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    Bocuse d'Or laureate

    Hákon Már Örvarsson

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    Bocuse d'Or laureate
    Portrait of Hákon Már Örvarsson

    Portrait of Hákon Már Örvarsson

    i. Biography

    Hákon Már Örvarsson is an Icelandic chef associated with Bocuse d’Or competition success, including a bronze medal, and has worked in prominent Reykjavik hospitality roles including the Holt Hotel, Nordica Hotel, and VOX Restaurant. He later became chef and owner of Essensia Restaurant in Reykjavík and has also appeared as a guest chef promoting Iceland abroad. Sources also is one of the signatories of the New Nordic Cuisine manifesto.

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