Erling jensen biography
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By Lesley Harris Colvett
Photography by Mark Ramirez
The name Erling Jensen evokes many wonderful things: decades of fine dining in our city; and a cozy, rather romantic, restaurant that we go to for memorable dinners and special occasions.
Erling Jensen the person is very warm, kind, funny, and philanthropic.
It was a real treat sitting down with Erling and his wife of nine years, Jaquila.
Erling grew up in Denmark, and his culinary passion started early in life. “I started cooking at a very young age - age 15 - at a hotel in my hometown of Frederikshavn, Denmark, peeling onions and potatoes, and I went to school for four years.”
After training at a four-year culinary school and serving his apprenticeship at the Hotel Jutlandia in Frederikshavn, Denmark, Erling worked at the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
for two years, then he went back home to Denmark.
“In 1983, I took a big jump,” Erling says. That “jump” was coming to the United States, and staying. Erling’s first lan