Overview
- Redzepi announced on Instagram that he is stepping away from day-to-day operations and leaving the board of MAD, the nonprofit he founded.
- No successor was named, and Noma said the current leadership will run the 16‑week Los Angeles pop-up, where reservations reportedly sold out within minutes.
- A New York Times investigation detailed accounts from roughly 35 former employees describing verbal humiliation and physical assaults between 2009 and 2017.
- Former fermentation head Jason Ignacio White amplified the allegations by compiling testimonies on social media, helping to spur protests at the Paramour Estate opening.
- Sponsors including American Express, Cadillac, Resy and Blackbird withdrew support, as Redzepi apologized, acknowledged harmful past behavior and said he accepts responsibility.