Denmark’s iconic Noma restaurant is set to reopen on Aug. 5 with neither its founder and celebrity chef René Redzepi at the helm nor its three stars in the Michelin Guide. During his 23 years at Noma, the restaurant collected numerous international accolades, topping the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List five times for its innovative “New Nordic” cuisine. “It’s been crazy tough,” new executive head chef Pablo Soto said in an interview Tuesday. Aside from Redzepi in the open kitchen, another notable absence next week will be the restaurant’s three Michelin stars. The post ‘We’re still here standing’: the restaurant world’s fallen angel is reopening with its founder chef or its 3 Michelin stars appeared first on Fortune.