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Kitchen innovator teams up with Michelin star chefs to demonstrate Better

Flow in the Kitchen through beautiful light art

Hansgrohe sheds a little light on kitchen movement

Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_Light_Art _Quique_Dacosta_Sybille_Schoenberger.jpg Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Lichtfaktor GmbH

Michelin starred chefs Quique Dacosta (Quique Dacosta, Dénia/Spain) and Sybille Schönberger (Hessler, Maintal/Germany) collaborate with Hansgrohe to bring to life the movement of a modern chef in a busy kitchen. The light shows their Better Flow in the Kitchen with the Hansgrohe Metris Select kitchen mixer.

Schiltach, April 2016. Hansgrohe, one of the world’s leading

manufacturers of high quality kitchen mixers, has collaborated with global

culinary experts – Quique Dacosta and Sybille Schönberger – as well as

international light art specialists, Lichtfaktor, to create a series of stunning

artworks that bring to life the movement in the modern kitchen.

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More freedom of Movement in the Kitchen

Hansgrohe’s new kitchen mixer, Metris Select and Talis Select, now

combine a pull-out spout with the Hansgrohe Select technology. This

innovative solution allows turning the water flow on and off by simply

pushing the Select button, ergonomically positioned on top of the pull-out

spout. Temperature and water volume can be preset by turning the lever

handle. This considerably improves the freedom of movement and

ensures a Better Flow in the Kitchen.

Michelin star chefs Quique Dacosta and Sybille Schönberger

Hansgrohe teamed up with Michelin starred chefs Quique Dacosta from

Spain and Sybille Schönberger from Germany to visualise the concept of

Freedom of Movement in the Kitchen. Sybille Schönberger became

Germany’s youngest Michelin star chef in 2004 when she took over the

helm of the Hessler restaurant in Maintal/Germany. Gentle flavours and

soft contrast characterise her cuisine today. Quique Dacosta is

recognized all around the world for his artistic expression of the kitchen.

He was awarded three Michelin stars in 2012. On the collaboration with

Hansgrohe, he said: “It was the company more than anything that

convinced me to participate. Hansgrohe is committed to excellence,

design, research and quality, all values close to my own cooking.”

Light Art visualises Freedom of Movement in the Kitchen

Used to the hectic kitchen environment, each chef created one of their

signature dishes – La Bruma from Quique Dacosta and Roasted Salmon

Tartare With Coriander Yoghurt on Wild Herb Salad from Sybille


Schönberger – while attached to special light sensors that allowed the

Lichtfaktor team to track and capture their movements. These movements

were then brought to life in the light art photography and film. “The light art

is something entirely new and creative for me. Chefs are artists in their

own way – creative people”, Sybille Schönberger commented. “The photo

shoot was great, and the pictures really captured the frantic and beautiful

energy in the kitchen.”

Richard Grohe, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Hansgrohe

SE, said: “Modern family kitchens are becoming more advanced and more

adventurous than ever before and as a result, they’re requiring

innovations like the Select technology. We were amazed at how the light

art creations showed how varied and numerous flow in the kitchen can

really be. The Hansgrohe Metris Select kitchen mixer is designed to help

kitchens be more efficient and let people focus more on the excitement of

cooking.”


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Picture Overview Light art with Michelin starred chefs Sybille Schönberger and Quique Dacosta using Hansgrohe Metris Select kitchen mixer

Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_Light_Art _Quique_Dacosta.jpg Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Lichtfaktor GmbH

Light art captures three Michelin starred chef Quique Dacosta’s movement as he creates his signature dish La Bruma with Hansgrohe. He moves the pull-out spout with swivel function to the dish and turns on the hot water flow pouring on dry ice by using the Select button of the Hansgrohe Metris Select kitchen mixer.


Sybille_Schoenberger_Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_Light_Art.jpg Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Lichtfaktor GmbH

Light art captures Michelin starred chef Sybille Schönberger using Hansgrohe Metris Select as she prepares her Roasted Salmon Tartare With Coriander Yoghurt on Wild Herb Salad. Both hands busy she turns on the water with preset temperature and volume by using the Select button ergonomically positioned on the top of the pull-out spout.


Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_Light_Art.jpg Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Lichtfaktor GmbH

Light Art commissioned by Hansgrohe SE shows movement of modern chefs around the kitchen mixer. Hansgrohe Metris Select combines a pull-out spout with the innovative Select technology. Temperature and water volume are preset by turning the lever handle. Then, the water flow is turned on and off by pushing the Select button ergonomically positioned on top of the pull-out spout. This innovative solution combined with the swivel function considerably improves freedom of movement and ensures a Better Flow in the Kitchen.

Picture link:

http://pr.hansgrohe.com/Hansgrohe/2016_Hansgrohe_Kitchen_Select_Campaign

_Light_Art/index.php


Picture Overview Light art with Michelin starred chefs Sybille Schönberger and Quique Dacosta using Hansgrohe Metris Select kitchen mixer

Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_ Sybille_Schoenberger_1.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner

Sybille_Schoenberger_Salmon_Tartare_1.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner


German Michelin star chef Sybille Schönberger prepares her dish Salmon Tartare with Coriander Yoghurt on Wild Herbs Salad.


Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_ Sybille_Schoenberger_2.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner

Sybille Schönberger enjoys the ease of the Hansgrohe Metris Select’s pull-out spout while preparing her signature dish Salmon Tartare with Coriander Yoghurt on Wild Herbs Salad during the Hansgrohe Metris Select Light Art photoshoot.


Hansgrohe_Light_Art_Behind_The_Scenes_Sybille_Schoenberger_1.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner

Hansgrohe_Light_Art_Behind_The_Scenes_Sybille_Schoenberger_2.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner

Behind the Scenes of the Hansgrohe Metris Select Light Art photoshoot with Michelin star chefs Sybille Schönberger and Quique Dacosta.

Hansgrohe_Metris_Select_ Quique_Dacosta.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner

Quique_Dacosta_La_Bruma_1.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner


Spanish avant-garde chef Quique Dacosta prepares his signature dish La Bruma with Hansgrohe Metris Select. ‘The Fog‘ beautifully fusions the dish with its environment creating a mystic atmosphere.



Hansgrohe_Light_Art_Behind_The_Scenes_Quique_Dacosta_.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Tom Hafner

Behind the Scenes of three Michelin starred chef Quique Dacosta preparing his signature dish La Bruma at the Hansgrohe Metris Select Light Art photoshoot.

Hansgrohe_Light_Art_Behind_The_Scenes_Quique_Dacosta_Sybille_Schoenberger.tif Copyright: Hansgrohe SE / Lichtfaktor GmbH

Michelin starred chefs Quique Dacosta and Sybille Schönberger test their tools at the Hansgrohe Light Art Photoshoot to bring to life the movement of a modern chef in a busy kitchen.

Picture link:


http://pr.hansgrohe.com/Hansgrohe/2016_Hansgrohe_Kitchen_Select_Campaign

_Behind_the_Scenes/index.php

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