Charles Tjessem
Charles Tjessem (born 5 May 1971, Sandnes) is a Norwegian chef, and winner of the 2003 Bocuse d'Or.[1][2] The victory was achieved over the French chef Frank Putelat by the smallest margin of points to date in the competition.[1]
Tjessem is currently a chef and owner of the restaurant Charles & De in Sandnes. He was coached for the Bocuse d'Or by Odd Ivar Solvold,[3][4] and had previously trained under Bent Stiansen, and Eyvind Hellstrøm during two years at Bagatelle, worked as a daily manager for Gastronomisk Institutt in Stavanger, as a chef for the petroleum company Statoil, and was captain of the Norwegian national chef team in the period 2000 to 2004.[5] Tjessem ended his competitive career with parting criticism aimed at the arrangers of the International Exhibition of Culinary Art.[6]
Tjessem published the book Rett skal være rett in 2006.
References
- Charles Tjessem dossier Forlaget Press
- Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bjørner Loe Welde, Ole . Dagbladet (January 30, 2003). Charles de gull (Norwegian)
- ↑ Dagens Næringsliv (January 29, 2003). Norsk seier i kokke-OL (Norwegian)
- ↑ Kolboe, Birgit, Apéritif (March 19, 2012). Går for Gull (Norwegian)
- ↑ Strømstad, Pia, Aftenposten: Mat fra Norge (February 2012). Ørjan Johannessen til kokke-EM (Norwegian)
- ↑ Bruland, Tore, Aperitif.no (December 2, 2006). Kjekke Charles (Norwegian)
- ↑ Dagens Næringsliv (October 10, 2004). Norsk kokkefiasko (Norwegian)
External links
- Charles & De official site (Norwegian)
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