Trine Hahnemann began her career in food more than 20 years ago co-founding a company that catered for the film and music industry on location in Scandinavia. She subsequently started her own company, 'Frokostkompagniet', which runs restaurants and personnel canteens inside companies, including the restaurant and cafes in Denmark's House of Parliament, 'Christiansborg'. She is an expert on and ambassador for modern Scandinavian food and she cooks, writes and lectures on the subject around the world. She has written five cookbooks in Danish and three in English: The Scandinavian Cookbook, Scandinavian Christmas, and Scandinavian Baking, all published by Quadrille.