Rene Redzepi
Rene Redzepi
René Redzepiis a Danish chef and co-owner of the two-Michelin star restaurant Noma in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. His restaurant was voted the best restaurant in the world in 2010 San Pellegrino Awards, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Redzepi is noted for his work for the reinvention and refinement of a new Nordic cuisine and food that is characterized by inventiveness and clean flavours...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth16 December 1977
CountryDenmark
I can tell you one of the most surprising ingredients I've ever found. Perhaps five years ago on a beach I saw this herb that looked exactly like chives. I put it in my mouth and started chewing and, surprise, it tasted exactly like coriander.
My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.
Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners.
I can't crack jokes because I don't have any.
I would love to eat a really great burger, but it doesn't exist in our part of the world.
I know every movement of my kitchen.
The restaurant industry is brutal.
Scandinavian-Danish cuisine was something quite rustic, mostly known for pastries and smorgasbord cuisine, which in itself has become a joke.
I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.
When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here the academic demands were less rigorous.