Overview
- In an Instagram video, the 48-year-old said he is stepping back after 23 years, saying “an apology is not enough” and that he takes responsibility.
- The New York Times interviewed about 35 former employees who described physical assaults, threats, and public humiliation largely between 2009 and 2017.
- Allegations include punching staff, jabbing them with kitchen tools, throwing people against walls, and using influence to threaten careers, according to former employees.
- Protests greeted Noma’s newly opened Los Angeles pop-up, where a menu costs about $1,500, as former staff demonstrated outside.
- Sponsors including Cadillac and Resy/American Express withdrew or suspended support, and Noma has not announced who will lead the kitchen next.