Charles Tjessem (born 5 May 1971, in

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway and together, the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sandnes lies ...

) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

chef A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...

, and winner of the 2003

Bocuse d'Or The Bocuse d'Or (the ''Concours mondial de la cuisine'', World Cooking Contest) is a biennial world chef championship. Named for the chef Paul Bocuse, the event takes place during two days near the end of January in Lyon, France, at the SIRHA Inter ...

.Bjørner Loe Welde, Ole . ''Dagbladet'' (January 30, 2003)
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''Dagens Næringsliv'' (January 29, 2003)
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The victory was achieved over the French chef Frank Putelat by the smallest margin of points to date in the competition. 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 Odd Ivar Solvold, (born 21 July 1969 in Bamble, Norway) is a Norwegian chef from Sandefjord, 3 times Norwegian Champion in Culinary art 1990, 91,93, Young Chef of the Year 1988 Nice France, Chef of the Year 1995 and a 1997 Bocuse d'Or The Bocuse d ...

, and had previously trained under Bent Stiansen, and

Eyvind Hellstrøm Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 2 December 1948) is a Norwegian chef and formerly the part owner of Bagatelle restaurant, a two- Michelin-starred restaurant in the city of Oslo. He was the president of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe, is frequently a judge a ...

during two years at

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, worked as a daily manager for Gastronomisk Institutt in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, as a chef for the petroleum company

Statoil Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state owned enterprise, state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It is primarily a petroleum company, petroleum company, operating in 36 countries with ad ...

, and was captain of the Norwegian national chef team in the period 2000 to 2004.Bruland, Tore, ''Aperitif.no'' (December 2, 2006)
Kjekke Charles
Tjessem ended his competitive career with parting criticism aimed at the arrangers of the

International Exhibition of Culinary Art The International Exhibition of Culinary Art (in German: ''Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung'' or IKA) termed the Culinary Olympics, is a quadrennial chef competition, and the biggest culinary exhibition in the world.Dixon, Rachel, ''The Guardi ...

. ''Dagens Næringsliv'' (October 10, 2004)
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Tjessem published the book ''Rett skal være rett'' in 2006.

References

Charles Tjessem dossier
Forlaget Press ;Footnotes

External links

Charles & De official site
1971 births Living people Norwegian chefs Norwegian food writers People from Sandnes {{norway-bio-stub