Recognition · a timeline
What Alchemist Has Actually Won
Rather than collect quotes from other outlets, here's a plain, sourced timeline of Alchemist and Rasmus Munk's major recognition — plus my own honest reaction as a guest.
2020
Two Michelin stars
Alchemist received two stars in the Michelin Guide less than a year after opening its current Refshaleøen location — and has held them every year since.
2024
World's 50 Best, #8
Alchemist entered the top 10 of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, ranking 8th.
2024 & 2025
World's Best Chef
Rasmus Munk was named Best Chef in the World at The Best Chef Awards in both years — only the third chef ever to win the title more than once.
2025
World's 50 Best, #5
Alchemist rose to 5th place on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list.
2025
Michelin Guide Service Award
The restaurant's front-of-house team was singled out with Michelin's Service Award for Denmark.
2026
Falstaff Restaurant & Chef of the Year
Alchemist was named Restaurant of the Year for the second year running, with Rasmus Munk taking Chef of the Year, at the Falstaff Nordics Awards in Malmö.
2026
UN World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador
Rasmus Munk was appointed the WFP's first-ever Goodwill Ambassador from the Nordic region, extending his food-and-impact work onto a global stage.
A quick note on method: I'm not going to put invented quotes from newspapers I don't work for on this page — if you want reviews from the New York Times, the Financial Times or anyone else, go read them directly on those outlets' own sites. What I can offer instead is my own reaction: having eaten here once, paying full price, I think the record above is broadly earned. The evening is ambitious in a way that occasionally overreaches, but the craft and the underlying intent are real.