{
  "country": "Germany",
  "code": "DE",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13",
  "source": "https://happychef.cloud/en/press-contacts/de.html",
  "national": {
    "description": "Germany's national food press splits between quality dailies and weeklies with lifestyle/feuilleton sections (Süddeutsche Zeitung, FAZ, Die Welt, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel), dedicated gourmet magazines (Der Feinschmecker, essen & trinken), and an unusually well-organised hospitality trade press published by Deutscher Fachverlag (AHGZ, food-service) that restaurant and hotel operators read directly. dpa's wire service feeds lifestyle desks nationwide, Chefkoch.de is the country's dominant food platform, and VOX's \"Kitchen Impossible\" is the most-watched food-focused TV format. For restaurant PR, the trade press offers the most direct professional pickup, while the quality dailies are the route to mainstream consumer coverage.",
    "tip": "Pitch AHGZ and food-service first — both are read by restaurant and hotel decision-makers and both have confirmed editorial inboxes — then follow up with Süddeutsche Zeitung's newsdesk for wider consumer reach.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "Süddeutsche Zeitung",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "redaktion@sueddeutsche.de",
        "website": "https://www.sueddeutsche.de",
        "notes": "Munich-based national paper of record; general editorial inbox confirmed on the outlet's own impressum."
      },
      {
        "name": "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "info@faz.net",
        "website": "https://www.faz.net",
        "notes": "General information inbox; the Feuilleton (culture/lifestyle) desk covers dining and chef stories."
      },
      {
        "name": "Die Welt",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "kontakt@welt.de",
        "website": "https://www.welt.de",
        "notes": "General contact confirmed on the outlet's own impressum page."
      },
      {
        "name": "Die Zeit",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": "kontakt@zeit.de",
        "website": "https://www.zeit.de",
        "notes": "Weekly national paper; food and lifestyle features run largely in ZEITmagazin."
      },
      {
        "name": "Der Spiegel",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": "spiegel@spiegel.de",
        "website": "https://www.spiegel.de",
        "notes": "Germany's leading weekly newsmagazine; general editorial inbox."
      },
      {
        "name": "Der Feinschmecker",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.der-feinschmecker.de",
        "notes": "Germany's leading gourmet monthly (restaurant reviews, chef profiles, restaurant awards); no editorial email verified."
      },
      {
        "name": "essen & trinken",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": "service@essen-und-trinken.de",
        "website": "https://www.essen-und-trinken.de",
        "notes": "Long-running national consumer food magazine."
      },
      {
        "name": "AHGZ (Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung)",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": "ahgz@dfv.de",
        "website": "https://www.ahgz.de",
        "notes": "Germany's leading hospitality-trade newspaper, published by Deutscher Fachverlag; editor-in-chief Svenja Alberti."
      },
      {
        "name": "food-service",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": "foodservice@dfv.de",
        "website": "https://www.food-service.de",
        "notes": "Trade title for the out-of-home/restaurant sector (Deutscher Fachverlag); editor-in-chief Ilona Renner."
      },
      {
        "name": "Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)",
        "type": "wire",
        "email": "pressestelle@dpa.com",
        "website": "https://www.dpa.com",
        "notes": "National wire agency; press office contact confirmed on dpa's own site, feeds lifestyle/consumer desks nationwide."
      },
      {
        "name": "Chefkoch.de",
        "type": "blog",
        "email": "presse@chefkoch.de",
        "website": "https://www.chefkoch.de",
        "notes": "Germany's largest recipe and food community platform; press contact confirmed via its publisher's own site."
      },
      {
        "name": "Kitchen Impossible (VOX)",
        "type": "tv",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.vox.de",
        "notes": "VOX's flagship culinary format hosted by Tim Mälzer; no dedicated production email found — pitch via the VOX/RTL Deutschland press office."
