Food at Nordic Business Forum
Offering sustainable food choices—focusing on organic, local, and plant-based options
Flavors of Finland
Whether you come to our event or not, you are likely going to eat that day too. We aim to produce food that has a lower environmental footprint than the food people would consume outside of the event on an average day. We’ve worked hard to reduce food waste, prioritized plant-based food, and when we serve meat, it’s always wild game or sustainably caught fish.
We choose only locally sourced options wherever possible (coffee, tea, and some spices are exceptions). We hope we can lead by example and inspire our audience and even other events with our catering choices.
Buffets at Nordic Business Forum 2025
Day 1, Lunch “Finnish Harvest Bowl” (V)
Barley with fermented lemon
Pumpkin seasoned with Finnish fern herb “Kallioimarre”
Sweet peas with nettle
Cucumber and ginger flavored apple cubes
Forest mushrooms
Horseradish cream
Pickled red onions
Red cabbage
Pumpkin seasoned with Finnish fern herb “Kallioimarre”
Sweet peas with nettle
Cucumber and ginger flavored apple cubes
Forest mushrooms
Horseradish cream
Pickled red onions
Red cabbage
Chefs finalize with:
- Finnish potato protein falafels (V, G)
- or Fried Kitka vendace from Kuusamo (L)
Day 1, Break 1, “Finnish Prelude”:
Lingonberry juice & Åland apple juice (V, G)
Salt cured whitefish open sandwich (L) (Organic butter)
Åland pancake with apple jam (L)
Day 1, Break 2, “Roots & Resonance”:
Bilberry smoothie (V, G)
Tarragon flavored Finnish Vatrushka (L)
Carrot cake (L, G)
Day 2, Lunch “Nordic Composition”
Fried gnocchi with wild mushrooms, juniperberry-rosemary cream and lingonberries
seasoned with spruce sprouts (L, G)
Chefs finalize with:
- Caramelized moose (D, G)
- or Mushroom Fillet (Vegan option with mushroom protein) (V, G)
Day 2, Break, “Forest Interlude”
Elderflower ice tea (V, G)
Smoked game open sandwich with forest mushroom salad (L) (Organic crème fraiche)
Selection of traditional Finnish buns (L)
Non-stop coffee and tea during the event
- Tea selection:
- Bradley’s Organic No.15 English Blend
- Bradley’s Organic No.38 Green tea Sencha
- Milk for Coffee (Organic milk and organic oat milk)
Food Trucks at Nordic Business Forum 2025
- Reindeer Kebab
with wedged potatoes - Fish Burger
- Wild Forest Chanterelle Mushrooms soup
with bread (Organic butter)
Sourcing Local Ingredients
For our 2025 event, this is where the ingredients come from:
- Moose – Tammisaari
- Deer – Tammisaari
- Whitefish – Vääksy & Ahvenanmaa
- Vendace – Kuusamo
- Porcini – Padasjoki & North Karelia
- Potatoes – Lapland
- Barley – Raisio
- Sweet Peas – Parkano & Seinäjoki
- Nettle – Puolanka
- Cucumber – Asikkala
- Bilberry – Turku
- Lingonberry – Suonenjoki
- Finnish Fern Herb “Kallioimarre” – Puumala
- Lingonberry Juice – Kangasniemi
- Apple Juice – Åland
