In 2018, Namrata Hegde traveled from India to Copenhagen to take an unpaid internship at Noma. Here, she recounts the extreme pressure she worked under and not being able to afford even the most basic necessities.
Here's what I ate as an unpaid intern at Noma
It was the cheapest food from the supermarket that was bought and consumed when Indian Namrata Hegde wasn't working hard at one of Copenhagen's most expensive restaurants. Privatfoto.
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When engineers want to expand their knowledge, they do a master’s degree. When cooks want to upgrade their culinary knowledge or credentials, they do an unpaid internship or a stage, at highly regarded restaurants.
Maybe people think you have to be independently wealthy to do an unpaid internship.While that may be true for many, it isn’t a universal requirement. For the people who don’t come from money, it takes a considerable amount of sacrifice.
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