• Students taking part in the yearly competition are future top hospitality professionals.
• The competitors are selected through national qualifications/championships in each Nordic country (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden).
• The two-day competiton consist of the waiters' and cooks' categories, where the competitors compete in pairs.
• The cooking competition includes cooking and preparing multi-course meals where a mystery box is presented allowing competitors to elaborate and show their creativity. 
• The waiters will compete in everything from service mindedness to table-setting, napkin-folding, matching and serving wines to bar work.

The competition is organised by the Nordic hospitality associations.
Sweden: www.visita.se
Norway: www.nhoreiseliv.no
Denmark: www.horesta.dk
Finland: www.mara.fi
Iceland: www.saf.is / www.idan.is