62°08′12″N 7°01′22″W / 62.1367513°N 7.0227216°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.[4] 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.[6]
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| Head chef | Poul Andrias Ziska |
| Country | Faroe Islands |
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.[1] 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Koks: the restaurant at the edge of the world". Financial Times. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ Ecott, Tim (2017-03-05). "The Faroe Islands' first Michelin-starred restaurant". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "KOKS". Visit Faroe Islands. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ a b Mead, Rebecca (2018-06-11). "Koks, the World's Most Remote Foodie Destination". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "KOKS Restaurant: An Epic Michelin-Star Dining Experience in the Faroe Islands". Compass and Twine. December 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "KOKS named second best restaurant in Danish kingdom". faroeislands.fo. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Take a tour of Koks — the Faroe Islands' first Michelin-starred restaurant". December 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Restaurant KOKS ordered to move out". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). 2019-07-31. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
- ^ KOKS and 5 other great restaurants in the Faroe Islands
- ^ "KOKS retains its stars". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). 14 September 2021.
- ^ "KOKS retains Michelin and sustainability stars". Kringvarp Føroya. 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Restaurant KOKS is leaving the Faroes". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Køkken – World of Greenland".
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