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The Shift List – Matt Orlando (Amass, noma, Per Se) – Copenhagen

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Chef Matt Orlando’s Amass Restaurant in Copenhagen is a fine dining establishment located in a sprawling industrial warehouse covered in graffiti that proudly blasts obscure and sometimes aggressive hip hop. His Shift List includes Bay Area hip hop legends Hieroglyphics, plenty of Wu Tang Clan, and Scottish reggae music to round it all out.

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Matt Orlando is the head chef and founder of Amass restaurant in Copenhagen’s Refshalevej neighborhood, a somewhat secluded post industrial part of the city that you can choose to arrive to by public ferry.

Orlando opened Amass in 2013, which is a relatively short distance from both locations of Noma, where Orlando previously worked.

It turns out he actually spent two periods at Noma. His first post was sous chef in the mid 2000s, but he departed briefly for New York with his wife – who’s Danish – to take an opportunity as Sous Chef at Thomas Keller’s Per Se. Longing to return to Denmark, he got a call from Rene Redzepi after a couple of years in New York asking him to serve as NOMA’s first executive chef, a post he accepted and kept for three years prior to leaving to start his own restaurant down the street, an endeavor Redzepi was characteristically enthusiastic and encouraging of.

The result was Amass, a fine dining establishment located in a sprawling industrial warehouse covered in curated grafiti and proudly blasting often obscure and sometimes aggressive hip hop.

The juxtaposed restaurant is an extension of the chef himself, a San Diego native who grew up skateboarding and skiing amidst the graffiti’d culture of bay area hip hop legends Hieroglyphics before taking up a distinguished career in fine dining.

Chef Matt’s Shift List
Hieroglyphics – “You Never Knew”
A$AP Mob Feat. Wiz Khalifa – “Molly”
GZA – “When The Fat Lady Sings (Madlib Remix)”
Mungo’s Hi-Fi – “Scrub a Dub Style (Prince Fatty Mix)
Gentlemen’s Dub Club – “High Grade”
Tool – “Sober”

Chef Matt’s Shit List
Rasmus Seebach – “Lidt I Fem”
Arcade Fire – “Wake Up”

Amass Restaurant: http://amassrestaurant.com
Amass Restaurant’s Spotify Playlists: https://spoti.fi/2Pa8q9w

Theme Song: Jamie Drake – “Wonder”

The Shift List – Philipp Inreiter – Copenhagen (Slurp Ramen, RELÆ, Noma)

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Old school and contemporary hip hop fills Chef Philipp Inreiter’s ramen shop in Copenhagen. Beastie Boys, Wu Tang Clan, Homeboy Sandman, Dead Prez – it’s all good at Slurp Ramen Joint.

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Philipp Inreiter opened Slurp Ramen Joint in 2017, a shop near Copenhagen’s city center that merges Japanese ramen with Danish design and ingredients.

Originally from Austria, Philip has worked in kitchens around the world, most notably getting his start at noma, which originally brought him to Copenhagen, and took a detour to work in Tokyo where he discovered his love for ramen while apprenticing at Konjiki Hototogisu, one of the best ramen shops in Japan.

He soon returned to Copenhagen and worked for a while at Chef Christian Puglisi at Relae, and opened Slurp Ramen soon after to fill what he considered to be a void on the wintry city’s culinary scene.

The result is an exceptional bowl of noodles, served in a relaxed, fun, and tight atmosphere, and going through the experience of opening his own restaurant has led Chef Philipp and his collaborators to start an entirely new project called Informal – a tech-forward company that aims to be the Airbnb of the food world.

Chef Philipp’s Shift List
Orgone – “Look-A Py Py”
Lana Del Rey – “Ultraviolence”
Beastie Boys – “Super Disco Breakin”
Homeboy Sandman – “The Carpenter”
Wu Tang Clan – “Protect Ya Neck”
Dead Prez – “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop Remix)”
Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott – “Car Wash”
Robbie Williams – “Rock DJ”
Wa Dai Ko Matsuri Za (Japanese Drums) – “Kabuki Gomen-Jyo!”
Iron Maiden – “Aces High”

Slurp Ramen Joint: http://slurpramen.dk • Informal Foods: https://informal.com

Theme song: Jamie Drake – “Wonder”

The Shift List – Jonathan Tam – Copenhagen (RELÆ, noma)

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Chef Jonathan Tam begins his shift with Italian love songs (against his will), ends it with R. Kelly, and puts a permanent moratorium on Johnny Cash.

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Jonathan Tam was named executive chef at Copenhagen’s Restaurant Relæ in 2016.

Relæ was the first restaurant opened by Chef Christian Puglisi, and Tam’s been with him from the start.

