Curriculum Vitae

Name: Hofstätter Franz

Date of Birth: 1975-07-22

Nationality: Austria

Family status: engaged with Caroline, one daughter (Olivia Fay *2009)

Residence: Wachau

School Education

Primary School, Hochneukirchen NÖ

Secondary School, Hochneukirchen NÖ

School of Hotel Management, Oberwart BGLD

School of Dr Roland – English und EDV

Export College in Linz UNI Linz 2003/2004

Courses

WSET Weinakademie Rust i.P.

Concessions-, Ausbilderprüfung WIFI, Eisenstadt

Computerkurse Microsoft Office WIFI, Vienna

Dipl. Sommelier WIFI, Vienna

Intercultural Trainings – Hernstein, Lower Austria

Export - Seminars WIFI, Vienna

Work Experience

Hotelfachschul-Praktikum Hotel Rose, Mayrhofen – Küche 1991

Hotelfachschul-Praktikum Hotel St. Georg, Mayrhofen - Service 1992

Hotelfachschul-Praktikum Hotel Neuhaus, Mayrhofen – Küche 1993

Management Trainee Steigenberger Hotels, Bad Tatzmannsdorf 1994/1995

Hotel Administration Hotel Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna 1996

F&B Assistant Service  Hotel Schloss Pichlarn, Irdning 1997

Sommelier/Chef de Service Cantinetta Antinori, Vienna 1998/1999

Executive Manager of Gastronomy Wein&Co-Bar, Vienna 2000/2001

Wine Buyer and Sommelier Danube, New York, U.S.A.  2001

Diverse Stages (1996-2002)

Fadinger Wien (2 Hauben)                

Jörg Wörter im Schloss Prielau (4 Hauben)     

Weibel´s Wirtshaus Wien (1 Haube)                

Tastes of Austria since 2002

Our Main Partners
  
Albert Gesellmann  Deutschkreutz/Mittelburgenland
Walter Glatzer  Göttlesbrunn/Carnuntum
Hannes Hirsch   Kammern/Kamptal
Bernhard Ott   Feuersbrunn/Wagram
Karl Fritsch   Kirchberg/Wagram
Hans Reisetbauer  Axberg/Oberösterreich

We also consulted others in their export agendas - to request - office(at)toa.co.at

All these partners are in our export cluster Tastes of Austria and we promote their fine products and also support them in various strategic questions.

We do tastings, events in many national and international countries.

We also develop logos and brands what fits to the products and people.

The main focus is to develop new export business and we create business from the first contact to the export papers.

Our main markets are

Asia – Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong
Skandinavia – Norway, Sweden
USA – East coast mainly and Canada
Great Britain – London area mainly.
Benelux – Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark
Russia – Moscow area mainly.