Horst Lichter

He grew up as the eldest son of the miner Anton Lichter and his wife Margret Lichter, nee Heikamp, in the Rhenish lignite district in Gill, a district of Rommerskirchen.

[1] At the age of fourteen he began a three-year apprenticeship as a chef with Lutz Winter in the "Alte Post" hotel and restaurant in Bergheim.

[2] He chose the profession of cook because he had very positive associations with eating together at the table.

which he moderated together with Johann Lafer[4] and Bares für Rares.

He is married for the third time with Nada Lichter and lived in Badenweiler for eight years, and moved to Cologne in 2020.

Lichter (right) with Henry van Lyck in the show Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!