Otmar has over 30 years experience in the hospitality, tourism, and supplier industry.

Working in five different countries, in owner managed and multinational organisations around Europe, gave him a multi cultural awareness for the business.

Otmar worked for the last 20 years in senior management and decison making positions.

He has the classic hospitality career, he studied restaurant & hotel management in his native Germany for 5 years.  

Otmar has covered the 3-5* hotel market and the Michelin star restaurants. His areas of expertise are; F&B operation, purchasing, cost control and training. Presently he operates his own Hospitality Training & Consultancy Company. Otmar is since 2009 working with Failte Ireland in the Business Mentoring and Advisory Service. He has been reappointed for another two years as mentor & advisor for special skills.

Otmar’s training qualifications are; Craft trainer, group training techniques, trainer in the industry, train the trainer.

Here in Ireland Otmar held some very strong senior management position.

The K Club, Straffan
Director Operations
Director Purchasing & Control  
F&B Service Manager

O Connell’s Restaurant Ballsbridge
General Manager

Bewley’s Café’s, Grafton Street 
Deputy General Manager

Fitzpatrick Hotel Group in Bunratty
C&B Manager

Previous to his Irish experience, Otmar worked as Restaurant Manager / Maitre’ D, Purchasing Manager, F&B Controller, F&B Manager, for owner managed hotels/restaurants and multinational hotels such as:

Porten Hotels, Germany
Hilton International, Germany
Dorint Hotel and Resorts, Germany
Apart Hotel Group, Austria
Park Hotel and Savoy Hotel, Arosa Switzerland
The Savoy Group, London UK

During his career he has also been approached by the Supplier Industry.

He worked with a Wine Company, with Allied Domecq as Area Manager in his native Germany.
Here in Ireland he worked as a project consultant for Cuisine de France to head a new French product for the Irish hotel & catering market.