World-famous restaurant Noma makes kitchen dishwasher a co-owner
Noma chef Rene Redzepi had made his 62-year-old dishwasher, Ali Sonko, a part-owner in the restaurant.
Ali has worked at the kitchen sink for the Copenhagen restaurant for 14 years.
On Facebook Rene also introduced two other new part-owners in his famous restaurant.
Australian-born manager, James Spreadbury and Lau Richter, also join Ali in being owners of the business.
"As we close the doors to the old Noma, we also push towards the next rendition. We are almost positive we will open the doors to our new space at the end of this year. But, most importantly, we are here to tell you that Noma in its new edition will have a handful of new partners. It gives me incredible joy to let the world know that our restaurant managers Lau and James, and our dishwasher, Ali, have become partners in Noma," Rene shared online.
Other workers will also be surprised by this opportunity with Rene stating that more workers will be joining the ownership team.
“This is only the beginning, as we plan to surprise several more of our staff with a piece of the walls that they have chosen to work so hard within. This move is one of the happiest moments of my time at noma,” Rene hinted.
Ali moved to Denmark from Gambia 34 years ago and previously worked as a farmer.
"I cannot describe how happy I am to work here. There are the best people to work with and I am good friends with everyone. They show enormous respect towards me and no matter what I say or ask them, they are there for me,” Ali told a Danish news outlet.
Noma has closed its doors in Denmark and will reopen later this year in Christiania as an urban farm.
Rene plans to add a greenhouse and a floating field on top of a raft for his upcoming urban farm.
Image credit: René Redzepi via Facebook
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