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Charles Tjessem (born 5 May 1971, in
Sandnes
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) is a
Norwegian
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*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
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chef
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, 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 ...
.
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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.
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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 Bagatelle
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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
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, 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)]
Norsk kokkefiasko
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
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