Lisa Bader
Zürich Ambassador
cultivating.taste
Becoming a sommelier was not always the first choice for Lisa. Born and raised in southern Germany, she always wanted to study medicine before realising that her passion was something else.
After taking a bachelor's degree in Events Marketing at the Swiss Hotel Management School in Montreux, Switzerland, Lisa started working in an events office in Frankfurt am Main, where she mainly organised the food and beverage focused events, as this was always her favourite thing to work with. Being close to the Rheingau wine-growing area and being connected to a lot of people that were working in the gastronomy scene, she decided to do her sommelier degree in Koblenz. In 2014 she started working at Erno’s Bistro in Frankfurt, a small one Michelin star restaurant with French wines – and vintages going back to the 1920s.
After some more sommelier positions in the Frankfurt area of Germany, she started working at the legendary Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich in January 2017 as the Head Sommelier. Since 2023, she has run her own consultancy, working with restaurants, wineries and private clients. She is preparing for her Master Sommelier Diploma with the Court of Master Sommeliers in London, and teaches at Germany's sommelier schools.