Ingo Taubert

The Beginning of Happiness - pencil drawing by Nigel A JAMES

The Perfect Bedside Manna

Sadly,there are those anongst us whose lives have become no bigger than their beds.They are the infirm, and they will never again experience life as others do.  But, for one Viennese old people's home, life dramatically improved about two years ago - and the changes came in on the back of a traveller!

Ingo Taubert had spent all of his very long life cooking around the world before the call of home brought him back to his roots. His global patch had included the mobile sea-faring galleys of luxury liners, some of the best hotels in the world, and, one or two of the finest of eateries as well! In short, he was a man of the world, and he knew all about making people happy, and this was not about to change as he took over the kitchen of the soon to be “luckiest old people’s home in the world”.

The people who first tasted the difference were those in the best of good health. The new freshness and the quality of the meals was something that none had thought possible. But, what Ingo Taubert did for the nursing station was nothing less than a miracle! He changed the lives of the weak and the feeble completely.

Upon visiting the station, Ingo Taubert found people with little or no appetite at all. Something had to change! People deserved better. Thankfully, the solution wasn’t long in coming! It was meals on wheels with a difference.

Soon, Ingo and his team were to be seen on the station with a mobile kitchen, and, what they were doing was unique. They were involving everyone in the process of lunch. Something that had never been thought of before - and the results were astounding!

It was like night and day. Just being able to decide their own lunch, and, the smells and the sights of wonderful cooking right next to their beds were visibly bringing people back from the edge of disinterest. Life with full appetites and lots to look-forward to had returned!

And that’s how it should be. Ingo Taubert, in his very short time with the elderly infirm, has succeeding in providing a daily tasty celebration of the best. Good food, after-all, is the base of all that is good!

There is lots more to find out about Ingo Taubert.  Simply "Google" him - you will be surprised!