So I have a confession to make I Never ever think that I'm good enough and This feeling has pursued me from the first day This is me nervous in the back at Mugaris when they received two stars Don't speak Spanish. No idea what's going on barely know how to sharpen my knife And I was told by andoni that if I couldn't understand the importance of folding the kitchen cloth the right way Then I probably shouldn't be in fine dining Since that day Everything just became like a constant battle with one's selves every night thinking what could I have done better for service? You know these these questions just keep nagging you but also pushing you forward and Em This is my my my master and teacher mr. Bobbeck. I started with him Whoo, I started with him as an apprentice definitely not thinking I was good enough to come back to Denmark and actually have a student career here and It all worked out for the best and then suddenly Opening up guys. I continued with him to follow on that team and then just thinking okay I've never worked in a big restaurant like this before is it possible to change from a little small fine dining going into a Big place like this serving 300 people a night just pushing it out And this was besides being confused for being his wife every time we travel together because I'm a female chef This was obviously the biggest challenge so far So just you know Carefully trying to to blend in and assimilate Then I met this guy mr. Klaus Meyer One of the craziest people I know amazing person And he invited me for an interview about this project he had thought of in Bolivia to use a model where you would take a traditional NGO work and Throw it in the garbage and then do some hands-on work And actually not just go in make a project Which is a horrible name and then get out again, but actually try to see if we could leave something behind and let something grow organically afterwards So I come to his house. He's wearing boxer shorts. He just came from a tennis match It's all crazy. The dogs are running around the interview was cooking a small meal for his family and He liked it. He liked the point of acidity, which is very important for Nordic chefs as you might know and then he asked So 30 people no education. Do you think you can manage that? Can we build a culinary school in Bolivia and my mind is going of course? I can't and you're like, yeah, sure. Yeah, I'll take it on, you know, what can you know, what can you do? And this is anti-kucho anti-kuchera One of the typical my favorite Bolivian dish, but this is kind of what we're competing with so going to a country you risk like Getting in trouble with the whole cultural thing of what is this blonde lady doing over here? And are we not good enough and and then at the same time, this is an amazing but one dollar dish So suddenly you're like meh fine dining. Okay, let's let's do this and This is one of the first teams of Gusto 30 people standing in front of you waiting for you to change their life and be like, okay, so hit me and I didn't think that Brit doesn't rise at 4,000 meters of altitude.  Yeah, sure.  I practiced a lot when they weren't looking. There was a lot of baking going on at night And finally we cracked the code together and as much as I was able to teach them, of course I probably learned 10 times as much on a personal level So this is six months in Food and wine magazine comes out with an article that freaked us out. It's a positive thing But are we the new best restaurant in the world and like Jesus Christ stop looking at us? You know, it's you know, just let us be over here in the corner. We'll cook some nice Bolivian food and yeah Just get on with our lives This is of course a big push for the team and it's a super positive thing But it's just one of those things that every time something happens that is good Then you're like, oh my god, there's somebody coming, you know We have we all we receive the civic medal of honor, which is a big thing This is the first time it's been given to non Bolivians This is a medal of honor for pushing forward culture and for improving the country So this was a big thing and obviously we had no idea what it meant But the whole local team were freaking out and they're like, oh my god, this is amazing This is given to precedence. It's giving to a lot of people. So this is again where At least for me Thank you so much, but they are more responsibility, you know This is Manga at one point we grew out of Gusto There were so many interested in having a piece of paper saying that they had graduated In kitchen because it's a I think it's a good way to move on With your career and do other stuff and it's a career that opens a lot of doors Even to a little street food stall or whatever so these are the third generation of Almost seven thousand graduates by now in 14 schools, but then again You see their happy faces and then at the same time you're like, did I even teach them the right things? Is this enough is this what are we doing here? And you know, but it's I mean the things that you receive and the things you give You know, it's it's it's it's a gift, but it also comes with a lot of responsibility This is knowing me and her mother on her graduation day This is one of those moments where I started realizing that I'm representing a completely different culture a country that is mine in and you Suddenly start hearing the parents go my daughter should have a lady's education She shouldn't be a cook and I'm like then what am I you know and This turned out to be a very social thing Homemakers maybe babysitters Maybe a couple of other professions, but definitely this was not for for women. I've never been In a situation where I had to deal with that. Luckily, I know many have