Morten Schakenda (7 June 1966 – 14 March 2022) was a Norwegian cook, known as one of the leading chefs in the country.

Career

After working on the school ship Gann, he worked at Hotell Ulstein. Later, he was leader of the Gastronomisk institutt in

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for eight years, and made his debut for the national cooking team (1997). He worked in Oslo restaurants such as Bagatelle, Jans Mat og Vinhus, Terra Restaurant, D'Artagnan and

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. After three years as the apprentice at

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, he established a bakery in Lom (2004-).Det bur ein superbakar i Lom
from kulturarv.no (July 2005). Schakenda had, along with

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and

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, written ''Med skjell fra gaffelen'' (2004).

References

1966 births 2022 deaths People from Sande, Møre og Romsdal People from Lom, Norway Norwegian chefs Norwegian food writers {{chef-bio-stub