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What It Takes to WIN the Biggest Cooking Competition in the World

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A behind the scene look at the Swedish culinary team's last practice in Stockholm before IKA Culinary Olympics 2020.

Few culinary experiences have touched us like witnessing the Swedish culinary team coming together to cook for the gold. The amount of teamwork, dedication, and hard work are by far one of the most inspiring stories Sweden currently has to tell. For the past year, they have together scouted Swedish suppliers and together with them, selected the very best ingredients from all over Sweden to compete with. Here is our portrait of the Swedish culinary team, hope you will enjoy it. SWEDEN WON SILVER - big congrats Svenska Kocklandslaget!

CHEF’S TABLE MENU

BUTTER & DIP: Butter with brassica Rapa oil, rapeseeds, and marigold 
Cream cheese emulsion with green tomato & pickled ramson capers

FINGERFOOD:
Poached oysters with fennel and Nordic wasabi.
Crispy potato stuffed with Kalix vendace roe and sour cream. Blanched broccoli dipped in jalapeño emulsion and quinoa. Chicken liver crème with Sauternes-infused pumpkin and star aniseedPâte à choux stuffed with caramelized onion, sherry, and Wrångebäck cheese 
Celeriac baked in apple cider vinegar stuffed with smoked egg crème and chanterelle

FESTIVE PLATTER
Salmon three ways: gravlax, cold poached, and smoked. Served with pickled kohlrabi, sour cream and trout roe with mustard crème
Baked turbot with sea lettuce and horseradish.Served with blanched sugar pea, lemon jelly and cress-sabayonne
Steamed lobster tail with rillette of the claw with a tomato and chili cover. Served with infused artichoke and carrot, an emulsion of artichoke petals with lightly roasted tomato vinaigrette
Salad of frisée, fennel, and seaweed

VEGAN COURSE: Terrine of Jerusalem artichoke and king oyster mushroom seasoned with truffles. Roasted and puréed Jerusalem artichoke. Served with pickled kohlrabi stuffed with ginger together with sautéd cabbage and yellow peas and a sauce from roasted cabbage and mushrooms.

MAIN COURSE: Lamb saddle wrapped in lamb shoulder mousseline, black morel filled with mousseline tasted with lemon thyme and espelette pepper. Served with baked mushroom filled with lamb shoulder rillette topped with goat foam. White asparagus, pickled cucumber, grilled chives emulsion and lamb jus.

DESSERT: Vanilla ice cream, warm almond cake stuffed with apple compote and roasted almonds Served with lemon meringue, apple salad, lemon crème pâtissièreand spiced warm apple sauce

PETIT FOUR
Black currant juice in a chocolate shell, black currant marmalade, tuile and pistachio sponge
Glazed hazelnut panna cotta with miso, rum and brownie
Raspberry toffee with rose curd, meringue
Arctic raspberry crème 

SWEDISH CULINARY TEAM:
Swedish Culinary team: https://instagram.com/kocklandslaget?igshid=s6f22yi24e4u
Swedish Culinary team: https://kocklandslaget.se

Kocklandslaget 2019-2020:
Fredrik Andersson, Team Manager: https://www.instagram.com/anderssonfredrik_/
Jimmi Eriksson, Team Captain: https://instagram.com/jimmi_e?igshid=1eyop3i9rh2ol
Ludwig Tjörnemo, Chef: https://instagram.com/ltjornemo?igshid=munmip3ogx5x
Anders Karlsson, Chef: https://instagram.com/andersagogo?igshid=87k1c9ok043t
Daniel Haynes, Chef: https://instagram.com/daniel.a.haynes?igshid=19jepgrmgy0lr
Henrik Herbertsson, Chef: https://instagram.com/henricherbertsson?igshid=1agnvu8vufnac
Anders Isaksson, Chef: https://instagram.com/isakssonanders?igshid=1nq97kyg2vzlf
Kasper Kleihs, Head of Pastry: https://instagram.com/kasperkleihs?igshid=hykon5ktl3se
Sebastian Pettersson, Pastry Chef: https://instagram.com/antonhusa?igshid=l3mtxxd4zic9
Anton Husa, Pastry Chef: https://instagram.com/antonhusa?igshid=l3mtxxd4zic9
Hanna Claesson, Commis: https://instagram.com/hannaclaessonnn?igshid=1v2rb1iox1lh2
Matilda Ewaldh, Commis: https://instagram.com/ewaldhmatilda?igshid=z7fe93hvs52p
Matilda Pylkkö, Commis: https://instagram.com/matildapylkko?igshid=pbdnfijpnxpi
Ludvig Persson, Commis: https://instagram.com/ludvig__persson?igshid=7n9za302w329

IKA Olympics: https://instagram.com/ikaolympics?igshid=1mjylwqd8q0ce
IKA Olympics: https://www.olympiade-der-koeche.com/en/

Chef Table food photography at the end of the video is taken by Per-Erik Berglund: https://www.znapshot.se

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