but this became kind of a thing for me To say, okay, we need to also fight that fight. So now we're talking equality. We're talking opportunities But now we're also talking female forward There's a lot of things suddenly that you have to put, you know under your umbrella and and help Some of these young people push push forward One day I get a call From William Drew at 50 best saying you are Latin America's best female chef 2016 and I'm like, no, I'm not All these fierce taco mating ladies out in the world the grandmothers of Bolivia all the street food stalls all these thousands of years of tradition going through their hands and then You know, of course again, what a great honor But it just felt so humbling and I think every time that you receive something I Just not lowered my head in a negative way, but you just become more and more aware that you have a lot of responsibility of giving back and so this of course was an amazing thing for all our female team because They see it as if you can do it then I can do it chef and it's like yes, you can go go get it, you know So this is again You know if you can't control it all at least damage control And so The last couple of years I've been able to travel a lot represent a goose to abroad and and also now just myself actually And ended up in Pakistan of all places Doing a dinner for 600 people Traditional Danish food. It was a very very very strange experience This was my team on the first day. This is clearly the first time. They've had a lady in the kitchen It could have created chaos. It was a little bit chaotic in the beginning a lot of men keep being like no I'm in charge. No, I'm in charge. No, I'm in charge. I'm like no. I'm in charge and then Thank you, and then all these doubts just come back, you know, are we actually serving these people tonight?  We made it we serve 600 people We have a thing here called college school and if you've been to Denmark, you will know what it is It's like a dessert milky thing. We did that in Pakistan everybody. Ah, I love this lassi. I'm like, yeah, whatever you want I call it, you know So I've been to Bahrain the Middle East has a lot of female chef students, so that's amazing But then again, you're like am I overstepping? Am I saying something culture inappropriate? Why are you wearing a scarf? You know all these things that suddenly you're like Can I even say this to people? And but I think also We have to just be open and honest. So that's the way forward This is the male chefs of Russia. Clearly. There's a lot of guys there And so this is another approach you speak to them differently, but the results are pretty much the same all this diversity kind of confirms that you know Absolutely something but absolutely nothing so when you travel around you're like, yeah I'm this great chef and then you find out like the omelette and like I want to learn how to do that And I want to do that and I want to do that and you feel empowered but useless This is my this is Denmark, this is my new working area food Organization of Denmark is doing a traveling project where we go around And mostly now we've been on the west coast of Denmark. This is what we call French fry heaven This is all that coast is beautiful beautiful beautiful restaurants filled with French fries and frozen fish and I mean, we have quite a bit of sea so we should be able to cook real food and one of the most inspiring thing is to go into a kitchen with a chef or a Kitchen helper that's been there for 15 20 years And then create a little bit of lemon zest on a couple of fresh shrimp and just see their mind like wow This is delicious. I'm like, yes, I know it is then let's do that instead of that and instead of being Annoyed by it, which I would have thought they would have been but honestly, they're like in the beginning like And then suddenly they're on board and what if we add peas to that and what about spring onion?  That is worth all the money This is the place in winter. It's really honestly happening in summer not so much right now On the other side I have a lot of jobs so don't be confused. I am too Somali land is one of them a project called fair fishing where we go into Somali land and There's been done a lot of work with the hardware part So getting them ice and ice machines and all the logistic part and now we're getting into the whole cooking part So you see yellow fin tuna blue fin tuna treated really bad Because it's not I mean if you're not able to keep Fish fresh then it can be the best fish in the world, but after a couple of days. It's really disgusting So now we're trying to Clean their mind from the whole yield with fish and then not deep frying it but actually working on developing dishes a With fish that are nutritious use the whole fish do a stock do this scrape the bones like the whole thing and This is the second day where we had the Homemakers they were super excited a lot of selfies going on but also just seeing these ladies makes you understand that it's not Everything you hear on the news which has for me been very confirming Being able to travel this much but at the same time you're like What if I tell them something completely crazy and they go out and spread the word out in the world and suddenly It all comes back to me. I'm like, I'm sorry about that, you know But for now it all turned out for the best This is the first time in my life. I feel a tuna. I accepted the challenge and I was like, yeah sure that sounds amazing I want to go there.  This is gonna get out of hand.  