Matt Orlando: Renegade Reborn

Tove Oskarsson Henckel, 08.01.2026

When Matt Orlando closed “Amass”, one of Copenhagen’s most forward-thinking restaurants, it wasn’t defeat—it was a pivot. Now, the American-born former “Noma” head chef refines a decade of ideas into something leaner, wiser, and more circular than ever.

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It’s a grey afternoon in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn, and, six weeks before opening, Orlando’s restaurant feels more like an art installation in progress. Big, wooden lamps are lying on the floor, waiting to be hung. “Those are made by my friend Thomas Dambo,” Orlando says, nodding upward. “He builds giant trolls from leftover construction wood. These lamps are made from what’s left after the trolls—the third life of the wood.”

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