# 88. Reaching the stars - Torsten Vildgaard from FZN in Dubai

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Podcast: [World of Mouth podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-of-mouth-podcast-6369185)
Published: 2025-12-19T01:00:00+00:00
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Torsten Vildgaard is the executive chef at FZN by Björn Frantzén in Dubai. He grew up in Copenhagen, and as a young chef had a dream of joining the small team at newly founded Noma. Finally, after winning the Chef of the Year competition in Denmark, he got the job. At Noma he spent many years as sous chef and head of R&D. After Noma he opened his own fine-dining restaurant, Studio in Copenhagen. In 2023 he joined the Frantzén Group to lead the kitchen at FZN in Dubai, and under his leadership the restaurant earned three Michelin stars in the 2025 Dubai Michelin Guide, a first for the UAE. In this podcast we will hear about Torsten Vildgaard’s passion for reaching the heights in fine dining and his lifelong pursuit of Michelin stars. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Dubai and Copenhagen. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app:  https://www.worldofmouth.app/    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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