Christian Francesco Bach Puglisi (born 1982) is a Danish chef, restaurateur and writer. A former sous-chef at Noma, he opened the restaurant Relæ in Copenhagen, which was awarded a Michelin star and closed in 2020. He also founded the pizzeria Bæst, the bakery Mirabelle and the Farm of Ideas.
Early life Puglisi was born in Messina, Sicily, and moved with his family to Denmark as a child.
Career Puglisi worked at Le Petit Bofinger and Taillevent in Paris and at Røgeriet, Hansens Køkken og Bar, Søren K and Oliva in Denmark, and did an internship at El Bulli in Spain. He then spent two years as sous-chef to René Redzepi at Noma before opening his own restaurant, Relæ, in Copenhagen. Relæ was awarded a Michelin star, and his first cookbook, Relæ: A Book of Ideas, was published in 2014.
He went on to open Manfreds, the organic pizzeria Bæst and the bakery-restaurant Mirabelle. In February 2016 he founded the Farm of Ideas, on the Lindholm estate west of Copenhagen, to supply vegetables and milk to his restaurants; its Jersey cows provided the milk for Bæst's mozzarella.
Relæ and Manfreds closed in 2020. In 2025 Puglisi sold Bæst and Mirabelle to concentrate on writing.
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