Press kit MR. BELLY

Georg Bauch, known as MR. BELLY, is a vegetarian live-fire chef based in Portugal. With the BBQ ALLSTARS he is German Vegan BBQ Champion 2026 and German BBQ Vice Champion 2025. He cooks, teaches and speaks across Europe, and serves as Ambassador Europe of the World Barbecue Association.

Georg Bauch, known as MR. BELLY, puts vegetables centre stage at the fire. A trained chef with decades in fine dining, hotels and catering, he brings the precision of a professional kitchen to open-flame cooking: wood, charcoal and plancha, with every menu vegetarian and built to be shared. With the BBQ ALLSTARS he won the German Vegan BBQ Championship in 2026, a year after finishing runner-up at the German BBQ Championship. From his base in Portugal he works across Europe as a guest chef, show cook, speaker and teacher. He is Ambassador Europe of the World Barbecue Association and founder of the European BBQ Union.

Georg Bauch, known as MR. BELLY, cooks with one conviction: nobody should have to give anything up, and nobody should be left out. His cuisine is entirely vegetarian, cooked over wood, charcoal and plancha, and made for long tables where meat lovers and vegetarians eat the same food and ask for seconds.

Georg trained as a chef in a five-star hotel and went on to lead kitchens in fine dining, hotels, contract catering and events before working independently around the world. Alongside the fire, he advises hospitality businesses on structure, standards and profitability, which is why his events run as calmly as they look.

With his team, the BBQ ALLSTARS, he became German Vegan BBQ Champion in 2026, one year after taking second place at the German BBQ Championship. As Ambassador Europe of the World Barbecue Association he promotes plant-forward cooking, sustainability and young culinary talent, and he founded the European BBQ Union to connect the barbecue community across borders.

From his base in Portugal, Georg works as a guest chef for hotels and restaurants, on stage at trade fairs and festivals, in multi-day retreats and in masterclasses for culinary schools. He has experience in television, radio and print, and speaks English and German on stage.