Overview
- Redzepi announced on Instagram that he would step away after more than two decades and resigned from the board of his nonprofit, MAD.
- Noma’s 16-week Los Angeles residency opened with protests led by former employee Jason Ignacio White and the worker group One Fair Wage.
- American Express and Blackbird withdrew sponsorship of the L.A. pop-up, with companies offering refunds or donations, while the event remains sold out at about $1,500 per person.
- Noma said the reported behavior does not reflect its current workplace and said it has commissioned an independent audit to review the claims.
- The restaurant says the L.A. service will proceed under the existing team without Redzepi as questions over succession and ownership remain unresolved.