Wilhelm Horst Lichter (born 15 January 1962) is a German cook, television cook, cookbook author, and television presenter. He also occasionally appears on stage as an entertainer.

Horst Lichter
Lichter in 2019
Born	Wilmhelm Horst Lichter (1962-01-15) 15 January 1962 (age 60) Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim, West Germany
Occupation	Cook author TV presenter
Partner	Nada Lichter
Children	4 (1 deceased)
Website	horst-lichter.de

Life and career

Lichter was born on 15 January 1962 in Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim, North Rhine-Westphalia.

He grew up as the eldest son of the miner Anton Lichter and his wife Margret Lichter, nee Heikamp, in the Rhenish lignite district in Gill, a district of Rommerskirchen. He attended a Hauptschule and made bodybuilding as a teenager.[1] At the age of fourteen he began a three-year apprenticeship as a chef with Lutz Winter in the "Alte Post" hotel and restaurant in Bergheim.[2] He chose the profession of cook because he had very positive associations with eating together at the table.[3] He is well known from the German talk and cook show Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! which he moderated together with Johann Lafer[4] and Bares für Rares.[5]

Personal life

Lichter has three children from his first marriage; one of them died as an infant. Another relationship resulted in a daughter. He is married for the third time with Nada Lichter and lived in Badenweiler for eight years, and moved to Cologne in 2020.[6]

Lichter is very interested in motorcycles and cars, especially antique cars and modern classic cars.[7][8]

Publications (selection)

• Lichters Jahreszeitenküche, 2002, ISBN 3-8025-1506-4.
• Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! (mit Johann Lafer), 2007, ISBN 3-89883-150-7.
• Genießen erlaubt! Die gute alte Küche neu entdeckt, 2006, ISBN 3-89479-328-7.
• Großmutters geheime Rezepte. Aufgedeckt und aufgetischt, 2005, ISBN 3-8025-1667-2.
• Alles in Butter. Rezepte zum Glücklichsein. Goldmann, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-39172-1.
• Sushi ist auch keine Lösung (DVD, live comedy and cook programm) 2008.
• Hier bin ich Mensch: Geschichten, die vom Leben erzählen, Mosaik-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-39173-8.
• Wer hier klaut, stirbt: Horst Lichters Geschichten von tausendundeinem Leben, Goldmann, 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-17090-6.
• Die Lust am Kochen! Da ist sie wieder!, Gräfe und Unzer-Verlag GmbH, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8338-4540-6.
• Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher! … hör auf dein Herz, Gräfe und Unzer-Verlag GmbH, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8338-5763-8.

Literature

• Markus Lanz: Und plötzlich guckst du bis zum lieben Gott. Die zwei Leben des Horst Lichter. Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-06459-8.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Horst Lichter.

• Official website (in German)
• Horst Lichter at IMDb