About this season
New Scandinavian Cooking is a Scandinavian cooking show which, over the course of ten seasons, was hosted by Andreas Viestad, Tina Nordström and Claus Meyer, produced by the Norwegian production company Tellus Works in collaboration with American Public Television. A sequel series titled Perfect Day continued with the original hosts in rotation, with the cast addition of Sara La Fountain. It is also broadcast on channels such as AFC. Beginning in 2003, the show debuted on PBS in the United States. It has also been broadcast in more than 130 other countries, including the United Kingdom, China, Germany, Italy and France, according to the show's producers a viewership of 100 million per episode. The first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons were hosted by Norwegian food writer Andreas Viestad, the third season by Swedish chef and television personality Tina Nordström, and the fifth season was hosted by Danish chef and cookbook author Claus Meyer. The sixth season, a sequel series Perfect Day rotated the original hosts Viestad, Nordström and Meyer, with the addition of Finnish TV chef Sara La Fountain. The seventh season was once again named New Scandinavian Cooking, and still rotated between the Nordic hosts. During the eight and ninth seasons Andreas continued the series on his own, with his passionate storytelling, fusing history, nature and cooking – seeking out the origins of the food with his mobile kitchen. Iceland will be introduced in the upcoming season ten.
Episodes (10)
1. Packed to Go
Aired 6 April 2013
2. The Sweetest Cheese
Aired 13 April 2013 • 24 min
The Norwegian valley of Gudbrandsdalen, home to brown cheese, is visited. Included: combining brown cheese with roasted goat and a sweet caramel ice cream.
3. Close to Home
Aired 20 April 2013
4. Back to The Roots
Aired 27 April 2013
5. Mighty Volcanic Oven
Aired 4 May 2013 • 26 min
Icelandic hot spots are visited. Included: grilling inside volcano. Also: a lamb dish; salmon and vegetables; salt-baked, herb-infused trout.
6. The Grain Belt of the Country
Aired 11 May 2013 • 26 min
Nes in eastern Norway, the country's grain belt, is visited. Included: slow-cooked pig knuckle with malty, beer-flavored peas and spelt; a salad of sprouting grains and pan-fried zander fish; a malt shake; and an oven-baked pork roast with crackling.
7. Mountain Lamb
Aired 18 May 2013
8. The Smokehouse
Aired 25 May 2013 • 26 min
Western Norway smokehouses are toured. Included: dips for salted and smoked lamb; an appetizer of quick-cured lamb and trout with smoked apple; a traditional honey-glazed lamb served with a crisp cabbage salad and vanilla-infused rutabaga purée.
9. Milk and Chocolate of the North
Aired 1 June 2013
10. The Northern Way
Aired 8 June 2013