      }
    ]
  },
  "regions": [
    {
      "id": "bayern",
      "name": "Bavaria",
      "nativeName": "Bayern",
      "description": "Munich anchors Bavaria's dining press, with two competing city dailies alongside Bayerischer Rundfunk's regional broadcasting; other Bavarian sub-regions are largely reached through these Munich-based outlets.",
      "tip": "Abendzeitung München, which has a confirmed general contact, and Münchner Merkur are the two dailies Munich restaurateurs pitch first.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Abendzeitung München",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "info@abendzeitung-muenchen.de",
          "website": "https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de",
          "notes": "Munich tabloid-format daily with strong lifestyle/dining coverage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Münchner Merkur",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.merkur.de",
          "notes": "Munich's other major regional daily."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.br.de",
          "notes": "Bavaria's public broadcaster; runs regional food and lifestyle segments."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "berlin",
      "name": "Berlin",
      "nativeName": "Berlin",
      "description": "Berlin's restaurant scene is covered by a quality daily, a mass-market tabloid, and the region's public broadcaster, making it one of Germany's most competitive local media markets for openings.",
      "tip": "Der Tagesspiegel, which has a published press-office address, is the strongest first pitch for a serious Berlin opening or review.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Der Tagesspiegel",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "pressestelle@tagesspiegel.de",
          "website": "https://www.tagesspiegel.de",
          "notes": "Berlin's leading quality daily, also with strong national reach; general editorial inbox is redaktion@tagesspiegel.de."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berliner Morgenpost",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.morgenpost.de",
          "notes": "Berlin's other major daily newspaper."
        },
        {
          "name": "rbb (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.rbb-online.de",
          "notes": "Public broadcaster for Berlin and Brandenburg."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nordrhein-westfalen",
      "name": "North Rhine-Westphalia",
      "nativeName": "Nordrhein-Westfalen",
      "description": "Germany's most populous state splits its press between Cologne and Düsseldorf, with a strong regional public broadcaster (WDR) that also produces food-related programming.",
      "tip": "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger for Cologne and Rheinische Post for Düsseldorf are the two dailies with the widest reach for restaurant news in the state.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.ksta.de",
          "notes": "Cologne's leading daily newspaper."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rheinische Post",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://rp-online.de",
          "notes": "Düsseldorf-based daily covering the wider Rhineland."
        },
        {
          "name": "WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www1.wdr.de",
          "notes": "Regional public broadcaster; runs regional food and consumer segments."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hamburg",
      "name": "Hamburg",
      "nativeName": "Hamburg",
      "description": "Hamburg's port-city dining scene is served by two rival dailies and NDR's regional broadcasting, giving restaurant PR both a quality-press and a mass-market route.",
      "tip": "Hamburger Abendblatt, which publishes a general contact address, is the standard first call for a Hamburg opening.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Hamburger Abendblatt",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "info@abendblatt.de",
          "website": "https://www.abendblatt.de",
          "notes": "Hamburg's leading daily newspaper."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hamburger Morgenpost",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.mopo.de",
          "notes": "Hamburg's tabloid-format daily."
        },
        {
          "name": "NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.ndr.de",
          "notes": "Public broadcaster for Hamburg and northern Germany."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hessen",
      "name": "Hesse",
      "nativeName": "Hessen",
      "description": "Frankfurt's financial-capital status supports a cluster of dailies alongside Hessischer Rundfunk, covering a dining scene ranging from traditional Apfelwein taverns to a growing fine-dining sector.",
      "tip": "Frankfurter Rundschau and Frankfurter Neue Presse are the two general dailies most likely to run a Frankfurt-area restaurant story.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Frankfurter Rundschau",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.fr.de",
          "notes": "Frankfurt daily with regional and national editions; only a reader/subscriber-service inbox is public."
        },
        {
          "name": "Frankfurter Neue Presse",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.fnp.de",
          "notes": "Frankfurt-area regional daily."
        },
        {
          "name": "hr (Hessischer Rundfunk)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.hr.de",
          "notes": "Hesse's public broadcaster."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sachsen",
      "name": "Saxony",
      "nativeName": "Sachsen",
      "description": "Dresden and Leipzig each have their own leading daily, both useful for restaurant PR in eastern Germany's most active dining region, alongside MDR's regional broadcasting.",
      "tip": "Sächsische Zeitung, with a confirmed editorial email, is the best-documented first contact for a Dresden-area opening.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Sächsische Zeitung",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "redaktion@saechsische.de",
          "website": "https://www.saechsische.de",
          "notes": "Dresden's leading daily newspaper."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leipziger Volkszeitung",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.lvz.de",
          "notes": "Leipzig's leading daily newspaper."
        },
        {
          "name": "MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.mdr.de",
          "notes": "Public broadcaster for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}