Randy Adams	Mathias Letsch

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1955, Randall “Randy" Adams is what you could call a natural fan of bagels. He has been living in Hamburg, Germany, since 1997.

Mathias Letsch, born 1958 in Hamburg, has spent one year living in the United States where he came to love those delicious bagels that are availabe just about everywhere in America.

Asked about their most important criterion of quality, the two partners respond in unison: “Chewy! A good bagel must be chewy.” With a very delicate crust on the outside and being soft but chewy on the inside, this is what sets a bagel apart from any ordinary wheat roll.

When Randy and Mathias first met in Hamburg in 1997, they were soon to discover that they had one thing in common. As both of them were particularly fond of those tasty yeast dough rings, it didn’t take much time for them to decide that they wanted to start their own American-style bagel bakery and catering service in Hamburg. Determined to achieve their goal, they went to New York City in order to learn from Jewish master bakers the traditional craft of baking bagels.

Finally, after they had passed their examination at the Hamburg chamber of handicrafts and the special dough processing machines ordered in the U.S. had arrived from New York, their dream was to come true: In January 2001, they were ready for business as the American Bagel Company opened up its premises on Grindelallee in Rotherbaum, the university district of Hamburg.

Since then, the American Bagel Company’s delicious bagels, freshly baked every day according to original American recipes, enjoy ever growing popularity. The Company is listed in the register of craftsmen of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg and delivers its products to clients not only in Germany, but throughout Europe and all over the world.