Marco Krainer
Austrian television and radio chef
Biography
Marco Krainer (Marco Wolfgang Krainer, born 1981 in Linz) is an Austrian chef who works mainly on television and radio cooking programmes. He grew up in Carinthia, Austria's southernmost province, where he still lives. His work belongs to the tradition of food broadcasting, bringing home cooking to a broad audience through screens and airwaves.
He trained at the culinary and tourism college in Oberwollanig, near Villach, the same school attended by the chef Wolfgang Puck. As a young man he became interested in public broadcasts about nutrition, especially Hobbythek on the German broadcaster WDR. In February 2002 he received his first invitation from the WDR studio in Cologne. He began by developing recipes and later appeared on camera as the programme's chef. Since then he has combined television with live shows, presentations and cooking classes.
His radio format, cooking live in the studio for the regional Austrian station ORF Radio Carinthia, proved popular. In 2004 he made his debut on the German channel VOX with an erotic menu on the programme Wa(h)re Liebe, alongside Lilo Wanders, a show that gained cult status. His main focus includes American, Austrian, Italian and Asian cuisines. His legacy lies in popularising everyday cooking through German-speaking media.
Key contributions
- Recipe development for WDR's Hobbythek from 2002.
- Live cooking on radio from the studio of ORF Radio Carinthia.
- An erotic menu presented on VOX's Wa(h)re Liebe in 2004.
- Pumpkin-themed programmes filmed in his own pumpkin patch in Austria.