Meeting Chef of the Year 2019

Our Karin Sundgren took first place followed by 2nd place Emma Fyman from Två Skyttlar and in third place Oscar Nyman from Sigtuna Stadshotell. There were 19 chefs who fought hard for the prestigious title at Venue 81 on February 5th and the renowned jury consisted of Sayan Isaksson, Linnéa Liljedahl and Norbert Lang.

The motivation was: Modern, elegant, sophisticated, aesthetic, tasteful, artisanal and honest cooking.

Congratulations Karin!

The purpose of the competition is to highlight the most culinary distinctive meeting facilities in Sweden. The food experience is an important part of a conference and several of the country's best chefs work in the meeting industry. This year the theme was to cook a two-course dinner with a focus on sustainability. Karin, who is passionate about flavors and has a strong environmental mindset, cooked a dish where she made use of all parts of the ingredients in a tasteful and elegant way, which made her win.
Karin has worked in the kitchen at Vår Gård for about two years and has a great passion for green cuisine. She is passionate about sustainable cooking and sees the challenge in avoiding waste by using the whole raw material without sacrificing taste. Her strengths lie in being meticulous, creative and extremely tasteful.
Before the competition, Karin trained both practically and mentally. It is about having time to create her dishes within 60 minutes and requires good time planning and nerves of steel.
- Since I have a great need for control, I of course felt a little nervous and tense about the time pressure, but I didn't want to focus on the result. For me, it was the execution and the journey there that were most important, and the flavors, says Karin with a big smile on her face.