Geir Skeie (born July 2, 1980,
Fitjar
Fitjar () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Fitjar municipality includes the northern part of the island of Stord and the hundreds of surrounding islands, most ...
) is a
Norwegian chef
A chef is a professional Cook (profession), cook and tradesperson who is proficient in all aspects of outline of food preparation, food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term (), the di ...
and restaurateur, winner 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,
[Aardal Hagen, Guro, ''Dagens Næringsliv'' (July 2, 2008)]
Norsk gull i Bocuse d’Or
[Holt, Morten, ''Horecanytt'' (August 15, 2008)]
Bocuse d`Or-nasjonene er klare
[Wedum, Mari; Soppeland, Jan, Daniel, Isioma, ''Aftenposten'' (July 2, 2008)]
Gull-Geir
[Hallock, Betty, ''Los Angeles Times'': Daily Dish (January 26, 2009)]
/ref> and the 2009 Bocuse d'Or world final.[Lindeberg, Anne, ''Dagens Næringsliv'' (January 28, 2009)]
Bocuse d’Or til Geir Skeie
[Hallock, Betty, ''Los Angeles Times'' (January 29, 2009)]
Bocuse d'Or victory goes to Norwegian
/ref>[Palmer, Daniel. ''Australian Food News'' (January 29, 2009)]
/ref>[Sciolino, Elaine, ''International Herald Tribune'' (January 28, 2009)]
Norwegian snags the Bocuse d'Or, edging out Swede
/ref>[Criscione, Valeria, ''The Wall Street Journal'' (September 4, 2009)]
A League of Extraordinary Chefs
/ref>
Career
Skeie runs two restaurants, both called "Brygga 11", in Sandefjord and Leirvik (close to his home town of Fitjar). He has been ''chef de cuisine'' at Mathuset Midtåsen Solvold in Sandefjord
Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...
, owned by 1997 Bocuse d'Or bronze medallist Odd Ivar Solvold,[ and has worked at restaurants Le Canard, Solsiden and Palace Grill in ]Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
and at Skarsnuten hotel in Hemsedal
Hemsedal is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Buskerud Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Trøym ...
.[sirha.com ]
Skeie made the decision to pursue the Bocuse d'Or in 1993 when watching Bent Stiansen appear on the television program of Ingrid Espelid Hovig
Ingrid Espelid Hovig (3 June 1924 – 3 August 2018) was a Norwegian television chef and author of cook books. Through appearances on her cooking show ''Fjernsynskjøkkenet'' over 26 years, between 1970 and 1996,Strømholm, Gøril, ''NRK.no'' ...
having become the first Norwegian to win the contest, and subsequently worked towards this goal for fifteen years,semi-trailer truck
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with an installed training kitchen.[ He was coached by previous bronze Bocuse d'Or medallist Odd Ivar Solvold and then assisted by commis Adrian Løvold,][ having used ]Ørjan Johannessen
Ørjan Johannessen (born 10 August 1985) is a Norway, Norwegian chef and the winner of the 2015 Bocuse d'Or Europe held in Brussels in March 2012.Kolboe, Birgit, ''Apéritif'' (21 March 2012)Gull til Ørjan Johannessen Johannessen earned the select ...
as commis when he won the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe.[''Horecanytt'' (February 20, 2012)]
Fra commis til sjefsrolle
After the contest, Skeie stated he was 90% satisfied with his performance.[Guenin, Thierry, ''Le Petit Journal'' (January 30, 2009)]
Geir Skeie porte la Norvège au sommet lors des Bocuse d'Or 2009
The gold medal was won with a score of 1020 points, a comfortable margin over Swedish silver medalist Jonas Lundgren, who scored 994 points.[
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Personal life
Following a traffic accident that shattered his kneecap in 2006, Skeie has been told by doctors that a career as a chef will lead to early retirement while still in his 40s.[
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References
Team Norway 2009 dossier
Bocuse d'Or
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External links
Geir Skeie official site
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1980 births
Living people
Norwegian chefs