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For the past two summers some of the brightest minds in the food world —including chefs, farmers, journalists, bakers, scientists and politicians — have travelled to Copenhagen to attend the MAD Symposium, a three-day conference spearheaded by Noma chef René Redzepi and his trusted lieutenant Ali Kurshat Altinsoy. Today, Redzepi hits the Internet with a call for donations.

The concept of “new Nordic cuisine” might be foreign to you. It might also be friendly. But as we recently found during a visit to Copenhagen, the epicenter of the movement and home to the world’s best restaurant Noma, the term is slightly irrelevant when eating and drinking around the town. 

Food Republic contributing editor got to go where few non-chefs have gone before: Inside René Redzepi's test kitchen and lab. Here are photos from the proving grounds of the best restaurant in the world.