Niklas Peter Ekstedt (born November 28, 1978) is a Swedish

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and

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. After attending the gastronomic high school of Racklöfska in the skiing resort of

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in central Sweden, Ekstedt worked for

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. Soon thereafter, at age twenty-one, Ekstedt started his first restaurant, 'Niklas', in the harbor town of

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

, Sweden. Niklas was listed the best business restaurant in Sweden by newspaper ' Dagens Industri' in 2003 and the fifth best restaurant in Sweden by the restaurant guide 'White' in 2005. In 2003 Ekstedt opened a second restaurant, 'Niklas i Viken', a summer restaurant located in the village of

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, a few kilometers north of Helsingborg. Simultaneously, Ekstedt's cooking show, 'Mat' (''Food'' in

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), began airing on

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(Swedish national television). In autumn 2008, Ekstedt and his staff moved to

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to manage Restaurant 1900. In April 2009, the fifth season of Ekstedt's cooking show began airing. Since then Ekstedt's Television Career has continued with several shows, including a cooking show aimed at a children audience. In 2011, Ekstedt opened his second restaurant in Stockholm, simply named 'Ekstedt'. Here, the concept is to first and foremost cook all raw ingredients over an open fire. Ekstedt furthermore completed short internships at several three-star Michelin restaurants, including

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, Spain. In 2020, Ekstedt appeared as a judge in the Channel 4 series 'Crazy Delicious.' The show took place on an 'edible set' and was hosted by British comedian

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alongside chefs

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and

Carla Hall Carla Hall (born May 12, 1964) is an American chef, television personality and former model. She appeared in the fifth and eighth seasons of ''Top Chef'', Bravo's cooking competition show. She was a cohost on ''The Chew'', a one-hour talk sho ...

References

External links

Niklas' Personal homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstedt, Niklas Living people 1978 births Swedish television chefs Swedish restaurateurs