Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 2 December 1948) is a Norwegian

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and formerly the part owner of

Bagatelle restaurant Bagatelle was a gourmet restaurant in the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway. Until 2012, it was the only Norwegian restaurant that has held two stars in the Michelin guide. The restaurant lost one of its stars in 2008, though was restored as a two-s ...

, a two-

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restaurant in the city of

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. He was the president of the 2008

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 ...

Europe, is frequently a judge at the Bocuse d'Or world finals, and was himself a competition candidate in 1989, placing fifth. In December 2009, Hellstrøm announced he would leave Bagatelle after 27 years, due to a long term conflict with majority owner

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. Hellstrøm and the entire Bagatelle staff worked their final shift on 21 December. An author of several books, including ''Inn med sølvskje'' with Anne-Kat. Hærland, Hellstrøm also hosts the Norwegian

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television show ''Hellstrøm rydder opp'', broadcast in 2008, 2009 and 2010, a Norwegian version of

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's ''

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''. Though initially criticized for playing the role excessively "nice", the series featured its share of conflicts such as the episode devoted to the

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seafood restaurant Fru Inger.Fridén, Tone; Hagen, Audun Hoem, ''Adresseavisen'' (17 October 2008)
Fiskerestaurant slaktes av mesterkokk Hellstrøm
The programme was characterized as a "slaughter" of Fru Inger, and shortly after the broadcast the restaurant was forced to close down.Smedsrud, Morten S., ''Adresseavisen'' (17 October 2008)
Fru Inger til leie
In 2010, Hellstrøm joined Tom Victor Gausdal and Jan Vardøen as judges on the TV3 version of the cooking challenge TV program '' MasterChef''. In 2007 Hellstrøm was awarded the Knight, First Class of the

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.kongehuset.no (14 June 2007)
Utnevnelse til St. Olavs orden

References

External links

Hærland & Hellstrøm official site

Hellstrøm official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hellstrom, Eyvind 1948 births Living people Norwegian chefs Norwegian food writers Norwegian restaurateurs People from Moss, Norway Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants Norwegian television chefs