Today, the year’s first Michelin stars were awarded at a ceremony in Strasbourg in France – at the same time that several fine restaurants in the north are closing down. Interest in luxury restaurants is lower than it has been for a long time, both in Sweden and globally. Around the turn of the year, three of Stockholm’s star restaurants, Gastrologik, Argikultur and Oaxen, which together had five stars in the Michelin guide, closed. Denmark’s Noma, the world’s best pub, shook the pub world when they announced that they will close at the end of 2024. “It is unsustainable,” said founder René Redzepi in connection with this, and believes that the industry needs to be completely reconsidered. “The situation is different” According to Per Styregård, food and drink writer, there are several reasons behind the increased closures of fine dining restaurants. – There were a lot of people who couldn’t work in the restaurant world during the pandemic and went into other professions, which made it difficult to find staff, he says and continues: – In the past, young people have also chosen to work for free to gain experience, but now the situation is different. See Per Styregård’s bullet list in the player above.
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The restaurant industry predicts a “death of fine dining”
