Kari Innerå
Kari Innerå (born April 14, 1982, in Harstad) is a 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 in Oslo, Innerå was simultaneously introduced to a wider audience nationally and internationally.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Career
[edit]20 years old Innerå moved to London to apprentice under chef Marco Pierre White at the venerable gourmet restaurant Mirabelle (London restaurant) in London.[10] She later worked at the Culinary Institute in Stavanger and Bagatelle in Oslo,[11] 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
[edit]Along with Thomas Alsgaard, wine connoisseur Merete Bø and noted chef Terje Ness[12] 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.[3] The award-winning[13][14] [15] restaurant focuses on local food, and grow their own fruit and vegetables in an allotment close to the city centre.[14]
Wine theft
[edit]In the morning of May 2, 2011, thieves broke into Cru vine & kjøkken and stole 100 bottles of expensive wine and champagne worth US$40,000–50,000, including a Romanée-Conti, La Tâche Grand Cru 1972 and top wines from Château d'Yquem, Liger-Belair, Jacques Selosse and Dom Pérignon. Because some of the wines were absolutely irreplaceable, owner and chef Kari Innerå announced a bounty of US$10,000 for those who could contribute to the clarification of the robbery.[16] The robbery was never solved.
Awards and merits
[edit]- Culinary Olympics in Erfurt
- National Culinary Team
- On the team from 2005 to 2008 [18]
- Nordic Culinary Championship
- Gold in 2007[17]
- 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
- 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
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Champion Kari Innerå has her own twist on the easter lamb". Dagbladet. 22 March 2013.
- ^ "- Jeg klarer rett og slett ikke spise hestekjøtt". Osloby.no. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Tusen viners restaurant". Osloby.no. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Davey, Alexandra. "To catch a thief". Cntraveller.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ SLEEPER MAGAZINE - Oslo welcomes The Thief Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "WALLPAPER - The Thief, Oslo". Wallpaper.com. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "THE AUSTRALIAN - The Thief, Oslo". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Wrathall, Claire (6 April 2013). "Rebirth of an inner-city island". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ TravelDailyNews.com - The Thief Strikes Oslo Archived 2013-08-06 at archive.today
- ^ "Konkurranseryttersken". Aperitif.no. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Hun vil at du skal spise mer fett". Dn.no. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Ny navnløs topprestaurant henter de beste". horecanytt.no. 17 September 2008. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Grand Cru". Dn.no. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Mye å være Cru av". Dagbladet.no. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Cru vin og kjøkken - Restaurantanmeldelser". Restaurantanmeldelser.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ pluss.vg.no. "VG+: 50000 i dusør for stjålet vin". pluss.vg.no. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b "OL-mester Kari Innerå deler sin egen vri på det klassiske påskelammet". Dagbladet.
- ^ a b SKADAL, TORE (22 October 2004). "OL-bronse til Kokke-Kari". Framtidinord.no. Retrieved 25 April 2018.