World champion and Bocuse d'or winner Ørjan Johannessen - and his award-winning Team Johannessen - is taking another quantum leap with a major investment in Bekkjarvik, expanding with a new boutique hotel, in addition to their existing charming guesthouse; Bekkjarvik Gjestgiveri.
Bekkjarvik is a village in Austevoll municipality, in the archipelago outside of Bergen. The new hotel will contain 24 rooms, a restaurant and an academy for culinary concepts with high ambitions for further development, recruitment and research.
The hotel is designed by the renowned architect Ajas Mellbye - who has designed several hotels and received the award 'Award of Excellence in Architecture' in 2017 The new hotel in Bekkjarvik will be an architectural gem when it is completed in Spring 2023.
Illustration: Ajas Melbye