The 2026 Hesse asparagus season has officially opened: Minister-President Boris Rhein (CDU) gave the starting signal at the asparagus harvest ceremony held at the Benz farm shop in Darmstadt-Arheilgen. He also crowned the new Asparagus Queen, Elena I from Frankfurt, who will represent the ‘royal vegetable’ this year. A native of East Hesse was right at the heart of the action: celebrity chef Stefan Pappert from Kalbach-Niederkalbach served a royally inspired asparagus menu, lending the opening event a touch of culinary glamour.
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