I found out they freeze the whole tuna and they Like chopped pieces off with a hammer now for fileting. So it turns out my skills were fine But but you never know and I Have been asked a lot lady lately. Am I opening a restaurant in? and I don't know I Think it's the same Insecurity the same fear the same whole thing Coming back and being like am I good enough? Have you been to Copenhagen? Do you know the amount of amazing restaurants? Do we need one more? You know So maybe it will happen. No, but but but that's the point like it's it's if I can do these things and travel around And I don't want to call them projects but you know helping out with different projects and and and try and Pitch in with the with the little weird knowledge that I have from different places then maybe that's more important Then then having you know said four walls. I don't know. I'm wondering. I hope you will help me salute this For now, I'm very Copenhagen hipster. I enjoy being back So so so for now we're just we're just chilling out and I found this This model a couple of days ago, and I think it's really suiting for how I feel as a person I don't think we should be pursuing perfection all the time I think we should just like fucking you know do the best we can and then try and push things forward So thank you for listening and have a great mat


in this double-care southern Israel for this momentous occasion. I'd like to convey my thanks to you, Secretary of State Blinken, and to Israel's Foreign Minister, my friend Yair Lapid, for the important parts you're playing in this summit. The Middle East is changing, and it's changing for the better. We're cultivating old ties and building new bridges. We're rejuvenating old peace and charging it with the new energy of the Abraham Accords. We're working together to overcome the old forces of darkness and build a new future that's better, brighter, and promising. And I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your personal commitment to the Abraham Accords and for your continued efforts to grow, nurture, and further expand this important regional partnership. Israel's doors are as open as ever, as you've seen. In a turbulent world, Israel is a force for peace, prosperity, stability, and for doing good. That's what we're about, to be strong here and do good. And unfortunately, there are other forces in the region that are still violent and destructive. As I just shared with you in the meeting, we're concerned about the intention to delist the IRGC, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Their proxy, the Houthis, just this weekend carried out a horrific attack on Saudi Arabia. I hope the United States will hear the concerned voices from the region, Israel's, and others on this very important issue. On a different note, this week, the end of the week, the holy month of Ramadan will begin. And our government is working very hard to improve the lives of the Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza. Just earlier today, my cabinet approved 20,000 workers from Gaza to be able to work in Israel. We're going to be investing almost 40 million shekel in improving the crossings between Israel and Gaza Strip to allow smooth and a dignified movement between Gaza and Israel. While we can't solve everything, we can improve the lives of people on ground. And thanks to your help, this is happening. It's materializing. So even if you can't solve everything, it doesn't mean you don't do anything. As for the war in Ukraine, Israel stands firm with the people of Ukraine and is going to continue our effort to help reduce the suffering and end the bloodshed. We've already sent our top medical teams to set up the most advanced field hospital inside Ukraine on the Western side. I've been reported that they've already taken care and treated over 500 patients. At this moment, at this very moment, doctors and nurses are risking their lives to save lives of those in need. I'm proud of what Israel is doing. And of course, we're doing what we can when asked to contribute to the efforts to end this war. We do this while maintaining close coordination with the United States and with our European partners. Tony, please send my gratitude to President Biden for his friendship and for keeping his promise regarding the Iron Dome, which saves lives. Israel greatly appreciates America's commitment to our security. The alliance between the United States and Israel is as strong as ever. And though we may have our differences, as friends do, it remains unbreakable. Thank you and have a productive visit here in Israel. Well, Mr. Prime Minister, thank you so much for this really good, more than good, very productive exchange between us, which I deeply appreciate, so does my whole team. We covered a lot of ground in our discussion, and I want to highlight, if I can, a couple of the issues. But first, a point of personal privilege. It is particularly great to have our new ambassador here, Tom Nides. He's a close friend of mine, a longtime colleague. More important than that, he's a good friend to President Biden, and is deeply committed to the relationship between Israel and the United States. Yeah, he's okay. Well, now, I will say, I've said this to Tom. I think we got the better end of the bargain because we have my Kurds out. Right, there you go. Wonderful ambassadors. You know, you've mentioned this, Prime Minister. Last August when the Prime Minister visited the White House, President Biden made clear America and our administration's ironclad commitment to Israel's security. It's something we say, but it's also something that we do, and that I reaffirm today. President Biden, in that meeting, promised his full support for replenishing Israel's iron dome, and he delivered on that pledge, signing a funding bill that includes $1 billion for this crucial defense system just some days ago. We also share, and we are united in addressing the challenges posed by Iran, including