Chef Heinz Lauer
BS, CEC, CCE, CFBE, CCP

Chef Heinz Lauer has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Beginning his formal training at age 14, as a culinary apprentice at the exclusive Brenner's Park Hotel located in Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. Lauer’s career has taken him throughout Germany and the United States as well as the Caribbean. He's worked as an Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Manager of such highly acclaimed establishments as the popular Dorint Park Hotel and Hotel Coehnen in western Germany and on ships of the Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
Lauer, who has cooked for numerous celebrities including the former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, singer Gloria Estefan and comedian Jerry Lewis, literally grew up in the hotel and restaurant business. His parents owned and operated three restaurants in Germany's Rhine Valley.
After leaving the cruise line industry, Chef Lauer took on the position of Executive Sous Chef and Chef Instructor at the prestigious California Culinary Academy in San Francisco where he taught courses in Basic Skills, European Cuisine and Consumer Education.
Chef Lauer holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel/Restaurant Management and is recognized as a Certified Executive Chef by the American Culinary Federation and as a Certified Culinary Educator by the German Government; a Certified Food and Beverage Executive by the American Hotel and Motel Association; and a Certified Culinary Professional by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
Most recently he held the position of Director of Food Operations for the Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino.
He is on the Board of Directors of the ACF Chefs of Las Vegas, participates in the Chef for Kids breakfasts and is the Treasurer for Chefs for Kids, is an active member of the Food & Beverage Directors Association of Nevada and finds time to contribute on the Educational Committee of the Nevada Restaurant Association and the Scholarship Committee of the Nevada Hospitality Foundation. He is also a member of the Verband der Koeche Deutschlands (German Chefs Association).
Chef Lauer is Chef of the Year 2004 for the Las Vegas Chapter of the ACF.

Published Book Reviews:
Cuisine & Culture
The Professional Chef

Published articles:
The history of the Oktoberfest
Are you serving save food?

Volunteer and Charitable Work:
Active in Chefs for Kids since 2002
Treasurer for Chefs for Kids since 2003
Share our Strength Taste of the Nation 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Food & Beverage Directors Association of Nevada – Opportunity Village
Board of Directors Nevada Hotel & Restaurant Association