Josef traveled halfway around the world and cooked in many interesting places. At the same time, there was just a little missing, and one of the talents of the current Czech gastro scene did not cook at all. When Josef Křížek was deciding what he was going to do, he hesitated between working with wood and working with food.
He is grateful for chefs and wonderful colleagues he met and he learned from. Right after graduation, he went to London and cooked for seven years under great chefs from Australia. He then cooked, for example, in the luxurious smelling Abu Dhabi and helped open several restaurants there.
Finally, he landed in the Czech Republic and cooked in the fine dining team of the Augustine restaurant and subsequently in the completely different concept of the Červený Jelen restaurant.
Fresh from September 2023, you will find Josef Křížek in the position of Executive Chef at Alcron in Prague. “It’s an interesting change not only from a purely professional perspective – from professional growth, but also because it’s moving much more from meat to vegetables”, Josef. In the spring of 2023, you could register Josef as František Hrdina’s coach for the most prestigious cooking competition Bocuse d’Or, which took place in Prague’s O2 Universum (he won 4th place).
