Published:  00:00 Tuesday - April 21, 2009

Three Swedish celebrity chefs will show off their skills at a special one-week event, the Nordic Gala Feast, featuring authentic Scandinavian food and music at the Hotel Equatorial on April 24.

The chefs include Gert Klotzke, who has written several cookbooks, hosts a television cooking show, and is also a lecturer and professor of food science.

Magnus Johanson, winner of the culinary world cup in Basel, Switzerland and at the Olympics in Erfurt, Germany will also take part, as well as Niclas Wahlstiom, executive chef from Den Gyldence Freden, one of the most famous and oldest restaurants in Sweden.

Chef Gert Klotzke earned several cooking awards including Overall Winner with the National Culinary Team in the World Culinary Olympics in 2002 and in 2004.

These celebrities will present a delightful selection of tempting dishes with flavours from the Nordic nations, from Denmark, Norway, Finland to Iceland and Sweden. All the meals will be complemented with wines from globally known brands.

The Nordic Gala Feast will run at the hotel’s Chit Chat Café and the Orientica Restaurant, with Nordic decorations, and music from the popular Swedish group ABBA.

The highlight of the event will be a Nordic and Swedish dinner at the Orientica on April 25 and April 29. The Nordic dinner will feature a six-course set menu while the Swedish one will present a five-course set menu with dishes designed by each chef.

The two mouthwatering dinners will feature tartar of salmon, mushroom soup, steamed cod with scallops, lamb loin in garden herbs, lingonberries and wines from local dealers Kangaroo, Vino and the Warehouse Company.

Part of the culinary week will be devoted to Scandinavian cooking classes where the three chefs will present their own special dishes on April 24, 27 and 28 at the Chit Chat Cafe.