Star chef Alfons Schuhbeck: After a guilty verdict, now also private bankruptcy?

In mid-June of this year, Alfons Schuhbeck (74) became certain: The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) rejected the revision of the famous star chef. He will have to serve a prison sentence of three years and two months for tax evasion. The insolvency administrator responsible, Rolf G. Pohlmann, has now revealed further bad news for Schuhbeck to the newspaper. Accordingly, he also had to file for personal bankruptcy.

So “the Munich tax office […] already filed for insolvency with the insolvency court on December 13, 2022. Mr. Schuhbeck tried through his lawyers to get rid of this application and to settle the demands of the tax office. He didn’t succeed.” As a direct result, “insolvency proceedings were opened at the Munich district court” last Wednesday (July 5).

Important date in September

Pohlmann will now approach the creditors by August 9 “with their insolvency claims […] For September 13th of this year, based on these claims, “a report and examination date will take place at the insolvency court”. However, he cannot give any information at the current status. According to the report, the Schuhbeck Company is as a limited liability company, however, is not affected by the personal bankruptcy.

that Schuhbeck “daily withdrew cash from the tills of two restaurants, including the Südtiroler Stuben, totaling more than 4.2 million euros between 2009 and 2015”. Among other things, he used a computer program written by his employee to manipulate the sales. Schuhbeck “evaded a total of more than 1.2 million euros in income tax,” as the BGH further announced.