2013: Gault Millau – two toques 2013: Guide A la Carte – four stars 2014: Gault Millau – two toques 2014: Guide A la Carte – four stars 2014: Bertelsmann-Guide – rising star of the year 2014 2014: Falstaff – three forks 2014: Schlemmer Atlas – three spoons 2014: Schlemmer Atlas — Top 20 Chefs in Austria 2014: CHEFS NextGeneration – 2014 participant 2015: Gault Millau – three toques 2015: Guide A la Carte – five stars 2015: Schlemmer Atlas — Top 20 Chefs in Austria 2015: Falstaff – four forks 2016: Gault Millau – three toques 2016: Guide A la Carte – five stars 2016: Falstaff – four forks 2017: Gault Millau – three toques 2017: Guide A la Carte – five stars 2017: Falstaff – three forks 2018: Gault Millau – three toques 2018: Guide A la Carte – five stars 2018: Falstaff – four forks (96 points) 2018: Gault&Millau chef of the year 2019 2019: Gault Millau – three toques 2019: Guide A la Carte – five stars 2019: Falstaff – four forks 2020: Gault Millau – four toques (18.5 points) 2020: Guide A la Carte – five stars (97 points) 2023: Gault Millau – five toques (19 points)