Karlheinz Hauser’s pivotal culinary influences were one of the world’s most celebrated chefs, Eckart Witzigmann, at Aubergine restaurant in Munich, and later a tenure as head chef for the restaurant legend, Gerd Käfer. Following his time in Munich, Hauser made his way to Berlin where he became executive chef and culinary manager at the Hotel Adlon, organising high profile dinners and banquets for dignitaries and celebrities from Jacques Chirac and Bill Clinton to Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2002 he was appointed chef and patron at Seven Seas restaurant.