Philip Langhoff was born in 1980. Born in 1980 in Finland. As a child, Philip’s favourite activities were picking herbs and berries in his grandmother’s garden or walking in the woods. Over the years, he has travelled the world, always paying special attention to food. In 2007 he married Linda Stenman-Langhoff, a wine specialist. In this couple, the man cooks and the woman does everything else.

When he was offered a job as chef at Chez Dominique (2 Michelin stars), Philippe decided to move back to Finland with his family.

In 2008 and 2009 Filip represented Finland at the prestigious Bocuse d´Or competition. He managed to lead Finland to 5th place in the European competition. 2009. In Lyon in 2009 he came 11th in the final. In Lyon he came 11th.

Since 2011. Since 2011, Filip and Linda have been running the catering and consulting company Cibus by Langhoff together. Through this company, they organise events and activities worldwide, consult restaurants and provide interior design.

In 2012, they opened the restaurant ‘Ask’. Ask was a small and intimate 22-seat restaurant in a nice area of Kruununhaa. ‘Ask’ offered a 17-course tasting menu with a carefully curated selection of drinks. The produce was sourced from small local shops as well as organic and biodynamic farms. In August 2019, Philip and Linda decided to close ‘Ask’.