Stefan Stiller

Stefan Stiller is a German chef and restaurateur. He is the chef-owner of Taian Table, a fine dining restaurant in Shanghai, China that holds three Michelin Stars. He is also president of Bocuse d'Or Team China and Asia Pacific.

Career Stiller began his culinary career in 1983 with a 2.5-year apprenticeship at Restaurant Endtenfang at the Hotel Fürstenhof, in his hometown of Celle, Germany. Before joining mandatory army service, Stiller staged for several months at Restaurant Goldener Pflug in Cologne, the second restaurant in Germany to receive three Michelin stars.

Following two years of army service, Stiller joined the 2-Michelin-starred restaurant Schweizer Stuben in Wertheim-Bettingen. In 1989, he returned to his hometown Celle and became owner and chef of Restaurant l'Auberge. In 1998, Stiller moved to Deidesheim and took over as chef-de-cuisine at the 1-Michelin-starred Restaurant Schwarzer Hahn. While working there, he noticed a closed building in the winery across the street, In 2008, he launched his own project, Stiller's Restaurant and Cooking School, where Stiller personally gave cooking lessons to the public.

In 2016, Stiller opened the Taian Table restaurant on Tai'an Road in Shanghai, which received one Michelin star 5 months after opening. Due to permit issues, the restaurant moved to Zhenning Road in December 2016. Taian Table was awarded the second Michelin Star in 2019 and the third in November 2021. Since January 2021 Taian Table became a Member of ‘Les Grandes Tables du Monde’. In April 2021 Stefan Stiller opened a branch of Taian Table in Guangzhou and also re-launched Stiller as a restaurant concept inside the Guangzhou Garden Hotel. Taian Table Guangzhou received 2 Michelin Stars in the 2021 Michelin Guangzhou guide in September 2021.

Bocuse d'Or Stiller is currently president of Bocuse d’Or Team China And Contest President for the Asia Pacific Final.