ALL THE WAY UP FROM Nº54, KADEAU IS RECOGNISED AS THE 41st BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD
Restaurant Kadeau, owned and led by Chef Nicolai Nørregaard, enters The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 ranking for the first time, in position 41.
In 2017, Kadeau entered the 51-100 list, occupying position nº94, to then be elevated to nº91 in 2023. Last year, in the 2024 restaurant selection, it was featured nº54.
Today, 19th of June 2025, in Turin, Kadeau has officially been included in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for the very first time.
An emotional chef Nørregaard has shared that “it is such an honour to be amongst the best in the world”, regarding this incredible announcement that marks a huge milestone and his and his team’s career.
In addition, on June 17th, chef Nørregaard and his team inaugurated the official events programme, holding a Signature Session dinner at restaurant Gardenia, led by chef Mariangela Susigan. The 50 Best Signature Sessions bring together chefs from The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list with local restaurants in Turin and the surrounding area, offering diners an unrivalled experience and a one-off taste of 50 Best from Tuesday 17-21 June.
For over fifteen years, Kadeau has attracted discerning guests from around the world to experience the unique cuisine and story of Bornholm. The original restaurant, founded in 2007 on the southernmost tip of the island, features expansive views of the pristine beaches of Sømarken. A small island in the Baltic Sea, just off the coast of Sweden, Bornholm is essentially a large rock, with its very own special microclimate. Nicknamed the Sunshine Island, Spring sometimes takes a little longer to arrive but once the sun settles in, the island heats up and maintains its heat until late in the autumn, allowing fruits such as figs, peaches and mulberries to ripen completely.
With a dedicated kitchen garden nearby and access to forests, beaches and wild fields, Nicolai Nørregaard began to shape a cuisine with local terroir as the main focus. Kadeau Bornholm still remains the only restaurant on Bornholm with a Michelin star – and was awarded a Michelin green star in 2023.
Kadeau Copenhagen was founded in 2011 and is now located in the old Christianshavn area of the city. With two distinct seasons throughout the year, the kitchen showcases the best produce and food traditions of Bornholm with a clear focus on foraging and preservation. It has successfully retained two Michelin stars since 2018, as well as a Michelin green star since 2023. Today, Kadeau is open on Bornholm during the summer months – from May to September – and in Copenhagen all year round.
About the team
Kadeau is led and co-owned by head chef Nicolai Nørregaard. Together with Kyumin Hahn and Magnus Kofoed.
Nicolai Nørregaard was born and raised on the island of Bornholm, a small Danish Island in the Baltic Sea. As a child he was highly influenced by his grandfather’s cooking, who cultivated and grew his own vegetables, caught much of his own seafood and spent a lot of time carefully preserving ingredients so that he could remain self-sufficient during the winter months. This way of cooking – very traditional in Bornholm – is what inspired Kadeau, and is the foundation of Nicolai’s cooking.
In 2007, he founded Kadeau Bornholm with Rasmus and Magnus Kofoed. In 2022, long term head chef Kyumin Hahn also became part of the upper management of the restaurant as a co-owner.
Chef Nørregaard and his team are widely acclaimed as one of the forerunners of the New Nordic movement, working hyper-seasonally in close connection with nature, bringing innovative advancements and new perspectives to the ancient art of preservation, and ultimately challenging and redefining attitudes towards traditional fine dining.