Alchemist is the best restaurant in Denmark in 2020, according to the Danish White Guide

WHITE GUIDE DENMARK: The four-month-old Copenhagen restaurant Alchemist rattled the Danish culinary establishment on Monday when White Guide Denmark unveiled this year's Master Level list and the 2020 guide at a gala in Kødbyen, Copenhagen. It is a very close run at the top; a total of four restaurants landed on 39 out of a possible 40 food points, and it was the overall score of 98, 97, 96 and 95 points that determined the following order:

  1. Alchemist, Copenhagen, 39/98
  2. Noma, Copenhagen, 39/97
  3. Koks, Leynar, Faroe Islands, 39/96
  4. Kadeau København, Copenhagen, 39/95

This is the sixth consecutive year that Denmark's White Guide editors have assessed the country's restaurants. “The level is higher than ever before – and the trend with sustainable and holistic restaurants has now become the new standard. Twenty restaurants on the Global Master Level this year reaffirm Denmark as a top culinary destination,” say the editors of White Guide Denmark.

GLOBAL MASTER LEVEL 2020

1. Alchemist, Copenhagen, 39/98
2. Noma, Copenhagen, 39/97
3. Koks, Leynar, Faroe Islands, 39/96
4. Kadeau København, Copenhagen, 39/95
5. Geranium, Copenhagen, 38/95
6. AOC, Copenhagen, 38/94
6. Søllerød Kro, Holte, 38/94
6. Mielcke & Hurtigkarl, Copenhagen, 38/94
6. Frederikshøj, Aarhus, 38/94
10. Jordnær, Gentofte, 38/92 
10. Kong Hans Kælder, Copenhagen, 37/92
12. Dragsholm Slot Gourmet, Hørve, 37/91
13. MeMu, Vejle, 37/89
13. 108, Copenhagen, 37/87
15. Molskroen, Ebeltoft, 36/92
16. Studio, Copenhagen, 36/91
17. Ti Trin Ned, Fredericia, 36/91
18. Henne Kirkeby Kro, Henne, 36/90
19. Hotel Frederiksminde, Præstø, 36/89
20. Villa Vest, Lønstrup, 36/80

In conjunction with this year's event, the revised whiteguide.com/dk was launched.