Teemu Kaijanen – Head Chef of the Finnish Vaiha in Mikkeli

I had the good fortune to get to know chef Teemu Kaijanen better at the International Green Week. Teemu is a chef with heart and soul – he was born in Lappeenranta, in south-eastern Finland – and even as a child he was sure that cooking would be his profession. Continue reading Teemu Kaijanen – Head Chef of the Finnish Vaiha in Mikkeli

WINEfair berlin 2017

At the invitation of the Aachen wine dealer Aix Vinum, we had the opportunity to take a closer look at the WINEfair berlin 2017. A fair completely to our liking – in contrast to many other fairs nowadays, we were offered all kinds of opportunities to gather our own culinary experience without having to order wise wines at once – which in our opinion should also be the appropriate credo of an end consumer fair. Continue reading WINEfair berlin 2017

Vavesaaren Tila

At the BIOFACH 2020 in Nürnberg I had the pleasure to meet Taina Laitinen – one can justifiably claim that she is a luminary in the field of “sweets”.

With the fruity products of Vavesaaren Tila, the Finnish Vavesaari Estate Oy from Hartola mainly produces sweet delicatessen products based on berries – only wild berries are “put into the pot” here. Continue reading Vavesaaren Tila