Nicolai Ellitsgaard

The Climb

The Head Chef role at Under has been Nicolai Ellitsgaard’s since 2019, and it is the kind of post that defines a kitchen as much as it directs it. In practical terms, the title means daily accountability for service, precision, and the continuity of the restaurant’s standard. Here, the move into the job reads less like a public campaign than a concise invitation that led to a larger responsibility. Since 2019, he has led the kitchen at Under. The position marks the central line of Nicolai Ellitsgaard’s career: Head Chef at the Lindesnes restaurant. At that level, the work is not just managerial; it is the point where a chef’s decisions settle into the identity of the room. Under’s setting carries its own weight, and Ellitsgaard’s role sits inside that frame, where the kitchen is expected to answer to the restaurant’s singular sense of place.

Today

Since 2019, Nicolai Ellitsgaard has been the Head Chef at Under, guiding the kitchen from Lindesnes. That tenure is the anchor point of his profile. Head Chef can sound like an administrative label, but in a working kitchen it is the most exacting form of authorship. For Ellitsgaard, it is the position that defines his day-to-day and the role by which his career is read.

Signature

Nicolai's signature dishes include Immersion Menu, Fiskepudding, and Fish Pudding. The list is direct, and that directness tells you something about the kitchen. Immersion Menu suggests a full-format experience rather than a single plate, while Fiskepudding and Fish Pudding place refinement and familiarity side by side, with no attempt to hide either register.

In Their Words “I want to bring back its Fame to make physical pudding great again.” Read together, the quotes show a chef with a dry line in self-presentation and a clear sense of the job’s theatre. One turns pudding into a pointed mission; the other describes the route to Under as a search that ended in broad professional approval. Between them, Ellitsgaard comes across as someone whose career at Under has been defined by the form of the appointment as much as by the work itself.