Auður Mikaelsdóttir

CHEF

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

Auður Mikaelsdóttir took her first restaurant job at 15 and has been looking after people ever since. Along the way she picked up an art history degree from the University of Iceland, an MBA from Reykjavík University, and two hospitality degrees from the Icelandic School of Culinary Arts.

In Höfn, the little harbor town on Iceland’s southeast coast known for its langoustine, she ran the local art museum for three years and her own restaurant for eight. This summer she moved back to Reykjavík to head front-of-house service at the National Theatre.

On your first day in Iceland, she’s opening her home to us for lunch, and she’s bringing Höfn’s lobster soup with her. If anyone knows how to make a table full of jet-lagged strangers feel like regulars, it’s her.

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