Ren-edzepi has been widely credited with re-inventing Nordic cuisine. His Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, was recognized as the third best in the world by the San Pellegrino World-s 50 Best Restaurant awards in 2009 and received the unique -Chef-s Choice- award at the same ceremony. Redzepi operates at the cutting edge of gourmet cuisine, combining an unrelenting creativity and a remarkable level of craftsmanship with an inimitable and innate knowledge of the produce of his Nordic terroir.
At Noma, which Redzepi created from a derelict 18 th Century warehouse in 2003 after previously working at both elBulli and The French Laundry, diners are served exquisite concoctions, such as -Newly-Ploughed Potato Field- or -The snowman from Jukkasj-i-, all painstakingly constructed to express there amazing array of Nordic ingredients. Redzepi-s fascination with giving his diners a real taste of their food-s environment extends to serving dishes upon pebbles found in the same fields as
