Helle Øder Valebrokk

Helle Oeder Valebrokk is half Norwegian and half Danish living in Oslo, Norway. Helle is a food columnist in the Norwegian travel magazine Vagabond and writes for the biggest food magazines in Norway such as VG (Godt) and Mat fra Norge. She’s a journalist, food and travel writer, recipe developer, food stylist and amateur chef. She has written two cook books. The latest is on the topic Poke, the famous Hawaiian dish. Helle is also an award winning amateur chef and has won a lot of cooking prizes for the best burger, as the best amateur chef, the best hobby chef and so on. She travels around the world in her work when she’s not home in Oslo cooking and creating new recipes for her blog HellesKitchen.

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Norwegian Christmas

Christmas is right around the corner and for Norwegians that means good food and drinks on the 24th of December and the following days.

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The reduction of waste and respect for the environment

Meat and fish prepared in a lab might be a trend, but prices need to be accessible. Half Norwegian, half Danish journalist Helle sees a future comprising mainly healthy and functional food.

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Fårikål – The national dish of Norway

Fårikål is actually the unofficial nation dish of Norway, to be correct. Fårikål [foːrɪkɔl] literally means “mutton in cabbage”.
The dish was voted the national dish on national radio by the listeners of the show “Nitimen” in the 70’s.

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TUTTOFOOD, Milano 2021

I am one of the official ambassadors for the international food fair TUTTOFOOD which takes place in Milan 17-20 May 2021. My job will be to tell about what is happening at this fair and of course bring inspiration to my readers in the form of recipes, news and other food-related topics.

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