"The Staff Meal At Noma" by Simon Ladefoged

Danish photographer and filmmaker Simon Ladefoged captures what Noma founder Rene Redzepi calls his restaurant's 'family meal,' revealing what the chefs at the world's best restaurant cook for each other.
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[@StormyWeather21]

If you've never worked in a restaurant you'll never understand the importance of family meal. During college sometimes this was my only meal or main meal of the day.

[@Firethealcoholic]

unless you work at a joint where everybody clocks in, does their prep, does the rush, cleans up and clocks out. I'm seeing more and more of those and it's infuriating. Then you get to the point where managers ban shift meals because why let your staff have free food when they're already making $9 an hour? Why, that's a waste of product! Anyway I'll get off my soapbox. I just hope people will stop working for these places and instead wait for jobs with real solid management

[@wc6046]

you can understand that without having worked in a restaurant. that's a pretty easy thing to comprehend lol

[@christianlemelin9862]

Stress, fatigue, underpaid, shit job....glad you found something good out of it, unfortunately you don't need a restaurant for that.

[@PLF...]

@@Firethealcoholic > 9$ an hour should be a crime

[@ko-kf2nu]

@@christianlemelin9862 Why do people still persue this career?More and more people are chasing this career and want to become chef.I am also very passionate about cooking.Cant understand if i should become a chef or not because there are lots of critics

[@say-cred]

Wow "home-style cooking" done by the elite chefs of the world... Can only imagine what that meal tastes like.

[@martinchacon8821]

+freighter014 ...Possibly better than whatever they're getting out on the floor..

[@existentialnihilism]

Not as good as it sounds.

[@japhysnacks]

Pretty good, from the looks of it.

[@tina7heart]

Ass, I heard it tastes terrible

[@jauipop]

That staff meal looks AMAZINg

[@x23thegame]

wooow A STAR CHEF who cares about his staff and don't feed them scraps through hard work dedication you get rewards amazing video

[@nielsnielsen9013]

Sorry to burst your bubble but none of these get paid and it’s a super tough job.

[@samishaniyy]

niels nielsen , if none of them are getting paid why are they working?

[@alexoh9671]

They are doing stage but yeah I agree.

[@bikescene877]

Almost all of them over there are interns or commis haha

[@sliminiz1655]

just perfect !!

[@mattcleary9522]

Family meal is special cause your chef is cooking for his people, it's a lot more personal than a random face. Remember to always thank your chef after he cooks

[@TheMastiffprince]

This is exactly how our staff eats. Our family meal is after service. Chef is right same doesn't matter the cuisine. Unfortunately pandemic has prevented us from sitting together. 😢

[@artontahiraj4457]

bless YOU & Staff RENE REXHEPI

[@superdan422]

what is the cook book at 3:48?

[@gregdahlen4375]

for a moment there I thought they were all chewing in perfect unison

[@superdan422]

is the book they are looking at Noma: Nordic cuisine??

[@PandaPotPies]

Song at 1:00?

[@bobmakin4991]

Worked in Americans restaurant s for 20 years this is a unikorn of a restaurant. There's no time in today's industry for this.

[@andreblock6028]

bob makin it pretty common in fine dining. otherwise not so much.

[@lipsynchthis]

Great piece minus the music

[@rb385354]

wow, what is the kitchen staff to customer ratio at Noma?

[@kjmartin815]

something crazy, like 1-3 if i remember correctly. they were honest about charging for labor cost though, and with more and more michelin stars people were happy to pay

[@NotTheRedBaron8]

he stresses me out. if i m cooking all day and trying to enjoy a meal i don t want to discuss new dishes! service is approaching

[@kieravargasribaudo9598]

If you are a cooking geek aka an actual chef who wants to know almost everything you can. You can't help but to talk only on food. You are practically surrounded with people with so much knowledge and you just can't help it. It's like gathering with book lovers and all you talke is the characters. per se

[@ThePoisionblack]

Paulo Marques

[@nikkimikk3353]

My problem with makin staff food is that i only have 2 months experience and Im left to work alone and I have to get my prep done after servicr ans everything is expected to be spotless clean and at the same time I need to waste my time on staff food if anyone could give me examples in the comments on food i could make really quick for staff would be good

[@aleong157]

Ya I have that issue as well 😢

[@michaelmgaloblishvili4351]

Staff meal does not need to be luxurious. Roast some chicken, potatoes, veggies and there you go. Make some beans or pasta. It's really simple. You don't really need to complicate. As Rene himself said, staff meal has to be delicious, w/e you serve it's your choice

[@amredries6543]

the perfect team

[@juergensl1]

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[@alexshaykevich509]

I really liked the video when I first saw it, but looking at it years later, it seems this had turned into another high pressure situation where the staff have to perform and be judged.

[@Nothing-qq4hd]

Slave driver just announced he is closing in 24 after admitting to not being able to maintain a viable restaurant. Blacklists exist for cooks who call out once and half the staff were never paid.

