The Most Famous

CHEFS from Denmark

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This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Chefs. The pantheon dataset contains 15 Chefs, 1 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 5th most number of Chefs behind United States, and Spain.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Chefs of all time. This list of famous Danish Chefs is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. René Redzepi (b. 1977)

With an HPI of 37.43, René Redzepi is the most famous Danish Chef.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

René Redzepi (born 16 December 1977) is a Danish chef and co-owner of the three-Michelin star restaurant Noma in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. His restaurant was voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine's World's Best Restaurants in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2021, and was awarded its third Michelin star in 2021. Redzepi is noted for his work on the reinvention and refinement of a new Nordic cuisine and food that is characterized by inventiveness and clean flavours.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Danish chefs born between 1977 and 1977. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Danish chefs include René Redzepi.

Living Danish Chefs

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