The twentieth World’s 50 Finest Awards Ceremony passed off in London final month and have become one other victorious 12 months for Danish gastronomy with Geranium claiming the title as World’s Finest Restaurant and two new Danish eating places coming into the highest 50 checklist.
Final 12 months’s #2, Geranium topped this 12 months’s checklist. The restaurant is positioned on the eighth ground above Denmark’s nationwide soccer stadium Parken with panoramic views over the Fælledparken (the Frequent Gardens). Rasmus Kofoed is the head-chef and co-owner in addition to the one chef to have ever gained the gold, silver and bronze medals on the esteemed world cooking competitors the Bocuse d’Or.
“My dedication and curiosity to lean extra every day gave me confidence and at last I discovered the world the place I belong,” mentioned Kofoed, who in his acceptance speech talked about how he had gone from an insecure little one to the place he’s right now. “Geranium turned our imaginative and prescient to create a holistic area embracing the circle of life. Meals is a connector, uniting folks from completely different continents. Sharing traditions, tradition and creativity. And I really feel so rattling grateful to have the ability to be part of that.”
Kofoed praised his Copenhagen group and spouse earlier than conclusively including: “now it’s time for some hygge. Skål!” (skål is cheers in Danish).
The entrance of home, wine and drinks is managed by co-owner Søren Ledet, who joined Kofoed on stage on the award ceremony.
Geranium’s method to the highest
Geranium was the primary Danish restaurant to obtain three Michelin stars in 2016, they usually have regularly moved up the World’s 50 Finest Eating places checklist from #49 in 2012 to #2 in 2021.
The present menu, “The Summer season Universe”, prices DKK 3,200/$440 per particular person and lasts for a min-imum of three hours. They provide varied wine menus in addition to a no-alcohol paring.
From the beginning of the 2022 season, Geranium eliminated meat from their menu to focus solely on greens and seafood. Concerning the shift to a meat-free menu, Kofoed commented: “The menu is a mirrored image of me, of who I’m and the way I’m evolving as a chef and as a human being. I haven’t been consuming meat for the final 5 years at house, so to not use meat on the brand new menu was a logical choice & a pure development for Geranium”.
The restaurant first opened in 2007, however closed in 2009 earlier than reopening within the new location in 2010.
Alchemist enters the highest 50
At #18 was holistic eating restaurant Alchemist, rising from #58 final 12 months. Main Alchemist is chef Rasmus Munk. The restaurant opened in 2019 and received two Michelin stars in 2020, its first 12 months within the information. A meal at Alchemist includes 50 programs or “impressions”, which embrace gentle, theater, artwork and sound primarily based on their holistic eating manifesto.
“Rasmus Munk and group have reimagined the holistic eating expertise with innovation at each flip. The efficiency parts are matched with delicacies that’s rooted traditional tech-niques, contemporary analysis and the very best elements”, mentioned ceremony host Stanley Tucci.
The eating expertise lasts 4-6 hours and prices DKK 4400/$600. Alchemist is positioned in a for-mer welding corridor within the former industrial Copenhagen neighborhood, Refshaleøen. The identical neighborhood as noma is positioned in.
Jordnær is Denmark’s new addition to the World’s 50 Finest
Jordnær north of Copenhagen entered the checklist at #38. Jordnær maintain two Michelin stars and the present 17-course menu prices $436. “Head right here for big langoustines, turbot and king crab, beneficiant volumes of caviar and extra – all contemporary from the ocean”, mentioned host Tucci and jokingly added that the 2 house owners Eric Kragh Vildgaard and Tina Kragh Vildgaard have six kids and deserve an award for that as properly.
The identify Jordnær interprets to “right down to earth”, and the restaurant opened in 2017. Chef Vild-gaard has a posh historical past of each crime and dealing at eating places like noma and Søllerød Kro. He’s the brother of one other Copenhagen noma alumni chef Torsten Vildgaard.
Final 12 months, noma took the highest spot. After the change of the foundations in 2019, noma will now retire to The Better of the Finest checklist.
