Nobels are a family affair as chefs cook up lavish banquet

By Greta Rosen Fondahn

STOCKHOLM, Dec 9 (Reuters) – In a bustling kitchen at Stockholm’s city hall, chefs have gathered to prepare an intricate dinner with a secret menu – and a family twist – for the scientists ‍and royalty converging at the Nobel Prize banquet in Sweden this week.

More than forty chefs are entrusted with the task of making the three-course meal for the annual banquet, where guests include the laureates and their families, Sweden’s royal family and a generous slice of the country’s Who’s Who.

“We want to implement our way of ‌cooking, our DNA, and put it into this dinner for ‌1,300 people,” said Pi Le, who together with Tommy Myllymaki is in charge of this year’s first two courses.

“Take something that you recognise in flavour and add a little bit of a twist.”

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