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Mads Refslund

AS a co-founder of "The World's Best Restaurant", Noma, and a champion of New Nordic cuisine, foraging plays a big part in Mads Refslund's culinary philosophy. "My food is very dependent on nature," says the Danish chef who treats the landscape and his backyard like a fridge.

After he parted ways with Rene Redzipi at Noma, Refslund went on to the Michelin-awarded MR restaurant in Copenhagen. It was here that he added another feather to his cap by bagging the Dish of the Year prize in Denmark.

The winning creation was inspired by farmers setting the fields on fire to make the land more fertile. "I was …