Charles Tjessem

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Charles Tjessem (born 5 May 1971, in Sandnes) is a Norwegian chef, and winner of the 2003 Bocuse d'Or. [1] [2] The victory was achieved over the French chef Frank Putelat by the smallest margin of points to date in the competition. [1]

Tjessem is currently a chef and owner of the restaurant Charles & De in Sandnes. He was coached for the Bocuse d'Or by Odd Ivar Solvold, [3] [4] and had previously trained under Bent Stiansen, and Eyvind Hellstrøm during two years at Bagatelle, worked as a daily manager for Gastronomisk Institutt in Stavanger, as a chef for the petroleum company Statoil, and was captain of the Norwegian national chef team in the period 2000 to 2004. [5] Tjessem ended his competitive career with parting criticism aimed at the arrangers of the International Exhibition of Culinary Art. [6]

Tjessem published the book Rett skal være rett in 2006.

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Footnotes
  1. 1 2 Bjørner Loe Welde, Ole . Dagbladet (January 30, 2003). Charles de gull Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Dagens Næringsliv (January 29, 2003). Norsk seier i kokke-OL (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Kolboe, Birgit, Apéritif (March 19, 2012). Går for Gull (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Strømstad, Pia, Aftenposten: Mat fra Norge (February 2012). Ørjan Johannessen til kokke-EM Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  5. ↑ Bruland, Tore, Aperitif.no (December 2, 2006). Kjekke Charles Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Dagens Næringsliv (October 10, 2004). Norsk kokkefiasko (in Norwegian)


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