Noma Chef René Redzepi Brings His Ingredient List to ‘Omnivore’

Noma chef René Redzepi recently found himself at Whole Foods. In the “bar” aisle of the store, he was in awe of the optionality before him: packaged in compact rectangles were snacks and meals optimized for different nutritional needs. “It’s so transformed into this little container. And I mean, it’s super practical — but it also becomes hard to even understand and be connected to a season or to the people that actually grew this for you, to a landscape,” says Redzepi, in New York as part of the press tour for his new Apple TV+ docuseries “Omnivore.” “We make, in many cases, dozens of food decisions every day. And most of those are made by a sense of routine or a sense of urgency.” “Omnivore” aims to slow things down and reconnect viewers with the source of their food, one ingredient at a time. And in an age when food is cheap, the series makes a case for valuing the systems that make what we eat possible. A still from “Omnivore.” “In my opinion, if you’re not connected to food, it’s like you’ve pulled out one of the roots of yourself from the place that you’re from,” adds Redzepi. “Most of us consume

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