Kadeau in Copenhagen receives three Michelin stars

Kadeau joins the Nordic three-star summit

The highlight of the Michelin Guide Nordic Countries 2026 ceremony, held this Monday at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, was the announcement of a new three-star restaurant: Kadeau, of chef Nicolai Nørregaard, has reached the very top of the Michelin classification. Long considered one of the defining voices of contemporary Danish cuisine — with its roots on the island of Bornholm and a kitchen built on foraging, fermentation, preservation and an almost obsessive commitment to local produce — Kadeau now consolidates that trajectory at the highest possible level.

Kadeau joins a small Nordic three-star club made up of Jordnaer (Gentofte, Denmark), Eric Kragh Vildgaard’s restaurant of exceptional seafood and vegetable produce, classical restraint and delicate complexity; Geranium (Copenhagen), Rasmus Kofoed’s enduring reference at the summit of Danish gastronomy; Re-naa (Stavanger, Norway), Sven Erik Renaa’s project that in 2024 became the first restaurant in its city to reach three stars; Maaemo (Oslo, Norway), an enduring reference for Norwegian terroir cooking; and Frantzén (Stockholm), Sweden’s sole three-star restaurant.

Two new two-starred restaurants with a common thread: conscious, mindful, sustainable

A common thread runs through this year’s awarded restaurants: a conscious, mindful and deeply sustainable approach to cooking — the unmistakable signature of the North, and one the region continues to lead.

Two restaurants joined the region’s two-star ranks tonight. In Bergen, Gaptrast, the project of chef Kristian Bretten Vangen, made a remarkable leap: a restaurant that only entered the Guide last year now reaches two stars, on the back of a cuisine deeply rooted in the Norwegian west coast and its produce. In Helsinki, Grön confirmed what had long been expected: chef Toni Kostian’s creative, plant-forward and rigorously sustainable kitchen — long among the city’s defining tables — has now been awarded its second star.

Nine new one-star across the region

The 2026 edition welcomes nine new one-star arrivals across the region. In Denmark, the new stars go to Akmē (Emil Hassan Lyngbæk and Valdemar Junge Norvang), Lille Mølle (Christoffer Sørensen) and Esse — Matthew Orlando’s new project in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn, after his celebrated years at Amass — in the capital, Bach & Nurup in Aalborg (Christian Nurup) and Okê in Skagen (Jack Cramer). Norway adds Credo in Oslo — Heidi Bjerkan’s pioneering project, recently relocated from Trondheim —, Mirabelle by Ørjan Johannessen in Bekkjarvik and Kvitnes Gård in Kvitnes (Halvar Ellingsen). In Finland, the new one-star recognition goes to Boreal in Helsinki, chef Pasha Demin’s restaurant.

The evening also recognised individual talent through the Michelin Special Awards. The Young Chef Award went to Andreas Ring Kjeldsholm Hansen, of Krogs Fiskerestaurant in Copenhagen. The Sommelier Award was given to Rudimante Belardi Galeone, of three-starred Maaemo in Oslo. The Service Award went to Carl Frosterud, of two-starred Aira in Stockholm. The Opening of the Year was awarded to Adam Albin in Stockholm, chefs Adam Dahlberg and Albin Wessman’s new project.

A new chapter, beginning in Copenhagen

Beyond the distribution of awards, the Copenhagen ceremony carries an added institutional significance: it is the first ceremony to take place after the announcement of the end of the Green Star, the distinction the Michelin Guide introduced in 2020 to recognise restaurants pioneering sustainable practices. The official communication confirms that the Green Star, limited to gastronomy, will be gradually phased out, while Michelin launches in its place a new editorial initiative: Mindful Voices.

Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the Michelin Guides, framed the transition from the stage in Copenhagen: “For six years, the Green Star celebrated the restaurants that took these matters into account. They helped change the conversation in kitchens and with producers. That chapter has come to an end — and gives way to something bigger and more ambitious: Mindful Voices. It is not just a symbol to display in your restaurants, but a platform to share knowledge and to give a direct voice to the chefs who inspire us. Starting today, they will be heard across different media — and it all begins here, in the Nordic countries.”

That this transition begins precisely in Scandinavia carries a reading of its own: the region has been, since the rise of the New Nordic movement in the early 2000s, the laboratory where sustainable cooking stopped being a label and became a methodology.

The rollout will continue at a European level and then worldwide throughout 2026, beginning with gastronomy before extending to hospitality and wine. Unlike the Green Star, Mindful Voices is not a distinction nor a physical symbol that a restaurant can display: the content will be published on Michelin’s website, app, social media and magazine, as well as at the Guide’s key events. It is, therefore, a shift towards a profile-driven, storytelling format, moving away from the classical recognition model.

