Chef who serves £600 dinner at 'Europe's weirdest restaurant' - where dishes have included blood ice-cream and caged chickens - is named best in the world
Daily MailThe owner and head chef at what has been dubbed the world's 'weirdest' restaurant - which serves a dish called 'Hunger', made with rabbit carpaccio and a human ribcage replica to remind diners of starved communities in the world - has scooped the most prestigious award in the industry. Rasmus Munk, who runs two Michelin-starred Alchemist in Copenhagen - a restaurant where every meal is designed to make diners think, even if it's a profoundly uncomfortable experience - was named the world's best chef 2024 at an awards ceremony in Dubai this week. Behind Munk, Spanish chef lbert Adrià came second for his work at his restaurant Enigma, while third place went to Munk's fellow Dane Eric Vildgaard for sustainable eatery Jordnær. Munk beat competition from Spanish chef lbert Adrià and Munk's fellow Dane Eric Vildgaard to win The Best Chef Awards 2024 - dinner at Alchemist costs around £600-a-head Part of animals that aren't ordinarily served up - such as tongue, brains and even windpipes - take centre stage at alchemy A plate with blood-red ice cream and a QR code about blood and organ donation is designed to encourage people to donate The dishes are designed to make diners think about worldly concepts - everything from famine to pollution Some of the chef's dishes - called 'impressions' - are more involved than others. The first part of the final of MasterChef: The Professionals in 2023 saw judges Monica Galetti, Marcus Wareing and Gregg Wallace eating at Alchemist As the caged chicken dish is served up to diners at Alchemist, above them 3D footage of a battery farm plays out on screens Alchemist is based inside an old shipyard building in Refshaleøen, on the fringes of Copenhagen After diners push through doors covered with bronze sculpture, theatrical performers await It works too, since the restaurant opened in 2020, thousands have opened the QR code that accompanies the dish.
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