Weeks after Noma’s world-famous chef René Redzepi announced he was “stepping away” from the restaurant amid a series of scandals, a Los Angeles shop selling the eatery’s pricey sauces and other fare will debut.
The first-ever US-based Noma Projects store plans to set up shop in Silverlake, just down the road from where the Michelin-starred restaurant’s LA pop-up is operating.
“Opening April 9, the shop extends the work of our Test Kitchen and Fermentation Lab — bringing our staple flavors from Copenhagen alongside new ones developed for our limited time in Los Angeles,” a post on the shop’s Instagram read.
The first ever-US based Noma Projects store plans to set up shop where it will sell fancy sauces and vinegars for eye-popping prices. Instagram/@nomaprojects“Built as a place to explore and taste what we’ve been working on, it’s a way to bring the flavors of @nomacph into your own kitchen.”
The Noma Project’s online shop already sells items like a 3.38-ounce bottle of “Barrel-Aged Wild Rose Balsamic” vinegar.
“Noma’s limited, luxurious ode to Italian balsamic,” a description of the product read. “Aged in Emilia-Romagna casks and made with wild Danish roses.”
Other items for sale include an 8.4-oz bottle of Mushroom Garum cooking sauce for $25, or what’s described as a nutty Pumpkin Seed praline spread for $37.
René Redzepi stepped away from Noma after a scandal broke about the treatment of his employees. AFP via Getty Images
Rene Redzepi sampling kangaroo meat. Getty ImagesThe site also sells various merchandise, including books or a $42 Noma Projects baseball cap.
The limited pop-up shop will be open Thursday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will run until June 26, when Noma’s LA residency comes to an end, per the company’s website.
Last month, protestors stormed the the pop-up restaurant amid allegations of abuse by Redzepi.
It came following a bombshell report detailing accusations of employees suffering an abusive kitchen culture at Noma.
Aerial view of a sprawling terracotta-roofed estate with a large swimming pool, surrounded by trees, where the Noma pop-up was held in LA. CA PostFormer staffers came forward with harrowing accounts of “psychological warfare,” claiming Redzepi’s kitchen was less of a culinary lab and more of a torture chamber.
The allegations led Redezpi to step down from the restaurant on March 11, the same day the LA pop-up opened.
The Post has reached out to Noma for further comment.
