Friday 9 September 2011

The Grand Hotel Stockholm opened in 1874 ... making it one of the oldest in Europe. The Nobel prize ceremonies were hosted here from 1901 to 1929.

There are now 330 rooms and suites ... 37 suites actually ... with 6 brand new ones ... of which one is mine!

So up early .... and the cooking feature ... with Mathias Dahlgren ... who has 2 Michelin stars with Matsalen (The Dining Room) and 1 star Matbaren (The Food Bar) ... they both sit next to each other in the hotel. Dining is "formal" and Food is "informal" ... we had dinner last night in Food ... it was yummy and the service was outstanding.

So we cooked a wonderful lobster poached in butter dish together ... washed down with a lovely Meursault ... it was a really fun morning ... Mathias is a lovely chap and a fabulous chef ... you don't have to be an angry, ignorant ape to be a great chef, don't you know!

From there it was an interview with the hotel General Manager Marie-Louise Kjellstrom. She has been here since last April 2010 ... and came from the airline SAS. She had never worked in a hotel before! She is awesome ... very forward thinking and her plans for the hotel are very positive.

Then my suite review ... I have a LOVELY suite! I love my job! This will be up on the website in the next 6 weeks ...

Off to the Nordic Spa now for a dip and a sauna! Lovely way to the end the day!

Tomorrow is our last in Stockholm/Sweden .... I love it here ... boohoo ...

 Marie-Louise
 With Mathias and Daniella (the restaurant's GM)


 With our wonderful "PR" - Jorgen Andreasson
Part of my suite ... hmmmmm ...
 
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