Odd Ivar Solvold, (born 21 July 1969 in

Bamble Bamble is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Langesund. General information Name The Old Norse form of the nam ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is a Norwegian

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from

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

, 3 times Norwegian Champion in Culinary art 1990, 91,93, Young Chef of the Year 1988 Nice France, Chef of the Year 1995 and a 1997

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bronze medallist. Solvold has in addition to his own career as a chef and restaurateur, author of cook books and successful culinary competitor, coached and mentored Bocuse d'Or contestants including

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gold medallist in the 2003 Bocuse d'Or,

Geir Skeie Geir Skeie (born July 2, 1980, Fitjar) is a Norwegian chef and restaurateur, winner of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe,Aardal Hagen, Guro, ''Dagens Næringsliv'' (July 2, 2008)Norsk gull i Bocuse d’OrHolt, Morten, ''Horecanytt'' (August 15, 2008)Boc ...

gold medallist in the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe and 2009 Bocuse d'Or, and

Ørjan Johannessen Ørjan Johannessen (born 10 August 1985) is a 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 selection to ...

gold medallist in the 2012 Bocuse d'Or Europe, gold medalist Ørjan Johannessen Bocuse d'Or 2015 Lyon France .Strømstad, Pia, ''Aftenposten'': ''

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1969 births Living people Norwegian chefs People from Bamble People from Sandefjord {{Food-bio-stub