Mathias Dahlgren

Mathias Dahlgren (born 10 March 1969 in Umeå) is a Swedish chef, who won the culinary championship Bocuse d'Or in 1997.[1]

Restaurant Mathias Dahlgren
Mathias Dahlgren in 2014.

Four times selected the Swedish Chef of the Year,[2][3] Dahlgren ran the Stockholm restaurant Bon Lloc, which had one Michelin star, from 1996 to 2005. In 2007, he opened the restaurant Mathias Dahlgren in the Stockholm Grand Hôtel, which received a Michelin star in 2008.[1][3] Since 2008, Mathias Dahlgren has also been connected to the Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts as an adjunct professor.[4][5] In 2009, it was upgraded to two Michelin stars, only the second Swedish restaurant ever (the first one being Edsbacka krog) to receive this recognition. The side restaurant Matbaren in the same building was simultaneously elevated to one Michelin star status.[6] Also he is placed as a newcomer (2009) on place 50 among the best restaurants in the world.[7]

Since 2008, Mathias Dahlgren is an associate professor with the Umeå University School of Restaurant and Culinary Arts.[8]

Dahlgren has, among other things, written the books Mathias Dahlgren kokbok (Prisma 2001),[9] Bon Lloc with Ingar Nilsson (Prisma 2003)[10] and Det naturliga köket with Jens Linder (Nordstedts 2010).[11]

Personal life

He grew up in the village of Storliden, two miles north of Umeå in Västerbotten. Until 2012, he was married to Anna,[12] who also worked closely with him for many years. He is the older brother of the journalist Erica Dahlgren.

References
  1. Andersson, Malin, Mat och Vänner (#3, 2008). "Kockarnas kock" (PDF). (1.42 MB) (in Swedish)
  2. Lynes, Andy, The Independent (January 7, 2007). Food For The Year
  3. Metro International (May 14, 2007). Stjärnkock på egna ben (in Swedish)
  4. "Mathias Dahlgren och Annika Frisch har nya jobb | Restauratören". 2011-10-06. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  5. "Mathias Dahlgren - en riktig stjärna till professor - Umeå universitet". 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  6. Skjervold, Tonje, Dagens Næringsliv (March 16, 2009). Her er årets Michelin-vinnere Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  7. The worlds 50 best restaurants Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Alexanderson, Katja, Restaurantören (October 9, 2008). Mathias Dahlgren och Annika Frisch har nya jobb (in Swedish)
  9. ISBN 9789151838076
  10. ISBN 9789151840635
  11. ISBN 9789113023984
  12. admin (2014-08-03). "#135: Mathias Dahlgren". Retrieved 2022-07-26.


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