STANDING DATA

Name: Thomas Hensel
Also known as:. Tommy the Chef aus dem Wavetours Forum
Date of birth: 28.10.1980
Place of birth: Augsburg, Germany
Residence: Munich, Germany

SURFING CAREER

Surfing since: 1996
Places surfed: France, Spain, Morocco, Germany (Munich on the Eisbach and the Isar River), USA - Long Island, Costa Rica, Bali, Java, Lombok and Australia
What do you like best about surfing?
The feeling of utter freedom. However, the best is the way in which you perceive your body while in a fight with fat and powerful waves.

COOKING CAREER AND QUALIFICATIONS

Cooking since: 1995 – it all began with the „Crêpe-Recipe“ from our French textbook
• Before 2000: Tried out many recipes from books and started experimenting
• Summer 1999: Worked in the Audi Company's canteen kitchen
• Autumn 2000: Cooked 6 months for a family in Verbier (French Switzerland)
• Spring 2001: My first time as a cook in the Wavetours team in Moliets, France
• Autumn 2001-2004: While studying I worked as a cook in a bar in Ingolstadt, Germany
• Since 2005: I Spend my summers incarnating "Tommy the Chef" at the WaveTours camp in Moliets

What do you like best about cooking?

When I am working hard because the big moment of serving the food is coming closer and closer... and then BANG… everything's finally ready... and with my eyes I can see all the satisfied faces