Chef, Owner
Rene Redzepi
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Born on 16 December 1977 in Copenhagen to a Danish mother and an Albanian Macedonian father who had immigrated to Denmark a few years earlier. Career : He trained at the restaurant Pierre André which had just opened in Copenhagen and soon received a Michelin star. He first visited El Bulli as a guest in 1998 and has subsequently worked there during the 1999 season. Back in Copenhagen he started working at Kong Hans Kælder which had been one of the city's leading gourmet restaurants since the mid 1970s. in 2001 he spent four months working at French Laundry but returned to Kong Hans Kælder and Copenhagen. In December 2002 Redzepi was contacted by Claus Meyer who had been offered to operate a restaurant at the North Atlantic House, a former 18th century warehouse which was being turned into a cultural centre for the North Atlantic region. Noma was opened in 2004 with Redzepi as the head chef. Champion of Nordic cuisine.
2010: First place in San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant awards |
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