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The charming Tina is by far Sweden’s most celebrated TV-chef. She has built up a big audience in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and her cookbooks have become enormously popular.
That Tina is working with food is not at all accidental. She grew up with her parents running a restaurant, and as a youngster she picked up tricks from the kitchen. She was always meant to make food, and before she became a famous TV-chef she worked in different restaurants in Sweden and Denmark for almost 10 years.
Tina has made 94 shows with Swedish Television. The shows had extraordinary ratings. Very soon she was on prime time and every Monday 1.2 million people in Sweden tuned in to watch the show. The number is extraordinary considering Sweden’s population of 9 million people.
The show also went quickly to Finish, Norwegian and Danish TV-stations. She has enjoyed similar success as in Sweden in the rest of the Nordic countries.
Tina got numerous prizes for her work. The TV-shows ran for three years and for two consecutive years she was crowned that years “TV personality”. She was also awarded the Edvard Prize - a prize that is based on the votes from the TV-viewers.
The two biggest newspapers in Sweden both crowned her with TV-prizes as well. One of the most special prizes she was handed was the “warm hearts prize”. The reward usually goes to actors and writers who have through their work spread joy and happiness.
In 2002 she was also awarded the Scandinavian gastronomy-prize.
All her 3 cookbooks have been received very well by both media and the audience. They have also been translated into Danish, Finish and Norwegian. The number of copies sold of cookbooks is unprecedented in Scandinavia.
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Now I know why I married a Swede 54 years ago. They are sweet, loving and can cook. WOW
My favorite tv chef. Always interesting and fun to watch.
I love Scandinavia and Tina's cooking show is one of the reasons why.
Ed - USA. HI Tina. I've been watching your show on Create TV, and really enjoy it.Your recipes are always so fresh and clean. You have made me a fan of dill, even though I am Italian, so I do love my garlic and oregano. You represent your country well. Sweden looks beautiful, and full of interesting places to see.In a word, getcot. I hope to visit there someday. Keep up the good work.
I can't believe I am the only woman replying to this. But I actually like her menus and how they are prepared-if I ate like that everyday I would be thin. I used to watch the show and fix what Tina fixed either that day or a couple of days later and I noticed that when I ate the way she fixed things I never felt tired after a meal I actually had more energy. I am disappointed that she is not on ScandCook-her meals were simple to make.
Hello from the Philippines. I absolutely enjoy watching your shows and admire what a great person you are Chef Tina! More power!
Dear Tina, I'm God's Son, I Cook too, I Have inventions, written a book, can we date, I'm a musician also. Please date me. Keep Cooking Chef Tina. Love Cosmicdarren
I can't find your recipe for Pan-fried White Fish with Summer Potato Salad from program 7. Somebody please help!!
Great show! Wonderful food!! Can't find the recipe for the Pan-fried White Fish with Summer Potato Salad. Can anyone help please! P.S. It's from episode 7.
I miss Tina on Create. It is super the way she prepared food with such spirit, gift and grace. When will she be back on?
The recipes on Tina's television program are very straight forward and look fairly easy to prepare. The results look delicious, and so does Tina.
awsome person, shows are new in usa- oregon public broadcasting. love the meals, culture, and of course Tina.i loved the Christmas Buffet show, the open faced sandwiches after the sailing race/practice. while my great grandparents imigrated from Finland, many recipes are similar like Lutefisk, salmon and others.i thought the mustard for the ham was a little diferent than on the website- i thought Tina added powedered dry mustard to seed mixture as well...
I would likt to take a cooking class from Tina. Then date her so she could cook for me forever.
Steve-In NY.
This chef is phenomimal...I am a personal chef in Arizona...she knows her onions and is very personable...it comes across in her televison personality...far and away from the many so called chefs on camera here in the states...chef Franz
Absolutely love Tina! Beautiful and so down to earth.
BEAUTIFUL and Cooks Too !