MAD News
All the latest updates from MAD.
MAD Welcomes Magnus Nilsson as Academy Director
It’s our great pleasure to welcome a new member to the MAD team, Magnus Nilsson.
Danish Government and MAD Announce the Creation of an Academy
Today we’re one step closer to seeing our dream become a reality. The Prime Minister of Denmark and the Danish Minister of Environment and Food have declared that they will support us in the establishment of a Gastro Akademi.
MAD Dispatches
We proudly present our very first book series!MAD in the Press
A beginner's guide to foraging – from what to find and when
Vogue Scandinavia
VILD MAD Program Director Mikkel-Lau Mikkelsen shares his expert tips on joining the hunt for wild, edible plants.
Audi of America and global hospitality nonprofit MAD name six recipients of The LA Scholars Award
Audi
MAD’s most comprehensive scholarship to date brings six change makers from the Los Angeles hospitality community to MAD Academy in Copenhagen.
MAD World
The Recipe
Go behind the scenes at MAD Academy with journalist James Clasper, who dives deep into a program week with perspectives from Melina Shannon-DiPietro, Magnus Nilsson, visiting faculty member Douglas McMaster, and Academy alums.
Mind the Gap: Melina Shannon-DiPietro of MAD
FULL COMP podcast with Josh Kopel
MAD Executive Director Melina Shannon-DiPietro on how MAD Academy works to fill in the gaps between what we know and what we need to know to truly thrive as an industry.
Global Denmark Podcast, Episode 87: Changing the Hospitality Industry
Global Denmark Podcast
How can people working in hospitality contribute to the green transition? What does it take to create a restaurant that is resilient and financially sustainable? And how do we build an industry with better working conditions for all?
Audi teams up with three-Michelin-star Restaurant Noma and global nonprofit MAD to spark conversations around sustainability
Audi
Audi of America announces a collaboration with Restaurant Noma and MAD, reinforcing a shared passion for innovation, focus on sustainability and commitment to driving positive change.
What Noma did next: how the "New Nordic" is shaping the food world
The Guardian
In our time of climate crisis and inequality, as top chefs dream less of Michelin stars and more of changing the world, the New Nordic movement is reaching beyond haute cuisine into classrooms, supermarkets and parliaments.
På skolebænken i nomas fremtidsakademi
Politiken Mad
Climate research, chamber music and military management experience. This is what the syllabus looks like at MAD Academy in Copenhagen, which will be preparing chefs for the future.
How to create a zero-waste restaurant
Monocle 'The Menu'
A gathering of culinary minds: what got people talking at MAD's evening discussion ‘MAD Monday on a Thursday’ in Copenhagen.
What René Redzepi did next
The Financial Times
The Noma chef on changing the world, innovating relentlessly and learning to stop being angry. “If you want to be part of changing food, be part of changing people that are in food.”
Denmark Will School Chefs in Global Problems and Solutions
New York Times
MAD, dedicated to global change in the restaurant industry, on Tuesday announced its most ambitious project to date: building a permanent educational center in Copenhagen.
