New Nordic Kitchen Manifesto

As Nordic chefs we find that the time has now come for us to create a New Nordic Kitchen, which in virtue of its good taste and special character compares favorable with the standard of the greatest kitchens of the world.

The aims of the New Nordic Kitchen are:

1) To express the purity, freshness, simplicity and ethics we wish to associate to our region.

2) To reflect the changes of the seasons in the meal we make.

3) To base our cooking on ingredients and produce whose characteristics are particularly in our climates, lanscapes and waters.

4) To combine the demand for good taste with modrn knowledge of health and well-being.

5) To promote Nordic products and the variety of Nordic producers - and to spread the word about their underlying cultures.

6) To promote animal welfare and a sound production process in our seas, on our farmland and in the wild.

7) To develop potentially new applications of traditional Nordic food products.

8) To combine the best in Nordic cookery and culinary traditions with impulses from abroad.

9) To combine local self-suffiency with regional sharing of high-quality products.

10) To join forces with consumer representatives, other cooking craftsmen, agriculture, fishing, food, retail and wholesales industries, researchers, teachers, politicians and authorities on this project for the benefit and advantage of everyone in the Nordic countries.

Hans Välimäki, Finland
Leif Sørensen, Færøerne
Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden
Roger Malmin, Norway
René Redzepi, Denmark
Rune Collin, Greenland
Erwin Lauterbach, Denmark
Eyvind Hellstrøm, Norway
Fredrik Sigurdsson, Iceland
Gunndur Fossdal, Færøerne
Hákan Örvarsson, Iceland
Michael Björklund, Åland

Read #nordicfood2024 interviews with some of the Nordic chefs, who signed the Nordic Kitchen Manifesto:

Chef Leif Sørensen: The New Nordic Food culture is here to stay (28.12.2014)

Chef Roger Malmin: Be faithful to the produce and highlight the quality of what the local farmers delivers (19.12.2014)

Chef Hákon Örvarsson: The New Nordic Cuisine movement makes you think closer (14.12.2014)

Chef Michael Björklund on the Nordic Kitchen Manifesto (9.12.2014)

Chef Mathias Dahlgren: The Nordic Kitchen Manifesto consolidates the gastronomic Nordic Region (18.11.2014)

Picture: Honestcooking.com