Terje Ness (born 7 April 1968) is a Norwegian

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 ...

. He was born in Førde. His mother was a diet cook at the hospital in Førde. Ness was apprenticed at Sunnfjord Hotell in 1987, received a

trade certificate Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exch ...

at the age of 21 in 1989, was with Frode Aga at Hallingstuene in Geilo, and he was also in Hemsedal and Stavanger. He worked at

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 at ...

's restaurant Bagatelle from 1994, and then ran his own restaurant ''Oro'' from 2000 to 2004. He is best known for winning the Bocuse d'Or in 1999. In 2015 he reopened ''Oro'' with his former Bagatelle team.Anders Kemp, ''Tilbake med et smell'' (norwegian) i Dagens Næringsliv, August 11, 2015.

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1968 births Living people Norwegian chefs People from Førde {{food-bio-stub