KOKS (restaurant) explained

KOKS
Head-Chef:Poul Andrias Ziska
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Country:Faroe Islands
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62.1368°N -7.0227°WKOKS is a restaurant located in Leynavatn, located 24 km north of Tórshavn and 23 km east of the airport in the Faroe Islands.[1] It offers a 17-course tasting menu and won its first Michelin star in 2017.[2] [3] KOKS’ head chef is Poul Andrias Ziska, a 28-year-old chef and native of Tórshavn.[4] The restaurant has nine chefs, each of whom is from a different country, and five waiters. The restaurant serves only 30 customers a night and has a scenic view over a lake.[5] The Michelin star that KOKS won was the first to be awarded in the Faroes. In addition, they were named the second best restaurant in the Danish kingdom in the White Guide in 2017.[6] The head chef, Ziska, was also awarded as the chef talent of the year, given to one up-and-coming chef under 30.

Koks started in April 2011[7] and was launched by Johannes Jensen who owns 12 restaurants. It started out in the dining room of the Føroyar hotel. The restaurant is only open from April to September. It was located in Kirkjubøur, 11 km south of Tórshavn until 2017, but then moved to Leynavatn, an area administered by the National Trust.[8] It was awarded a second Michelin star in February 2019,[9] retained in 2021[10] and in 2023 in Greenland.[11] Since summer of 2022, KOKS is scheduled for Ilimanaq in Greenland.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. News: 7 April 2017. Koks: the restaurant at the edge of the world. en-GB. Financial Times. subscription. 2018-12-18.
  2. News: The Faroe Islands' first Michelin-starred restaurant. Ecott. Tim. 2017-03-05. The Guardian. 2018-12-18. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  3. Web site: KOKS. Visit Faroe Islands. 2018-12-18.
  4. Koks, the World's Most Remote Foodie Destination. Mead. Rebecca. 2018-06-11. The New Yorker. 2018-12-18. en. 0028-792X.
  5. Web site: KOKS Restaurant: An Epic Michelin-Star Dining Experience in the Faroe Islands. December 18, 2018. Compass and Twine.
  6. Web site: KOKS named second best restaurant in Danish kingdom. faroeislands.fo. en. 2018-12-18.
  7. Web site: Take a tour of Koks — the Faroe Islands' first Michelin-starred restaurant. December 2017. en-US. 2018-12-18.
  8. Web site: Restaurant KOKS ordered to move out. Kringvarp Føroya. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024032709/https://kvf.fo/greinar/2019/07/31/restaurant-koks-ordered-move-out. 24 October 2020. fo. 2019-07-31. live.
  9. https://www.guidetofaroeislands.fo/history-culture/koks-and-5-other-great-restaurants-in-the-faroe-islands KOKS and 5 other great restaurants in the Faroe Islands
  10. Web site: KOKS retains its stars. Kringvarp Føroya. fo. 14 September 2021.
  11. Web site: KOKS retains Michelin and sustainability stars. Kringvarp Føroya. en. 13 June 2023.
  12. Web site: Restaurant KOKS is leaving the Faroes. Kringvarp Føroya. 4 January 2022. fo. 30 December 2021.
  13. Web site: Køkken – World of Greenland.

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