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2. Chef Christian Puglisi in Copenhagen.

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Danish-Italian chef Christian Puglisi was on center stage in Copenhagen during the height of the New Nordic cuisine. Before his job at Noma, he had worked in France and at the legendary El Bulli in Spain. After leaving Noma, he took his first steps as a restaurateur in 2010 when he opened his restaurants Relæ and Manfreds. Relae received a Michelin star, entered the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, and received The Sustainable Restaurant Award. Christian Puglisi will tell about the difficult decision to close these hugely popular restaurants and return to his Italian gastronomic roots. He will also tell us about his new restaurant Mirabelle Spiseria and describe what a “spiseria” really is. At the end Puglisi will reveal his favourite restaurants in Copenhagen and in the rest of the world.


In this podcast Christian Puglisi recommends the following restaurants:


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