The traditional roots of Scandinavian cuisine are not that spectacular, to say the least. When we write about the traditions that we are inspired by, it's more techniques like smoking, preserving. Many of them are not made to make food delicious; they're just around so that you can make food last through the winter. There isn't a great deal of tradition to tap into.

Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people.

I know every movement of my kitchen.

If you see someone in the kitchen that has good hands and a quick brain, then you need that person to be in the front of everything.

My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

A gastronomical supermeal didn't necessarily have to involve the things I had brought from other top kitchens.