by
Photo: @reneredzepinoma/Instagram
A celebrated figure in the world of foodies, the chef of Copenhagen’s three-Michelin-star eatery Noma, named best restaurant in the world several times, is in the process of taking on a new level of food renown — as a household-name celebrity chef who shares his recipes with the population at large.
René Redzepi’s latest venture could bring him a greater level of fame than ever before as he becomes a bonafide TV celebrity chef. The head of Copenhagen’s Noma, named the world’s best restaurant five times over, will soon have his own show on Apple TV+.
Launching on July 19, the program is called Omnivore and in each episode, the chef will tell the story of how a particular ingredient has been essential to human food culture. The episodes will cover subjects such as rice production, pork, coffee, and corn.
View this post on Instagram
René Redzepi traveled all around the world to investigate culinary traditions linked to eight foods and how they are maintained and transmitted. It’s a world tour of taste not unlike that of the late Anthony Bourdain, the food critic known for trying anything and everything.
His CNN programme Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown was produced by Matt Goulding, who also happens to be producing René Redzepi’s Omnivore. Omnivore is a decade-long dream finally brought to life, and I couldn’t be prouder of the extraordinary team that put it together…. The series is an example of all that makes food important; the ingredients, the people, the stories, the sheer magic of cooking,” the chef posted on his Instagram account.
Since announcing the imminent closure of his iconic Copenhagen restaurant at the end of 2023, René Redzepi has set out to diversify his activities outside the kitchen ahead of an expected winddown in late 2024. And the Dane has long been expanding his creative culinary activities outside of Copenhagen.
View this post on Instagram
He was one of the first chefs to launch ephemeral restaurants, which saw him head to Sydney, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Tulum. He first started his culinary expatriation program of “pop-up restaurants” nearly ten years ago.
