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It has been an adventurous year for René

and Nadine Redzepi. A seven-week Noma

pop-up in Tulum was followed by journeys

to the Nordic countries, in preparation

for the restaurant’s relaunch in February

2018. Nadine also published Downtime:
      Deliciousness at Home. (‘The dishes are very
      forgiving so it’s easy to change things up,’
      promises Nadine.) The culmination of a
      nine-year recipe-collecting project, this is no
      ordinary cookbook, but a document of the
      Redzepis’ life together – there’s the first
      thing she cooked for René (fusilli with spicy
      chicken liver sauce), and Japanese- and
      Mexican-inflected dishes picked up during
      Noma’s international sojourns. The couple
      spend a month in Mexico each year, so their
      fondness for its capital comes as no surprise.
      ‘Mexico City has beautiful markets the size
      of Copenhagen neighbourhoods,’ says René.
      Max Núñes’ Ghat House and Designer of
      the Year Philippe Malouin’s ‘stunning’ Core
      Pavilion both also charmed the Redzepis
      with their simplicity. ‘I love things that have
      practical use but also take the shape of art in
      public spaces,’ says René. ‘Art should not just
      be reserved for museums.’ TF Chan

JUDGES

René and Nadine Redzepi

Nordic cuisine trailblazers

RENÉ AND NADINE REDZEPI,
OUTSIDE THE NOMA TEST
KITCHEN, WHICH HAS BEEN
TEMPORARILY MOVED
TO THEIR COPENHAGEN
BACKYARD WHILE THE
RESTAURANT PREPARES FOR
ITS RELAUNCH IN FEBRUARY

2018. RENÉ IS HOLDING A
      MORTAR WITH CHILE DE
      ÁRBOL, SOUVENIRS OF THE
      COUPLE’S TRAVELS TO
      MEXICO. PHOTOGRAPHED
      BY JAN SØNDERGAARD

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