Kari Innerå
Kari Innerå (born April 14, 1982 in Harstad) is an award-winning Norwegian gourmet chef who has won the Nordic Culinary Championships and the Culinary Olympics.[1] Innerå is known for her restaurant Cru vin & kjøkken[2] which she established in 2008 together with investor, former Olympic cross country ski champion Thomas Alsgaard.[3] When she was headhunted to establish the gourmet restaurant Fru K at The Thief (hotel) in Oslo, Innerå was simultaneously introduced to a wider audience nationally and internationally.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Career
20 years old Innerå moved to London to apprentice under chef Marco Pierre White at the venerable gourmet restaurant Mirabelle (London restaurant) in London.[11] She later worked at the Culinary Institute in Stavanger and Bagatelle restaurant in Oslo,[12] and won gold in the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt with the Norwegian Culinary Team in 2008 and started her own "Cru vin & kjøkken" restaurant the same year.
Restaurant
Along with Thomas Alsgaard, wine connoisseur Merete Bø and noted chef Terje Ness[13] she opened the gourmet restaurant "Cru vin & kjøkken" in October 2008. The inspiration was taken from Willy's Wine Bar in Paris, and the wine cellar is one of Oslo's most extensive with over 1000 wines available.[14] The award-winning[15][16] [17] restaurant focuses on local food, and grow their own fruit and vegetables in an allotment close to the city centre.[18]
Wine theft
In the morning of May 2, 2011 thieves broke into Cru vine & kjøkken and stole 100 bottles of expensive wine and champagne worth 40.000-50.000 USD, including a Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru 1972 and top wines from Château d'Yquem, Liger-Belair, Jacques Selosse and Dom Pérignon. Because of the fact that some of the wines were absolutely irreplaceable, owner and chef Kari Innerå announced a bounty of 10.000 USD for those who could contribute to the clarification of the robbery.[19] The robbery was never solved.
Awards and Merits
- Culinary Olympics in Erfurt
- National Culinary Team
- On the team from 2005-2008 [22]
- Nordic Culinary Championship
- Gold in 2007[23]
- National Culinary Championship
- Silver in 2007, when she worked at the Bagatelle
- Bronze in 2005, when she worked at the Culinary Institute
- 6th place in 2004, when she worked at the Culinary Institute
- The Hulda Award (Norwegian female chef of the year)
- Gold in 2007 as a cook/chef de partie at Bagatelle restaurant
- Silver in 2004
- Silver in 2003
- Norwegian Youth Culinary Team, Culinary Olympics in Erfurt
- Bronze in 2004
- Trophée Passion in Paris - international cooking competition with participants from 15 nations and a jury headed by top chef Pierre Gagnaire
- Gold in 2006
References
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- ^ "Olympic Champion Kari Innerå has her own twist on the easter lamb". Dagbladet.
- ^ AFTENPOSTEN OSLOBY - Jeg klarer rett og slett ikke spise hestekjøtt
- ^ AFTENPOSTEN OSLOBY - Tusen viners restaurant
- ^ CONDE NAST TRAVELLER - To catch a thief
- ^ SLEEPER MAGAZINE - Oslo welcomes The Thief
- ^ WALLPAPER - The Thief, Oslo
- ^ THE AUSTRALIAN - The Thief, Oslo
- ^ BLOOMBERG.COM - Culinary Finds in the Nordic Region
- ^ FINANCIAL TIMES - Rebirth of an inner-city island
- ^ TravelDailyNews.com - The Thief Strikes Oslo
- ^ "Konkurranseryttersken". APERTIF.
- ^ HORECANYTT - DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV - Hun vil at du skal spise mer fett
- ^ HORECANYTT - Ny navnløs topprestaurant henter de beste
- ^ AFTENPOSTEN OSLOBY - Tusen viners restaurant
- ^ DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV - Grand Cru
- ^ DAGBLADET - Mye å være Cru av
- ^ RESTAURANTANMELDELSER - Cru vin & kjøkken
- ^ DAGBLADET - Mye å være Cru av
- ^ VG - 50000 i dusør for stjålet vin
- ^ "OL-mester Kari Innerå deler sin egen vri på det klassiske påskelammet". Dagbladet.
- ^ "OL-bronse til Kokke-Kari". Framtid i Nord.
- ^ "OL-bronse til Kokke-Kari". Framtid i Nord.
- ^ "OL-mester Kari Innerå deler sin egen vri på det klassiske påskelammet". Dagbladet.