KOKS (restaurant)


KOKS is a restaurant located in Leynavatn, in the Faroe Islands.[1] It offers a 17-course tasting menu and won its first Michelin star in 2017.[2][3] KOKS’ head chef is Poul Andrias Ziska, a 28-year-old chef and native of Tórshavn.[4] The restaurant has nine chefs, each of whom is from a different country, and five waiters. The restaurant serves only 24 customers a night and costs 1700 Danish Krone a person.[5] The Michelin star that KOKS won was the first to be awarded in the Faroes.[4] In addition, they were named the second best restaurant in the Danish kingdom in the White Guide in 2017.[6] The head chef, Ziska, was also awarded as the chef talent of the year, given to one up-and-coming chef under 30.[6]

KOKS restaurant

Koks started in April 2011[7] and was launched by Johannes Jensen who owns 12 restaurants. It started out in the dining room of the Føroyar hotel. The restaurant is only open from April to September.[1] It was located in Kirkjubøur, 11 km south of Tórshavn until 2017, but then moved to Leynavatn located 24 km north of Tórshavn. It was awarded a second Michelin star in February 2019.[8]

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