【DE】German Gastro Founder Award: Social Media Voting starts on the 16th January |

Fans can vote on Facebook for a week

Startup with the most interactions secures place in the semi-finals

Jury selects nine more finalists

Now the fans have the floor: Who gets one of the coveted places in the semi-finals of the German Gastro Founder Award 2023 and is allowed on the 3rd. February in Augsburg live pitch in front of the jury? This is decided, among other things, in the large social media voting on the Facebook page of the German Gastro Founder Award. Anyone who receives the most interactions there – likes, comments and shares – is sure to be at the semi-finals on the 3rd. February 2023 in Augsburg. The remaining nine semi-finalists are determined by a top-class jury of industry experts. The German Gastro Founder Award is awarded every year by the Leaders Club Germany, the leading industry trade fair INTERNORGA and the POS system provider orderbird. The grand finale will take place on the 10th. March 2023 in Hamburg.

It’s getting serious: With the start of social media voting on the 16th. January 2023 begins the exciting race for the main prize at Germany’s most sought-after founder’s prize for the hospitality industry. So that the jury is not spoilt for choice alone, fans of the junior concepts can also have a say. On the pagehttps://www.facebook.com/gastrogruenderpreis, 17 promising applicants introduce themselves in short videos. Anyone who from today until the 23rd January 2023, 10 a.m., receives the most likes, shares and comments, automatically moves into the semi-finals and may on the 3rd February 2023 in Augsburg live pitch in front of the jury!

There, the winner meets nine other semi-finalists who were selected in advance by the expert jury according to the three main criteria of innovation, profitability and founder personality. The top 10 will be announced promptly after the conclusion of the social media voting. At the semi-finals in Augsburg, restaurateur Patrick Rüther (bullery, ÜberQuell, Hamburg), vegan chef and restaurateur Sophia Hoffmann, INTERNORGA boss Claudia Johannsen, Leaders Club President Marc Uebelherr, Dieter Moser (orderbird) and Louise Kluck (Paulaner Brauerei) will decide on the March 2023 to the vote of the professional audience at INTERNORGA. In addition to attractive non-cash and coaching prizes, the main winner will receive 10,000 euros as starting capital.

Further information at www.gastro-gruenderpreis.de.