Tom Victor Gausdal (born 1976, Nøtterøy) is a Norwegian

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, and silver medalist of the 2005 Bocuse d'Or.''Aftenposten'' (January 26, 2005)
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Jacobsen, Aase E. ''Apéritif'' (April 6, 2005)
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The margin separating Gausdal from gold medal winner Serge Vieira was one point.Diesen, Tobe, ''Aftenposten'' (January 26, 2005
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Graven, Andreas, ''Verdens Gang'' (January 26, 2005)
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Gausdal had a period of apprenticeship at Statholdergaarden under

Bent Stiansen Bent Stiansen (born 18 June 1963 in Arendal, Norway) is a Norwegian chef, who in 1993 became the first Scandinavian gold medal winner of the Bocuse d'Or. In 1994, with his Danish wife Anette, he established the restaurant Statholdergaarden in O ...

and was from 1997 to 2008 a member of the Norwegian national chef team. Intent since childhood on a culinary profession, Gausdal considered for a while on becoming a pastry chef. Among Gausdal's book publications are ''Husmannskost'' (2005) and several collaborations with chef and sommelier Ole Martin Alfsen, including ''Mat og drikke'' (2007), ''Mer'' (2008) and ''Familiekokeboka'' (2009). Gaustad is also a syndicated newspaper columnist, often with Alfsen. In 2010, Gausdal joined Eyvind Hellstrøm and

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as judges on the Norwegian

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version of the cooking challenge TV program '' MasterChef''.Grønneberg, Anders, ''Dagbladet'' (November 25, 2009)
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References

Tom Victor Gausdal profile
Academie des Bocuse d'Or
Tom Victor Gausdal dossier
Forlaget Press ;Footnotes

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