Did norovirus outbreak at Noma contribute to lost title as world’s best restaurant? Probably not

After struggling through a norovirus outbreak that sickened 67 people last month, Denmark’s Noma got some more bad news, relinguishing the title of world’s best restaurant to Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 12th year by more nomathan 900 international experts for Britain’s Restaurant magazine.

In previous statements, inspectors from the Danish food ministry criticized the restaurant for not alerting authorities quickly enough and for failing to take adequate action after a kitchen worker fell sick, meaning that the illness spread to customers,while Noma blamed internal communication problems for failing to disinfect the kitchen quickly enough.

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time