Hegelund has been a chef for about 20 years and is now working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by leaning into what he describes as new Arctic cuisine.

Hegelund has been a chef for about 20 years and is now working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by leaning into what he describes as new Arctic cuisine.It's a movement toward ...

Chef Inunnguaq Hegelund is working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by giving importance to ingredients and how they are sourced. He calls this new Arctic cuisine.

Hegelund has been a chef for about 20 years and is now working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by leaning into what he describes as new Arctic cuisine. It's a movement toward local, ...

Chef Inunnguaq Hegelund is working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by giving importance to ingredients and how they are sourced. He calls this new Arctic cuisine.

Chef Inunnguaq Hegelund is working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by giving importance to ingredients and how they are sourced. He calls this new Arctic cuisine.

The food he's preparing for us has been through a journey. "[Greenlanders] do a lot of hunting. [They] are out in rough nature," Hegelund says.

NUUK, Greenland — Chef Inunnguaq Hegelund is constantly moving. On a recent trip to a local hunter's market, the car barely stops moving before the star chef jumps out to see what options are ...