Education
He studied art history at Stockholm University between 1967 and 1968. Between 1969 and 1970 he studied at Virginska restaurangskolan, a restaurant school, in Örebro.
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Carl Granqvist
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He has also done an internship at Operakällaren between 1970 and 1972. Carl January Granqvist became the kellermeister of Grythyttans gästgivaregård in 1972 and was later responsible for creating Måltidens hus and the Restaurant school in Grythyttan. He was a pioneer in Sweden with the sapere method which means that the composition of a meal not only considers the smell but also the guests other senses.
He has participated in several television shows since his debut in 1983 on SVT with the wine tasting show Levande livet.
He was also co-host for the show between 2004 and 2005 along with Ingvar Oldsberg. In 2006 he hosted the show Carl Jans änglar on TV3.
The same year he was a guest on the Kanal 5 show Boston Tea Party hosted by Filip and Fredrik. In 2009 he was a celebrity dancer in Let"s Dance broadcast on TV4.
In his autobiographic book Människan, mötena, måltiden, Granqvist revealed that he is bisexual.
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Granqvist is a member of the Swedish Freemasons Order.
