Ørjan JOHANNESSEN
Ørjan presented his country with another medal in 2015. That victory at the Bocuse d’Or had nothing to do with luck: it was the outcome of sheer persistence. Since 2007, Ørjan has been working, training, and competing alongside the man Norwegian chefs view as the best coach of all: Odd Ivar Solvold. From 2008, he took part […]
Filip August BENDI
Filip August was born in Sandnes, Norway, in a region renowned for its agriculture, fjords and amazing landscapes. He was immersed in the warm ambiance of good food from a very early age, growing up in a Norwegian-Italian family in which men and women shared the cooking. His father, who worked in the hotel trade, […]
Christian André PETTERSEN
Born July 21 1989 He was born in the town of Bodø, north of the polar Arctic circle: the Far North. And that’s the theme he developed for the Bocuse d’Or. His childhood was immersed in the flavours of the ultra-fresh fish pâtés prepared by his father, a cook, and fried in butter. Alongside these […]
Gunnar HVARNES
Gunnar Hvarnes is the eighth Norwegian to mount the Bocuse d’Or podium. A fine achievement for this chef whose first experience in the world of cooking was as a dishwasher in the kitchen of a ferryboat between Norway and Sweden! He started out as an apprentice in a hotel in Gaustablikk, a popular ski resort in […]
Geir SKEIE
It was on seeing Bent Stiansen on TV, winning the Bocuse d’Or in 1993, that Geir decided that his day would also come. He trained in the best Norwegian restaurants with his country’s very best chefs. As a member of the national team, he also won team victories; an experience that would serve him well […]
Tom Victor GAUSDAL
It could be said that Tom Victor Gausdal fell into the “magic cauldron” of competition from the earliest age! He started out as an apprentice at the Statholdergaarden (the restaurant run by Bent Stiansen, Bocuse d’Or 1993) and then, several restaurants later, he was assistant to Odd Ivar Solvod when he came to Lyon to […]
Charles TJESSEM
He is definitely the “sportiest” of the Norwegian chefs competing for the Bocuse d’Or. His professional itinerary leaves the impression of an inexhaustible practitioner of cuisine, and of culinary competitions in particular. Trained at the Godalen Hotel School and the famous Culinary Institute of Norway in Stavanger, he began his career working at a string […]
Terje NESS
Terje Ness comes from a small town in the west of Norway, Førde. He was four years old when he decided to become a chef. He doesn’t know why, since at the time he didn’t even help his mother in the kitchen … but that was what he wanted to do. Years later, he found […]
Odd Ivar SOLVOLD
When Odd Ivar Solvold climbed the podium in 1997 to receive the Bocuse de Bronze, it was by no means his first victory in a culinary competition. Since 1988, he had put in a string of award-winning performances; the Silver Medal at the World Young Chef Championships, and the Best Chef of Norway competition, which […]
