Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 2 December 1948) is a Norwegian

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and formerly the part owner of

Bagatelle Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wood ...

, 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 :wikt:biennial, 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, a ...

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 ''

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''. In 2007 Hellstrøm was awarded the Knight, First Class of the

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

.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