Historien om restaurant MOTA
- Fra Nykøbing Sjællands sindssygehospital til Odsherreds Michelinrestaurant
Restaurant MOTA opened in November 2021 in beautiful cultural-historical buildings from 1915, which were previously part of Nykøbing Sjællands Psychiatric Hospital. The buildings are part of the Grønnegård complex in Annebergparken and the premises in which restaurant MOTA is housed were originally built as a village hall and theatre for the mental hospital. Until 2015, when the hospital closed, the building served as a canteen for the employees of the hospital.
Bag restaurant MOTA, og senere også cafeen ATOM, står kok og køkkenchef Claus Henriksen. I 13 år var han køkkenchef på Dragsholm Slot, som han satte på det gastronomiske verdenskort ved at skaffe stedet en eftertragtet Michelin stjerne. Efter at Claus besluttede sig for at forlade slottet for at søge nye udfordringer, blev han introduceret til medejer og direktør for Anneberg Kulturpark, Gitte Klausen. Mødet blev faciliteret af hhv. Jesper Zeihlund fra Nationalt Center for Lokale Fødevarer og Claus Marcussen fra Dansk Tang, der begge har adresse i Anneberg Kulturpark, som restaurant MOTA i dag også er en del af. De to parter fandt hurtigt et fælles sprog i både værdier og forretningsmæssig forståelse.
MOTA is Latin American and slang for cannabis; something that Claus Henriksen was one of the first in Denmark to adopt in his cooking in collaboration with local farmer Søren Wiuff. 'Mota Henriksen' thus also became an alias for Claus, as there was great interest in him and his gastronomic talents from the press and food enthusiasts. The intention was to use the alias as both a cover name and gimmick but he was soon revealed - and since then the name has persisted.
I juli 2022 blev der tilføjet et nyt og epokegørende kapitel til restaurantens endnu korte historie med tildelingen af en Michelin stjerne - blot otte måneder efter åbningen!
Director of Anneberg Culture Park Gitte Clausen and Claus Henriksen at the announcement of the new collaboration, 2021.
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