Meet the Staff

Chef Winfried Winfried Küffner was born and raised in Cologne, Germany. From a young age his passion was always food and so it was to no ones surprise when he started his apprenticeship as chef in the world famous Dom Hotel in Cologne. He spent most of his professionally forming years in Switzerland. In charming hotels like the La Siala Falera, Park-Hotel Gunten Thuner See, and Hotel Belvedere Grindelwald where he met and fell head over heal in love with his future wife Andrea. Later they moved to the Black Forest, Andrea’s birthplace and he got his final training of culinary art at the Black Forest.

Andrea Küffner Andrea was born and raised in Gaggenau, a small town in the Black Forest Germany. Very early on she decided to follow the footsteps of her grandmother and started a career in the hospitality industry. Andrea was trained as a “Hotelfachfrau” at the very distinguished Hotel Bühlerhöhe near Baden-Baden. After finishing her apprenticeship, she refined her training first as waitress at the Restaurant Burg Windeck in Bühl, then at the Park-Hotel Bad Mergentheim, from there she moved to Switzerland, to the Hotel Belvedere Grindelwald.

Peter Demetz Peter is Andrea’s younger brother. He and his wife Yvonne were the first to move to Mexico in 1996 after falling in love with Banderas Bay. He is a computer wizard and is in charge of the marketing and computer maintenance in the restaurant. Since 2002 he owns also a computer and web design business.

Yvonne Demetz Yvonne was born and raised in Gernsbach, truly an authentic Black Forest town. Her experience as a salesperson is very valued by her family and her warm welcome makes every guest feel right at home. She is not only funny and affectionate but also Andrea’s reliable partner in the restaurant’s service section.