Charles Tjessem

Charles Tjessem 2009

Charles Tjessem (born May 5th, 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 has 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.^[3] Tjessem ended his competitive career with parting criticism aimed at the arrangers of the International Exhibition of Culinary Art.^[4]

Tjessem published the book Rett skal være rett in 2006.

References

• Charles Tjessem dossier Forlaget Press

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Bjørner Loe Welde, Ole . Dagbladet (January 30, 2003). Charles de gull (Norwegian)
2. ^ Dagens Næringsliv (January 29, 2003). Norsk seier i kokke-OL (Norwegian)
3. ^ Bruland, Tore, Aperitif.no (December 2, 2006). Kjekke Charles (Norwegian)
4. ^ Dagens Næringsliv (October 10, 2004). Norsk kokkefiasko (Norwegian)

External links

• Charles & De official site (Norwegian)

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