Trained at a culinary school in his hometown of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, Jonathan, he landed an internship at NOMA in 2007 and has been in Copenhagen ever since.

His elevation to executive chef at Relæ was a natural progression, as he’s been creating menus at the restaurant with Puglisi from day one back in 2010.

Restaurant Relæ: http://www.restaurant-relae.dk • https://www.relae.community

Chef Jonathan’s Shift List
Andrea Bocelli – “Con Te Partiro”
Gali – “Zingarello”
Fleetwood Mac – “Everywhere”
Gang Starr – “Full Clip”
Duck Sauce – “Big Bad Wolf”
Johnny Cash – “Ring of Fire”
Hailu Mergia – “Sintayehu”
David McCallum – “The Edge”
R Kelly – “Ignition”
Gang Starr – “Mass Appeal”

Theme song: Jamie Drake – “Wonder”

The Shift List – Christian Puglisi and Alessandro Perricone – Copenhagen (Bæst, Relæ, Manfred’s, Mirabelle)

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Chef Christian Puglisi and Sommelier Alessandro Perricone dive deep into Italian disco, African funk, and add a bit of ABBA for good measure to their Shift List.

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When Chef Christian Puglisi opened Copenhagen’s restaurant Relæ in 2010, his first as head chef, it was quickly awarded a Michelin star and became known as one of the most sustainable restaurants in the world.

He’s since gone on to open three more restaurants in Copenhagen – Manfred’s, Mirabelle, and Bæst, and each have followed in Relæ’s footsteps with a focus on sustainability.

So, for example, instead of importing mozzarella for the pizza at Baest, they make it themselves with raw milk from the 16 cows grazing at Puglisi’s Farm of Ideas, just 40 km from the restaurant – and stretch it by hand several times a day.

Before opening his own restaurants, Puglisi worked at such humble fine dining establishments as El Bulliin in Spain, and Noma in Copenhagen, where he served as sous chef for 2 1/2 years until he ventured out to open Relæ.

He selected the music for Relæ on his own when it first opened, but that duty has since been delegated to his trusted Somalier Allesandro Perricone, who helps to guide the vibe and playlists at that restaurant, in addition to Manfred’s, Mirabelle, and Bæst.

http://relae.community/

Christian Puglisi and Alessandro Perricone’s Shift List
ABBA – “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”
Daft Punk – “Giorgio by Moroder”
Adriano Celentano – “Susanna”
Tullio De Piscopo – “Un’Onda D’Amore”
Eros Ramazzotti – “Terra promessa”
Lucio Battisti – “Il Veliero (Chicago Balls Rework)”
William Onyeabor – “Fantastic Man”
Fela Kuti – “Let’s Start”
Prince – “Purple Rain”
Johnny Cash – “Folsom Prison Blues (Live)”
Neil Young – “The Needle and the Damage Done”

Theme song: Jamie Drake – “Wonder”

The Shift List – Rosio Sanchez – Copenhagen (Sanchez, Hija de Sanchez, noma)

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Chef Rosio Sanchez talks techno, salsa, disco, and why ranchera music is played in the restrooms at her Mexican bistro Sanchez.

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Rosio Sanchez is a Mexican-American chef from Chicago who’s now spent nearly a decade in Copenhagen.

Soon after working her first job at New York’s WD-50 with pastry chef Alex Stupak, she joined Rene Redzepi’s team at Noma, eventually becoming head pastry chef there while in her 20s.

After her time at NOMA, widely considered to be one of if not the best restaurant in the world, she struck out on her own to open a taqueria in Copenhagen – Hija de Sanchez – showing Denmark how delicious tacos made the right way—with fresh ground masa for tortillas imported from Oaxaca for starters – can really be.

In 2018 she launched Sanchez in Copenhagen, which she likes to describe as a Mexican Bistro, expanding the versatility of what Mexican food can be for the country of Denmark and beyond.

Rosio’s shift list includes techno, salsa, disco, and reveals who she’d most want to sing like if she wasn’t a chef (it’s Mariah Carey).

Chef Rosio Sanchez’s Shift List
Acid Polly – “I See a Darkness”
Cafe Tacvuba – “El Aparato”
Sister Sledge – “He’s the Greatest Dancer”
ABBA – “Dancing Queen”
Buena Vista Social Club – “De Camino a la Vereda”
Margarita y Su Sonora – “Mi Bom Bon”
Los Angeles Azules – “Mis Sentimientos”
Daft Punk – “Instant Crush”
Jenny and the Mexicats – “Verde Más Allá”
Rocio Durcal – “Me Gustas Mucho”
Selena – “Enamorada de Ti”
The Distillers – “Hall of Mirrors”
Mariah Carey – “Honey”

Hija de Sanchez
Sanchez