History

Has over 30 years of experience from the restaurant industry as a chef and entrepreneur, and started his career as an apprentice chef at the Hotel Bristol in Oslo.

Worked for a period at several of the city's best restaurants before he helped start the restaurant collective Lava Oslo, which is behind successes such as Katla, Sentralen, Hitchhiker, The Golden Chimp, Brutus, Hrìmnir, Smalhans and Dugurd.

Works on a daily basis as an operations manager in Lava Oslo with responsibility for the operation of everything from IT systems, marketing and all of the general operation of restaurants.

Anders Braathen

1997-1999 Chef at  Kastanjen restaurant,Oslo

1997-1999 Chef at Solsiden restaurant. Oslo

1999 Chef at Da Candida restaurant, Italia

2000 Sous chef at Restaurant Acqua, Oslo

200-2001 Chef at Palace Grill. Oslo

2002-2004 Head chef at Palace reserva, Oslo

2004-2005 Head chef at Skarsnuten Hotell, Hemsedal

2005-2012 Chef / Operational manager Blings, Oslo

2012 - 2020 Opened Restaurant Smalhans, Restaurant Hitchhiker, Bakery Handwerk, Handwerk Botaniske, Sentalenmat, Bar Brutus, The Golden Chimp, Katla og  Hrimnir ramen

2016Operational manage, Lava Oslo