Falsled Kro flips the fine dining script

Lars Roest-Madsen, 23.10.2025

Not just a kitchen, but an institution, Falsled Kro on the southern edge of Denmark’s Fyn island has reworked it culinary concept from the ground up, offering clever variations of key ingredients, all served at once.

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Long before Denmark had Noma, Geranium, or Alchemist, food lovers would travel to Falsled Kro for fine French cuisine with a rustic soul. When 30-year-old Simon Juel Petersen took the reins as head chef of two years ago, he inherited not just a kitchen, but an institution: The thatched-roof inn has been serving exquisite meals since 1971, and sheltered guests since 1744.Only five chefs have led the kitchen at the Relais & Châteaux inn in scenic Millinge over the last half century; Petersen is the fifth.

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