Founder and owner of European Gourmet Export is Heidelore Knirr.

She worked for more than 20 years in sales and marketing of ingredients and flavours for bakeries, pastry, catering and industry in Germany and worldwide before starting her own business.

 This unique experience and deep knowledge of suppliers and users of ingredients is utilized by European Gourmet Export to offer German manufacturers new international opportunities and to present so far internationally not available unique products to customers around the world.

Since 2020 Heidelore Knirr is elected member of the General Assembly of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce. And in 2021 she was appointed honorary judge at the Supreme Finance Court of the State of Hesse.