Two chefs were invited on stage in Copenhagen as the first Nordic Mindful Voices of 2026: Nick Curtin, of Alouette in Copenhagen, recognised for a kitchen that rethinks its relationship with produce, people and planet — sourcing most of its ingredients within a 100 km radius and sending organic waste to biofuel processing —, and Heidi Bjerkan, whose pioneering Credo (now relocated from Trondheim to Oslo) continues to bring regional roots and farmer-to-table storytelling into the dining room.

The full list of inaugural Mindful Voices will be available, and updated, on the Michelin Guide’s official website.

The full list of Michelin-starred restaurants in the Nordic Countries

DENMARK

3 stars

• Kadeau Copenhagen. Copenhagen.
• Geranium. Copenhagen.
• Jordnær. Gentofte.

2 stars

• Henne Kirkeby Kro. Henne.
• Frederikshøj. Aarhus.
• Kong Hans Kælder. Copenhagen.
• a|o|c. Copenhagen.
• Koan. Copenhagen.
• Alchemist. Copenhagen.
• PAZ. Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

1 star

• Pearl by Paul Proffitt. Kruså.
• Syttende. Sønderborg.
• Ti Trin Ned. Fredericia.
• ARO. Odense.
• LYST. Vejle.
• Frederiksminde. Præstø.
• Domæne. Herning.
• Dragsholm Slot Gourmet. Hørve.
• Domestic. Aarhus.
• Substans. Aarhus.
• Gastromé. Aarhus.
• MOTA. Nykøbing Sjælland.
• formel B. Copenhagen.
• Udtryk. Copenhagen.
• Marchal. Copenhagen.
• Lille Mølle. Copenhagen.
• Alouette. Copenhagen.
• Jatak. Copenhagen.
• Aure. Copenhagen.
• texture. Copenhagen.
• Akmē. Copenhagen.
• Sushi Anaba. Copenhagen.
• ESSE. Nordhavn, Copenhagen.
• Tri. Agger.
• Parsley Salon. Hellerup.
• The Samuel. Hellerup.
• Søllerød Kro. Holte.
• Kadeau Bornholm. Åkirkeby.
• Alimentum. Aalborg.
• Bach & Nurup. Aalborg.
• Villa Vest. Lønstrup.
• Okê. Skagen.

NORWAY

3 stars

• RE-NAA. Stavanger.
• Maaemo. Oslo.

2 stars

• Gaptrast. Bergen.
• Kontrast. Oslo.

1 star

• Under. Lindesnes.
• Hermetikken. Stavanger.
• K2. Stavanger.
• Sabi Omakase Stavanger. Stavanger.
• Mirabelle by Ørjan Johannessen. Bekkjarvik.
• Lysverket. Bergen.
• Omakase by Sergey Pak. Bergen.
• Stallen. Oslo.
• Savage. Oslo.
• Mon Oncle. Oslo.
• À L’aise. Oslo.
• Sabi Omakase Oslo. Oslo.
• Credo. Oslo.
• Statholdergaarden. Oslo.
• Hot Shop. Oslo.
• Bar Amour. Oslo.
• Speilsalen. Trondheim.
• FAGN. Trondheim.
• Kvitnes Gård. Kvitnes.

SWEDEN

3 stars

• Frantzén. Stockholm.

2 stars

• Vollmers. Malmö.
• VYN. Simrishamn.
• Signum. Mölnlycke.
• AIRA. Stockholm.

1 star

• ÄNG. Tvååker.
• Knystaforsen. Rydöbruk.
• HOZE. Gothenburg.
• Koka. Gothenburg.
• 28+. Gothenburg.
• SK Mat & Människor. Gothenburg.
• Project. Gothenburg.
• PM & Vänner Restaurant. Växjö.
• Celeste. Stockholm.
• ADAM ALBIN. Stockholm.
• Operakällaren. Stockholm.
• Seafood Gastro. Stockholm.
• Sushi Sho. Stockholm.
• Nour. Stockholm.
• ergo. Stockholm.
• Ekstedt. Stockholm.
• Etoile. Stockholm.
• Dashi. Stockholm.

FINLAND

2 stars

• Palace. Helsinki.
• Grön. Helsinki.

1 star

• Kaskis. Turku.
• Demo. Helsinki.
• Finnjävel Salonki. Helsinki.
• Olo. Helsinki.
• Boreal. Helsinki.
• VÅR. Porvoo.

ICELAND

1 star

• Moss. Grindavík.
• DILL. Reykjavík.
• ÓX. Reykjavík.