its nuclear program. And there is no daylight between us on the fundamental proposition that Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. And whether there is a return to the JCPOA, the Iran Nuclear Agreement, or not, that principle will not change, nor will our commitment to it. I had a chance to update the Prime Minister on the ongoing diplomatic efforts around the JCPOA as we've done consistently with our Israeli partners and as we'll continue to do. And deal or no deal, we will continue to work together and with other partners to counter Iran's destabilizing behavior in the region, as indeed we've seen most recently in the Houthi attacks against civilian infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and in Saudi Arabia, acts of terrorism enabled by Iran. I thank the Prime Minister for his diplomatic efforts, important diplomatic efforts to end the Russian government's aggression against Ukraine. We value these efforts, and we've been closely coordinated throughout. It's important, and your insights as well are very meaningful, so I thank you for them. Thank you. We appreciate all efforts by allies and partners to stop the catastrophic suffering that Russia's aggression is causing for the people in Ukraine. And I have to say, we're also grateful for the Israeli government's efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including more than 100 tons of food, medicine, generators, other vital supplies, and the field hospital. I had a chance earlier today, when I was with Foreign Minister Lepid to actually connect directly with those who were running the field hospital. We did it virtually, and it was very powerful to see that in action. This support is crucial, as more and more Ukrainian men, women, and children are being killed, maimed, displaced by Moscow's attacks.  Fully half the children in Ukraine have been displaced by Russia's aggression, half the children in the country. I also made clear the conviction that the United States has that Israelis and Palestinians deserve to enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, opportunity, and dignity. And that's one of the principal reasons we support a negotiated two-state solution. The prime minister and his government have made important efforts to address some of the challenges facing Palestinians, increasing Israeli water sales to Gaza, granting permits now to 20,000 people from Gaza to work in Israel, legalizing the status of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank. And we very much hope to see more efforts along these lines in the near term. We're also encouraged to see members of the prime minister's cabinet meeting with Palestinian leaders, including Defense Minister Gantz, whom I'll see in a short while. Our administration is also rebuilding America's relationship with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people, something I'll continue to do today in Ramallah with President Abbas and in East Jerusalem with leaders of that community's vibrant and diverse civil society. We're increasing humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, totaling half a billion dollars since April, 2021. Today, we also discussed ways to foster a peaceful Passover, Ramadan, and Easter across Israel and Gaza and the West Bank, particularly in Jerusalem, a city of such profound importance to Jews, to Christians, to Muslims. And that means working to prevent actions on all sides that could raise tensions, including settlement expansion, settler violence, incitement of violence, demolitions, payments to individuals convicted of terrorism, evictions of families from homes they've lived in for decades. It's a message that I'll be underscoring in all of my meetings on this trip. At the same time, we are increasing our efforts to foster partnerships between Palestinian and Israeli grassroots organizations, businesses, young people, other parts of society. Through a five-year, $250 million Nita M. Lowy Middle East Partnership for Peace Act. Right after this, in fact, I will have a chance to meet with one of the program's first grantees, a project that brings together groups in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, to tackle the interconnected problem of water scarcity. Efforts like this will not only improve people's lives, but build relationships that can help diffuse tension and violence and ultimately lay a foundation for dialogue and for peace. Finally, as the Prime Minister said, we discussed how we can continue to build on the significant progress of the Abraham Accords and normalization, including in the summit starting this evening in the Negev. The United States will continue not only to support the work of those who have already normalized relations, but also to urge more governments to take this important step to the benefit of people in their countries and far beyond. Mr. Prime Minister, your recent trilateral summit with President Al-Sisi and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, as well as President Herzog's visit to Turkey for meetings with President Erdogan and others, these are just the latest demonstrations of broader engagement that is made possible as normalization becomes the new normal throughout the region. And again, I applaud Israel's leadership, its engagement, its diplomacy in building these agreements and making them real. So, Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for hosting us today and again, for such a constructive, important exchange on everything we just talked about and more. And thank you for continuing to strengthen what is an enduring and powerful friendship between Israel and the United States. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Well, thank you all for the...