The Nordic Championship for Cook and Waiter Apprentices highlights Nordic culinary skills and tradition as well as boost the image of restaurant industry. Students taking part in the yearly competition are future top hospitality professionals. The competitors are selected through national qualifications/championships in each Nordic country (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden). The two-day c
ompetiton consist of the waiters' and cooks' categories, where the competitors compete in pairs. The cooking competition includes cooking and preparing multi-course meals where a mystery box is presented allowing competitors to elaborate and show their creativity. The waiters will compete in everything from service mindedness to table-setting, napkin-folding, matching and serving wines to bar work. In 2023, the competition will be held in Oslo, April 21 and 22
The competition is organised by the Nordic hospitality associations. Sweden: www.visita.se
Norway: www.NHOReiseliv.no
Denmark: www.horesta.dk
Finland: www.mara.fi
Iceland: www.saf.is / www.idan.is