Jaakko Kolmonen | |
Birth Place: | Juankoski, Finland |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1941 |
Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Occupation: | Chef |
Awards: | Finnish Lion's Order of Merit (1991) |
Jaakko Kolmonen (May 2, 1941 – September 3, 2016) was a Finnish chef. He worked since 1962 as a cooking teacher in several vocational schools and was known for his many television cooking-themed programs on YLE TV2 such as Asia on pihvi (aired 1971–1973) and Patakakkonen (first aired in 1977).
In 1991 he was awarded the Finnish Lion's Order of Merit and the State Award for Public Information (in Finnish tiedonjulkistamispalkinto) in 1988.[1] Jaakko Kolmonen was also active in the Finnish Chef Association.