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Danish Nina Højgaard Jensen won silver at the world championship, Best Sommelier of the World 2019 which is organised by the ASI (Association Sommelier International) and was held in Antwerp, Belgium last week. Who attended the 66 candidates selected as representatives of 63 different countries around the globe, as well as the three continental winners from Europe, Asia and America.
Nina Højgaard Jensen was as the first dane ever finalist at the world championship and got silver. World champion was the German Marc Almert from the hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, and bronzevinder term changes Raimonds Tomsons from Latvia. Nina Højgaard Jensen is known of the guests in the restaurants Le Sommelier (closed), Anarchy and the now King His Basement, where she is chefsommelier.
Marc Almert is 27 years old and Nina Højgaard Jensen is 26 years old. The president of the Danish Sommelier Association Christian Absolutely welcomes the development and says it is nice to see that young people today can reach the international top, where they get a strong network among the best sommeliers in the world. It provides great experiences in all the countries they are visiting. We wish Nina Højgaard Jensen congratulations with the location and hope it will inspire other young people to become sommelier, says Christian Follow.
the Competition consists bl.a. written tests with questions on all sorts of drinks such as wine, beer, sake, spirits, juices, mineral water, coffee and tea – as well as blindsmagninger of several of these drinks and incl. reasoned combination of the drinks with ”restaurant” food.
Moreover, there are several different practical tasks such as how f.ex. a guest” ask the sommelier mix a classic cocktail, followed by the presentation, opening and serving champagne to a table with judges who are ”guests in the restaurant”, followed by the decanting and serving of a bottle of red wine – at the same time with the sommelier's explanation on the food that match these wines, and why.
Getting to the big Italian wine festival 29+30 march
