A former Noma intern at the $500-a-person restaurant said she was forbidden to laugh and paid nothing to assemble beetles out of fruit leather in silence

Jan 9 2023 by Business Insider

 
René Redzepi founded Copenhagen's Noma in 2003 but has come under fire for the restaurant's treatment of staff, including interns.

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An intern at Noma said she was told not to laugh during an unpaid stint at the world's top restaurant. Namrata Hegde worked at Noma in 2017 but said she spent little time learning about cooking. Noma founder René Redzepi will close the restaurant in 2024, The New York Times reported.

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Continue Reading A former Noma intern at the $500-a-person restaurant said she was forbidden to laugh and paid nothing to assemble beetles out of fruit leather in silence