Noma No More: The Epitome Of High-Minded Liberal Grandeur Goes Up In Flames |
Noma No More: The Epitome Of High-Minded Liberal Grandeur Goes Up In Flames
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Celebrity chef René Redzepi has resigned from his three-Michelin-star restaurant, Noma, following allegations of past abuse.
“In order to make sure that you guys are 100% feeling safe, I’m gonna step away. Okay?” Redzepi says to his staff in a video posted Tuesday to Instagram.
“I’m not running away from any responsibility on how I have been, I am not. I know how I’ve been. Many of you have been here long enough to have experienced how we’ve gone through this change,” Redzepi continues. The chef co-founded Noma in 2003.
“We will get through this. We will get through this. But because it’s so much focused on me, I have to remove myself.”
A New York Times (NYT) piece published March 7 ignited criticism concerning Redzepi’s workplace conduct. NYT food reporter Julia Moskin interviewed more than 35 former Noma employees, cataloging a litany of abuse allegations.
Moskin writes that a young man “put on techno music, a genre that [Redzepi] disliked, in the production kitchen” in 2014.
Redzepi allegedly “taunted the chef over and over as about 40 cooks, in short sleeves and aprons, formed the usual circle around the two men. It was not the first time they had been forced to participate in a public shaming, according to two chefs who were present.”(RELATED: Black Woman Forced To Shut Down Restaurant After Leftists Allegedly Won’t Stop Harassing Her)
“Mr. Redzepi escalated the attack, punching his employee in the ribs and screaming that no one........