Overview

• The pre-recorded farewell aired on Sunday with Calmund visibly moved during his final appearance.
• Producers staged a celebratory goodbye that included a custom throne and a golden fork as parting honors.
• Across his tenure he appeared in 263 episodes and judged more than 1,900 dishes, according to his tally.
• He addressed his January health scare with a diagnosed heart rhythm disorder, stressing it was not the reason for leaving and that he chose to scale back.
• VOX scheduled a Grill den Henssler summer special followed by Prominent! Spezial – Danke Calli!, and Calmund says he will limit himself to smaller, mainly football-related appearances while monitoring his blood pressure as advised by doctors.