Tambourine Room by Tristan Brandt

Tristan Brandt is a top chef, former youngest two-star chef in Germany, culinary consultant, and entrepreneur for national (Germany) as well as international gourmet experiential concepts. Under the brand “by Tristan Brandt” he takes on the role as chef for restaurants, supports young talent and organizes top-tier gourmet festivals such as the Waldhaus Flims Festival of the Arts in Flims, Switzerland or the Pfälzer Gourmet Festival in Deidesheim, Germany. Tristan Brandt represents a modern French-based cuisine with Asian influences. He is a supporter of young cooking talent, whom he trains and integrates into his culinary projects. Tristan Brandt has worked for MICHELIN star chefs such as Harald Wohlfahrt***, Dieter Müller***, Jean-Georges Klein***, Stefan Stiller***, Jordi Cruz***, Herbert Brockel* and Manfred Schwarz*. In 2013, he set another career milestone when Richard Engelhorn brought him into the famous Engelhorn fashion house in Mannheim, Germany to fulfill his long-held dream of running his own Michelin-starred restaurant. Together they opened OPUS V, a gourmet restaurant for which the restaurant was awarded 2 MICHELIN stars and 18 Gault&Millau points within a very short time, making Brandt the youngest chef in Germany at the time to lead a two-star kitchen. In December 2022, Tristan Brandt continued his international culinary journey making his U.S. debut at the Carillon Miami Wellness Resort and launched the new fine dining restaurant “Tambourine Room by Tristan Brandt.”

Timo Steubing is a highly skilled and accomplished chef with more than 15 years of experience. He began his culinary journey as an apprentice at Fuchs’sche Mühle in Weinheim, Germany, from 2003 to 2006, training in all positions, including restaurant, hotel, and banquet. From 2006 to 2008, he was promoted to Commis de cuisine and Chef de partie Entremetier, Saucier. Afterward, he moved on to work at 1 Michelin star restaurant, Strahlenberger Hof in Schriesheim, Germany, where he worked as Chef de Partie Garde Manager. In 2009, he joined the 2 Michelin Star, Restaurant Kastell (Wernberg Castle) in Wernberg-Köblitz, Germany, where he worked as Chef de partie Poissonier/Entremetier until 2010. Next Chef Timo moved to Berlin to work as a Sous chef at Palazzo in Berlin, Germany, where he was Head Chef as well as responsible for managing staff, orders, and quality assurance for banquets up to 500 people. Following Palazzo, he held a similar position as Head Chef and oversaw logistics and management at Gendarmerie in Berlin, Germany. In 2012, Chef Timo moved to Denmark as Head chef at Restaurant Skipperly in Vejrø, Denmark. After a year, he moved back to Germany and spent six years as Sous chef at 1 Michelin star Restaurant Marly in Mannheim, Germany. In 2020, Timo became the Head chef at Restaurant 959 in Heidelberg, Germany, where he developed and implemented a modern gastronomy concept and this is also where he met Chef Tristan Brandt. Two years later, Chef Timo moved to Miami Beach, FL where he currently is Head Chef at Tambourine Room by Tristan Brandt.