The Nordic kitchen on the worldmap

The Nordic kitchen on the world map

The idea behind the Nordic kitchen was from the beginning to get Denmark and the other northern countries on the gastronomic world map. Things that are on the gastronomic world map are the most interesting food/dishes and restaurants around the world. 

It was all started by the Danish cook and baker Claus Meyer, who had been a famous tv cook in Denmark for 

some years from 1991-99 with ‘’Meyers kitchen’’ and again from 2007 with ‘’Food in the north – taste of Denmark’’.   

Claus Meyer has a very long list of experiences from the professional kitchen. He has written a lot of books about special ingredients, cooking and so on. Furthermore he has received a lot of prizes for his commitment. To mention some of them there is for example: the vegetable prize, the fruit grower of the year - for the establishment of Fruit from Lilleø, winner of the canteen prize for the year 2010 etc. He is specialized in several different kinds of cooking but his main project in these days, is the Nordic Kitchen which was attended to be something totally new. Something that the world haven´t seen so far. 

This is where the history of NOMA begins. In November 2003 a partnership between two men (Claus Meyer and René Redzepi) became a well-known restaurant all over the world, when they together created new Nordic food in the kitchen of NOMA.

On behalf of Claus Meyer NOMA was created, so that the world could see all the delicious ingredients that we have in the north. And people could try a new type of cooking, with different and also some atypical ingredients that they were not used to eat. One of the visions that Claus Meyer had, was to keep and/or cultivate our food articles and also to change or improve the way we produce them.

In the year of 2010 NOMA got the prize as the world’s best restaurant – this was not the main purpose for the partners but suddenly all the hard work seemed like it was all worth it. 

Restaurant GERANIUM and their head-chef Rasmus Kofoed

Restaurant GERANIUM

Geraniums mission is to create a light and dynamic kitchen where they involve all senses and enriches the individual person with finer cuisine. Geranium is a two starred Michelin restaurant located on the 8th floor of the Danish national stadium, Parken, in Copenhagen, with a view over the  tree- and rooftops of the city. 

The restaurant has an open kitchen where you can follow the preparation of your food from your seat in the restaurant and enjoy the pleasure of an expensive glas of wine while you wait. The location reflects their vision of gastronomic diversity and their desire to explore the differences between the urban and natural environment. In the last couple of years Geranium has won different awards for their finer couisine and their ability to run an international exclusive restaurant. 
Geranium is an expensive restaurant but it is worth it. You will surely be surprised during a dinner at Geranium. They intend to give you a sensory experience from the moment you enter the room with surprising elements and new flavours. When you arrive you receive an envelope with some of the ingredients you will meet later on in the experience, but they are only hints to enhance your appetite. 

The head-chef of Geranium Rasmus Kofoed started his career as an apprentice in hotel d'Angleterre, one of the finest hotels in Denmark and in Copenhagen. He has worked at the two starred restaurant Scholteshof in Belgium and many other restaurants in Copenhagen until he opened Geranium in Kongens have in 2007 together with Søren Ledet, but despite of a Michelin star the restaurant had to close in 2009. But in 2010 they re-opened Geranium in Parken in Copenhagen and they have already achieved two Michelin stars in just two years. Rasmus Kofoed has participated in VM for chefs several times and won both silver and bronze medals. In 2010 he won a gold medal in EM and in 2011 he won a gold medal in the prestigious Bocuse D'or.  
Now his name is known in most parts of the world and he is a role model to new and younger chefs who want to be  just as talented and famous as Rasmus.