Magnus Nilsson Magnus Nilsson was born November 28th, 1983 in Jämtland County Sweden. Nilsson is one of the worlds finest chefs dedicated his life to cooking since he was three Cutting cucumbers with his grandma on her 50-acre farm, Nilsson also would be hunting and gathering on her farm two. growing up he wanted to be a marine biologist but decided to go to cooking school instead. After he attends cooking school he would move to Paris and find a job at the Michelin star restaurant LArestance. Nilsson