Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1976-03-04
Place of Birth
Gwangju, South Korea
Jennie Walldén
Biography
Jennie Anneli Hyun Hee Walldén, formerly Mårtensson, born March 4, 1976, in Gwangju, South Korea, is a Swedish TV chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.
At the age of six, she was adopted by a Swedish family and moved to Kristianstad. Her parents are postal clerk Hans Inge Gunnar Mårtensson (born 1941) and clerk Siv Berit Walldén-Mårtensson (born 1940).
In 2013, she participated in the cooking program Masterchef Sweden on TV4, which she ultimately won. It was her husband who made her apply to the program.
In October 2015, she and her husband started the Korean fusion restaurant Namu in Malmö. As early as 2016, they received a mention in Guide Michelin Nordic Countries and the following year a Bib Gourmand. A Bib Gourmand is an award in the Guide Michelin that shows that it is a restaurant that serves good food at a reasonable price.
Known for
Culinary Class Wars
Eighty "Black Spoon" underdog cooks with a knack for flavor face 20 elite "White Spoon" chefs in a fierce cooking showdown among 100 contenders.
Sveriges Mästerkock
Sveriges mästerkock is a Swedish competitive reality television cooking show based on the original British version of MasterChef. The first episode aired on 12 January 2011 on TV4.
Decenniets mästerkock
Sweden's Masterchef turns ten years old and it is celebrated with the Masterchef contest of the decade. Blood, lard and tears await when eight former Masterchef winners return to once again rattle the pots and decide who is the best of the best.
