Northampton Wines

Johannes shares his parentage with brother Richard. However, born in Kingsport, Tennessee he is a natural born American. He attributes much of his cooking acumen to a childhood fascination with the kitchens of his parents. Father Johannes was a professional chef having trained in the rigid European system of apprenticeship. Mother Anna was an excellent home cook in the rural traditions of Southern Austria and Slovenia.

Johannes began to cook professionally in his teens working in a succession of restaurants of all types. He spent four years at Captain Frank’s, Cleveland Ohio’s original waterfront seafood house where in addition to the seafood staples, classical Northern Italian preparations were the norm. From there he served a stint in “institutional” food service, opening hospital accounts for several contract food service firms in Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, and Georgia. To return to hands on food preparation, he served as Chef at first the Johnson City, Tennessee and then the Dalton, Georgia Country Clubs.

While completing an undergraduate culinary degree at the Art Institute of Atlanta Johannes began to work at the Indigo Coastal Grill in Virginia Highlands. After graduation he remained to become executive sous chef. After the sale of the restaurant, Johannes remained to work with master chef Tom Catheral at the Indigo, Tom Tom’s, Prime, and Noche.

Johannes joined a former co-worker in opening a 48 seat fine dining establishment in Hershey, Pennsylvania which opened to rave reviews in the local and regional press.

This time around Johannes has “bought in” to Northampton Wines to insure an ownership interest in the creations of his kitchen. He is now working on the design and menu details of “The Wine Café” at Northampton Wines, where he will provide fine dining in a wine friendly environment, right on our premises.

Like David, Johannes has a large and esoteric collection of older recordings. He also enjoys golf.