Rene redzepi restaurant noma

Noma, dubbed the best restaurant in the world, is closing. However, the iconic Copenhagen, Denmark restaurant is expected to reopen in a new capacity. 

"To continue being NOMA we must change," chef and co-owner Rene Redzepi announced in an Instagram video.

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"Noma as you know it is closing as we begin a new chapter. Noma "

The restaurant, which has been cooking up Nordic cuisine since , will see its last reservations in winter and in , it will be transformed into a new concept, according to a news release from Redzepi and his team.

This is not the first time Noma has closed and re-branded.

In it closed and re-opened in in its current incarnation.

The next phase will see it become "a giant lab," which the chef described as "a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavors, one that will share the fruits of our efforts more widely than ever before."

Noma has three Michelin stars Noma Is Closing.

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