Tommy MYLLYMÄKI

Born July 31, 1978

Tommy Myllymäki undeniably belongs to the young generation of Swedish chefs who have travelled and experienced various culinary traditions but are eager to develop Nordic cuisine, which is increasingly rooted in its environment, simple, direct and self-evident, highlighting vegetables and nature.

His grandmother Kelly’s cooking inspired his passion for his future profession and rooted him in the rustic traditional cooking that delights the palates of diners at Julita Wärdshus, his summer inn in the Södermanland region.

Tommy is very open-minded and cherishes the fantastic gastronomic memories he has experienced tasting dishes by Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Ducasse in Monaco, Régis Marcon, etc. After his fabulous performance at the Bocuse d’Or his dream is to open a gastronomic restaurant. He is also deeply inspired by the current creativity in Scandinavian cooking - Mathias Dahlgren in Stockholm and René Redzepi in Copenhagen - and his restaurant will definitely be among the ones to try when it opens! Let’s hope he’ll have some time to devote to his other passions too. True to his Nordic roots he is a sports enthusiast who particularly enjoys running - to stay in top shape, in good health and above all to keep stress at bay, according to him an important condition for cooking well.