Andreas Viestad
| Andreas Viestad | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 April 1973 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation | writer and chef |
| Television | New Scandinavian Cooking |
Andreas Viestad (born 5 April 1973, Oslo) is a Norwegian food columnist and TV chef. He has hosted seven seasons of New Scandinavian Cooking broadcast in the U.S., China, Germany, Italy, Finland and on BBC Food in over fifty countries since 2003, and is a food writer for Dagbladet and Morgenbladet newspapers in Norway. He has had a monthly column in The Washington Post titled "The Gastronomer". Viestad has been called "Norway's most exciting food writer", and "Norway's culinary ambassador".
Viestad has a cand.mag. degree (master's degree) from the University of Oslo. As his academic background is studies in history, political science and media science, his stated culinary qualification is an all-consuming preoccupation with food, where research is as likely to be conducted in a library as a laboratory or a kitchen. He frequently emphasises that he is not a trained chef, but an enthusiastic home cook with a special interest in the history and cultural context of food.
From 1995 to 1997, Viestad wrote for Morgenbladet, between 1997 and 1998 for Dagsavisen, and has been with Dagbladet since 1998. His weekly column in the Dagbladet weekend supplement Magasinet titled "Det beste jeg vet" began in 1999, initiating his collaboration with photographer Mette Randem of critical acclaim.
Viestad has been involved with the "molecular gastronomy" movement since 1999, working especially with French food scientist Hervé This at the Collège de France in Paris, and was a member of the International Workshop for Molecular Gastronomy, where he has participated with food scientists, such as Harold McGee, and Peter Barham and chefs Heston Blumenthal and Pierre Gagnaire. In his popular Washington Post column "The Gastronomer" that ran from 2008 to 2012, he wrote about the science of everyday cooking.
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