Quotes by Rene Redzepi

About Rene Redzepi:

René Redzepi is 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.
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When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.

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I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.

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I can't crack jokes because I don't have any.

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If you see how a plant grows and you taste it in situ you have a perfect example of how it should taste on the plate.

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Fifteen years ago, France was the promised land of cooking. So I looked at a map, found five restaurants and faxed them to ask for a job. Within five minutes, I got a reply from the then three- star Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier.

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Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people.

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I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.

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I think that in our part of the world, Scandinavia, we are one of the pioneers of showing that gastronomy can be something - high gastronomy can be something very, very present and doesn't have to involve, you know, what is perceived as the normal lu...

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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.

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The restaurant industry is brutal.

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I know every movement of my kitchen.

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A gastronomical supermeal didn't necessarily have to involve the things I had brought from other top kitchens.

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When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know.

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Scandinavian-Danish cuisine was something quite rustic, mostly known for pastries and smorgasbord cuisine, which in itself has become a joke.

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Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners.

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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.

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There is no conflict between a better meal and a better world.

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Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

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People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.

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Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.

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Author Bio

  • NameRene Redzepi
  • DescriptionDanish chef
  • BornDecember 16, 1977
  • CountryDenmark
  • ProfessionRestaurateur