Aggi Sverrisson from Iceland - One of the top chef in Britain today!

Top chef and co-owner of the Michelin-starred in-the-making Texture restaurant, Agnar explains why there's more to Icelandic food than puffin meat.
Born in Reykjavik, Agnar Sverrisson trained and worked in Iceland, before joining Gordon Ramsay's outfit, working at Pétrus under Marcus Wareing. He then became head chef at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons before setting up Texture with top sommelier Xavier Rousset.
Aggi (as he's known) sources sustainably produced fish and promotes healthy cooking, making Texture an ideal venue for a summer meal. Experience an inspired menu of Icelandic cod, Icelandic lamb and skyr, a traditional dairy dessert. delicious. Texture is an elegant restaurant with its calming decor enriched by the purple hues of Icelandic landscapes. Aggi's menu is haute -- but not haughty -- cuisine; skillfully cooked, inventively assembled, and graciously served.
The succulent Icelandic cod with brandade, avocado and sauce vierge, for example -- and so pure that eating them is the culinary equivalent of having your sins absolved. Seasonal ingredients (peas, asparagus, rhubarb) are of the highest quality, and Aggi's faithfulness to Icelandic ingredients, including lamb and cod, is encouraging. The focus on texture -- especially apparent in the humorous 'coconut different textures' dessert with its bounty of coconut-infused puds -- enables diners' senses to be rewarded as well as their palates.
Aggi's technical brilliance and sense of fun is reminiscent of Heston Blumenthal: extras; pine-smoked salmon with sorrel juice evocative of freshly-mown grass; Moscatel sabayon with strawberries served with liquid nitrogen, witches brew-style, are amusing touches that add to Texture's charm. If you need proof that Icelandic fare has moved away from the startling traditions of rotten shark and smoked lamb's head, delicious. recommends the world-class cuisine of Texture.

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