First woman to receive Michelin star – Helsingborgs Dagblad

First woman to receive Michelin star – Helsingborgs Dagblad

– It is sad that it took so long before a woman received a star. We are not so very many women who are chefs who have this level of ambition and carry it out, she said.

Bloom in the park serves food that will both please the eye and the palate. The kitchen is a box with small birch stumps and a bowl of green moss. Birch stumps were used to serve small morsels on while waiting for the food, such as crunchy fried pig ears or snails, explaining the restaurant’s owner Igi Vidal. He is very proud of the star, which he hopes will attract diners from other countries, and over his head chef.

– There is too much testosterone in the industry. I hope to God that this encourages young girls so they want to come and work with this, he said.

Vollmer and Ambiance à Wind Åkra are the other two Malmo Bars who will each receive a star. Ambiance à Wind Åkra is the only winning finkrogen not located inside a major city, but just outside Malmö near the small village Tygelsjö.

– It is amazing of course, I’m very happy for my staff’s sake, say Chef Karim Khouani.

Karim Khouani has worked at several Michelin star restaurants in London and Luxembourg.

Mischa Billing, sommelier and lecturer in Culinary Arts and known as juror in the competition Sweden master chef, believes that Malmö should have been noted previously and says that it’s great that the wizard finally found there.

– It has happened a lot of good things there for a very long time and that now receives international recognition really important, she says.

When asked what it is that distinguishes the now starry taverns she replies that they combine knowledge and professionalism with singularity and personality.

– It can sometimes be a bit obstinate but it is also what is very charming here, and what will be their hallmark, she says.

In Stockholm assigned Oaxen Pub for the second consecutive year, a new star and now has two, along with Frantzén and Mathias Dahlgren-dining room. New at Stockholm list is Östermalm restaurant Volts.

Gothenburg in the new wizard five star restaurants since Cook and SK Food & amp; People awarded its first stars.

In the new Nordic wizard gives Sweden 21 stars, spread over 18 restaurants in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The Swedish tourist industry’s trade association Visita rejoice over the new stars, and says it is further proof that Sweden is a country that is good in gastronomy. At the same time think Visita that it is a pity that the Michelin guide, failed again drawn attention to rural areas.

– There is a risk that the wizard lose confidence restaurants outside the big cities, as in other places mentioned as the nation’s best, is not there, says food and environmental strategist Sara Sundquist.