(Copenhagen) It has obtained the title of best restaurant in the world for several years, noma, three Michelin stars, announced on Monday that it would close its doors at the end of 2024 to reinvent itself as a culinary laboratory.
“To continue to be noma, we must change […]. Winter 2024 will be the last season of noma as we know it,” the Copenhagen restaurant said in a real Instagram post.
Abbreviation of the Danish words “nordisk” (Nordic) and “mad” (food), the noma (with “n” in lowercase) had opened on a platform in central Copenhagen in 2003, before closing in 2016 to reopen two years later. later in a slightly more outlying and tree-lined district of the Danish capital.
“In 2025, our restaurant is transformed into a giant laboratory – a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to food innovation work and the development of new flavors,” he explained on his site.
Champion of fermentation, which, for example, allows pine cones to become edible, René Redzepi, praised in the world of gastronomy for his inventiveness, always manages to reshuffle the cards.
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Chef René Redzepi, in 2010
During the pandemic, he transformed his restaurant into a wine and hamburger bar for a month in the summer of 2020.
If the emphasis will now be on creativity, it will still be possible, from time to time, to eat at noma, in Copenhagen or in ephemeral restaurants in other places in the world.
“Serving customers will always be a part of who we are, but being a restaurant will no longer define us,” noma wrote to describe his “noma 3.0” project.
“Much of our time will be spent exploring new projects and developing many other ideas and products,” he continues without further details.
In the spring, noma will temporarily open in Kyoto for two months, between March 15 and May 20.