09.11.18 - Coveted Nordic food award to Hotel Arctic in Greenland

By greenland.com
 

For many years, Hotel Arctic, which lies in Ilulissat close to the protected Ilulissat Ice Fjord, has integrated art and culture to create a total experience for the hotel's guests. The restaurant's menus feature Greenlandic ingredients and the interior decor mixes Nordic design and Inuit art. The guests are also entertained with Inuit music and dance. The proximity of the ice fjord, combined with the natural elements of the light and the weather, form part of the day-to-day life of the hotel - a deliberate interplay between original Nordic food, culture and nature.

The hotel is currently focusing on the theme "Nordic Taste Into the World". In conjunction with the celebration of its 25th anniversary, the hotel has appointed master chef Jeppe Ejvind Nielsen as its new chef.

- We are very proud of such recognition of our work. The prize is both an accolade and a challenge for us to continue our progress and our high levels of ambition, says Erik Bjerregaard, Director of Hotel Arctic.

The idea behind the prize is to honour and support an organisation or person who has made a special contribution to the promotion, development and visibility of the values and potential inherent in Nordic food and cuisine.

This is the third time that the diploma has been awarded. The previous winners were the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi in Sweden (2007) and the vegetable company Kasvis Galleria in Kuopio in Finland (2008).

New Nordic Food was launched by the Nordic Council of Ministers in autumn 2006. The programme promotes Nordic food culture and gastronomy, as well as design and tourism linked to food. The present highly popular programme expires at the end of the year. However, the Nordic ministers for food have decided that the programme will continue.