[@josephsaboliciii2934]

RESPEKT YA NECK LLS

[@chefqxe]

It's amazing what the public takes for granted. They feel that Their opinion is valid having never set foot behind that line a day in their life, but that is fine with me. I will still take the.cash they pay me to create my art every single day. This life chose me - Chef

[@amritendusengupta4842]

Why so big serving? Why not the peanut size serving which they serve to guests?

[@firstnamelastname180]

Because this is a single course, guests eat several courses, if they had a large filling meal they could only eat 1 dish.

[@wasimodoone]

Zuckerbrot und Peitsche..

[@MsTokies]

i love the idea of this but my OCD is driving me nuts watching this and some folks have open sores.

[@yugen]

MsTokies Be glad you don't work in a kitchen. It is not glamorous or fun.

[@MsTokies]

Dallas Van Winkle worked in the worst kitchen known to man. worked for Mc's D's for 3 years while i was fucking up my life. lol before getting hired for apple corporate.

[@yugen]

MsTokies​ I think fast food cooks get a bad rap. I'm sure many entitled people wouldn't work those jobs for $30 an hour.

[@addexvi]

+Dallas Van Winkle I agree it's not glamorous, but by god is it fun!

[@drewhendley]

4:04 WTF

[@siddiqueyd1]

WOW, good n nice food for staff! then the leftovers are served to customers for thousands of thousands.

[@fdqmstffa8915]

s alwaheedy 🖕

[@roycelim9822]

And you cant even afford the leftovers by the customers. Bum.

[@chasemcpot7789]

Lmao no its just a way to get rid of food waste by feeding it to the cooks.

[@gabrielpaulino5794]

Que foda

[@BenRangel]

Why do chefs spend time cooking their own food when they already work more than 8 hours per day?

[@enkidude]

It's part of the shift, it's part of the job, it's an important ritual as well

[@filipefhn]

Cooking the staff meal is the task i enjoy the most

[@RedTeRRor100]

During sex, we discuss food

[@johnnyteresto3652]

M

[@thesmoker36]

this is Albanian man

[@thenationalautisticsociety5299]

L

[@susanborkenhagen58]

How many of this staff was paid any money while working there under his 18 hour shifts, enduring mental and physical abuse? 50%? Rene is the classic "the emporer has no clothes". He is 100% ego and good PR. His diners are an elite cult of conspicuous consumption. I am hoping he will never profit from this type of "dining experience" in the future now that some of the foodie cult are finding out that ne is an abusive employer/user of his chefs who work for NO MONEY!!!!!

[@Dinckelburg]

yawn

[@scott30428]

Ridiculous.

[@japhysnacks]

Why?

[@lazichimp]

They look so unhappy. And no one seems to be enjoying a conversation at the table.

[@Infiniterhythmstudio]

Have you ever enjoyed having a camera crew in your face as you eat dinner? Also...trying to grind through mis en place with a camera crew in the way is one big pain In the ass...

[@Testinator1234]

0:19 dirty nails!

[@say-cred]

those nails are trimmed to the very pink... there's no caked up filth for bacteria to fester. probably material from some food he was handling with a few moments before that was filmed

[@martinchacon8821]

+freighter014 ...the ignorance of trolls defies the imagination. F**** 'em!

[@gossipgi]

looking like slaves to me

[@bluechurchowl7641]

yep

[@acas2098]

This is weak af

[@tonyk7ng1803]

And now they are closed for good

[@franciscozahradnik8040]

A perfect machine...but are the cooks human or robots? They must be robots to make "perfect" food. Also they move strange. Denmark has accepted using non-humans in their work-force! Warn the world!!

[@reallivebluescat]

Francisco Zahradnik you underestimate humanity

[@martinberndt2252]

Ich mag so Ego Typen wie den René nicht. Sieht aus wie lukullus trifft auf 1984. Ja ist so

[@ibrahim47x]

They don't wear hair caps, yet a lot of them have long hair, I don't think their food is as clean as people may think. they're sometimes not wearing gloves which can be okay, but the hair is defiantly a no go.

[@eschmo2]

what are head-bags and who have you meet wearing them ??

[@ibrahim47x]

esthose george things people wear on their heads so hair wouldn't fall onto food.

[@miguelgoodthing5798]

loooooooooooooooooooooool! ODC or Bacterial phobia? Theese people are pro's, its not McDonalds or TacoBell you know... sigh... The fear of fear in it self..

[@ericvalenzuela4708]

Take a look at the photos in White Heat you dumb fuck

[@dawoodwaris]

I wish Marco Pierre White could answer on your opinion.

[@rosskoylass3722]

If u thought about the ppl in the world who have no food to eat u would think differently about your fancy ass restaurant science food ur making

[@alexoh4699]

A bit silly really. It's not their job to feed people in poverty striken countries. Ask your government to help lol. We don't deserve good food because a person is struggling in the world? Ridiculous