Certified Sommelier, Court of Master Sommeliers (September 2015), Danish Sommelier Association (March 2013)
My path to wine began back at my apprenticeship at Den gamle Digegaard on Lolland, where overseas wines were used (maybe that's why I still love those wines), and the fire was really stoked when I worked at AOC, where there were two wine menus with weekly changes, so your knowledge grew every day. And it was also thanks to both Christian Aarø and Julie Færch that I took the entrance exam for the Danish Sommelier Association in 2013, to test my knowledge and find my weak points so I could improve.
I’ve been around quite a bit since AOC; I had the pleasure of spending six years at Henne Kirkeby Kro before heading to England to work with Sat Bains alongside a Master Sommelier, because I wanted to become more skilled and learn even more. Then I returned home to Copenhagen to The Samuel. I ended up here by chance when Jonathan posted an article saying he was going to open a new restaurant in Hellerup, and I was home from England anyway, so I thought I could easily help him during opening weekend. Cheeky as I was, I simply wrote to him: let me know if you need help. And thankfully, he did. Jonathan and I made an agreement back in 2015, when he ate at Henne, that one day we would work together—and that promise was kept in November 2020, when The Samuel opened its doors.
