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\t\t<\/p>\n Ren\u00e9 Redzepi<\/strong><\/a> is resigning.<\/p>\n The 48-year-old celebrity chef and Noma<\/em><\/strong> co-founder stepped down from the restaurant he helped to found over two decades ago amid protests and backlash due to allegations of abuse.<\/a><\/p>\n The chef announced he will be stepping away from the Copenhagen restaurant, while also resigning from his nonprofit MAD.<\/a><\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The announcement came amid abuse allegations and a protest at Noma\u2019s L.A. pop-up, detailed in an explosive report from the New York Times<\/a><\/em>, in which dozens of former employees said he inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.<\/p>\n The claims include intimidation, stabbing, punching, and threats of retaliation.<\/p>\n \u201cBetween 2009 and 2017, they said, he punched employees in the face, jabbed them with kitchen implements and slammed them against walls. They described lasting trauma from layers of psychological abuse, including intimidation, body shaming and public ridicule. Mr. Redzepi, they said, threatened to use his influence to get them blacklisted from restaurants around the world, to have their families deported, or to get their wives fired from their jobs at other businesses,\u201d the Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n Ren\u00e9 Redzepi<\/strong> issued a statement on his Instagram Story per the LA Times<\/a>, writing that \u201can apology is not enough; I take responsibility for my own actions.\u201d<\/p>\n \n