A former Noma intern at the $500-a-person restaurant said she was forbidden to laugh and paid nothing to assemble beetles out of fruit leather in silence
But one former intern's experience, recounted in the Times, points to deeper cultural problems for Noma and Redzepi.
The intern, Namrata Hegde, told the Times that she spent most of her time assembling beetles made of fruit leather — a process that involves drying jam in segments and piecing them together — but little actual cooking. Hegde worked at Noma in 2017, according to the article. She was not paid for her three months of work. Her managers, who were junior chefs at Noma, told Hegde that she was not allowed to make noise, including laughter, while she worked, she told the Times. The restaurant did provide her with a visa allowing her to come to Denmark for the internship from India, where Hegde graduated from culinary school.
"I thought an internship was about me learning, as well about contributing to Noma's success," Hegde told the Times."I don't believe that kind of toxic work environment is necessary." A spokeswoman for Noma told the Times that Hegde's story"does not reflect our workplace or the experience we wish for our interns or anyone on our team." Noma began paying interns last October, a move that added $50,000 to the restaurant's monthly costs, according to the article.
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