The past few years have seen many trials and tribulations that have shown how innovative and adaptable the food industry is. This shone through when this year's food awards were handed out at Fødevaredagen.
Nikolaj Schmidt Skadborg, from Denmark, has been named Scandinavia's best young chef in the "S.Pellegrino Young Chef" competition's worldwide search for talent and the best young chef in the world.
Last week, San Pellegrino hosted the unofficial World Young Chef Championships in Milan for the second time. The competition is aptly named Young Chef, and this year, Danish Nikolaj Skadborg from Restaurant Sletten was there to represent the Nordic countries and Denmark.
The national team has already won gold in the 'buffet' discipline, and we were at the training camp when the chefs were preparing to coat a cold table with jelly.
Leading up to the World Championships, the national culinary team has been trained at College 360 in Silkeborg by teacher and team manager Ulla Pedersen.
This weekend, the World Championship for National Culinary Teams begins in Luxembourg, and there are high expectations for Denmark, which is participating with the Senior National Culinary Team, the Junior National Culinary Team and the National Catering Team.
The three Danish national culinary teams - Kokkelandsholdet (senior), Kokkelandsholdet (junior) and Cateringlandsholdet are ready for next week's World Cup in Luxembourg.
Nikolaj Skadborg, trained under Thomas Pasfall at Munkebo Kro, will compete on Tuesday to become Chef of the Year 2017.
Rudkøbing and Copenhagen: Nikolaj Skadborg, 29, grew up in Rudkøbing and trained as a chef with Thomas Pasfall at Munkebo Kro in 2012. He currently works as a chef at Restaurant Sletten in Humlebæk and has been part of the Danish national culinary team for four years.
Nikolai's style is very simple and aesthetic. Perfect for my taste. The food is quite elegantly presented and the taste is just right. You don't have to be more than just talented to realize why he is part of the national culinary team.
There are high expectations for the COOKING TEAM (senior), COOKING TEAM (junior) and CATERING TEAM when the World Cup kicks off on Sunday in Luxembourg.
Chef Nikolaj Skadborg from Restaurant Sletten received second place in the 2017 Chef of the Year competition on Tuesday evening.