The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards winners
Italian restaurant Osteria Francescana is named as The World‟s Best Restaurant 2016. The world-famous restaurant of Massimo Bottura has been waiting in the wings for the No.1 spot after sitting at No.3 in 2013 and 2014 and stepping up to No.2 in last year‟s ranking. The list of The World‟s 50 Best Restaurants, along with special awards, was announced on stage at the annual celebration of global gastronomy, hosted at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
The World‟s 50 Best Restaurants brings together a unique community of extraordinary culinary talent to celebrate global gastronomy. Featuring restaurants from 23 countries spread across six continents, the list provides an annual snapshot of the greatest gastronomic experiences across the globe. This year, the awards were hosted in New York for the first time as 50 Best begins a global tour of gastronomic destinations.
William Drew, Group Editor of The World‟s 50 Best Restaurants, says: “It has been a hugely exciting year with the launch of the global tour and our first awards event in New York. It is fantastic to have such a variety of culinary talent celebrated here tonight. As the appetite for reaching new gastronomic heights continues to grow we feel privileged to play a part in this journey of discovery and are proud to bring together this unique community of extraordinary visionaries within the industry.” The World‟s 50 Best Restaurants will continue its global tour in 2017, landing in Melbourne, Australia to present the next edition of the list and awards.
How The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled
The list is created from the votes of The Diners Club® World‟s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential group of almost 1,000 international leaders in the restaurant community. The Academy comprises 27 separate regions around the world, each of which has 36 members, including a chairperson, and each member can cast seven votes. Of those seven, at least three votes must recognise restaurants outside of the academy member‟s own region. The panel in each region is made up of food writers and critics, chefs, restaurateurs and highly regarded „gastronomes‟. Members list their choices in order of preference, based on their best restaurant experiences of the previous 18 months. There is no pre-determined check-list of criteria, but there are strict voting rules. The World‟s 50 Best Restaurants list is independently adjudicated by professional services consultancy Deloitte. This adjudication ensures that the integrity and authenticity of the voting process and the resulting list of The World‟s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 are protected.
Results
1
Osteria Francescana
Italy
2
El Celler de Can Roca
Girona, Spain
3
Eleven Madison Park
New York, US
4
Central
Lima, Peru
5
Noma
Denmark
6
Mirazur
France
7
Mugaritz
San Sebastian, Spain
8
Narisawa
Tokyo, Japan
9
Steirereck
Vienna, Austria
10
Asador Etxebarri
Axpe, Spain
11
D.O.M.
Sao Paolo, Brazil
12
Quintonil
Mexico
13
Maido
Lima
14
The Ledbury
London, UK
15
Alinea
Chicago, US
16
Azurmendi
Spain
17
Piazzo Duomo
Alba, Italy
18
White Rabbit
Moscow, Russia
19
Arpege
Paris, France
20
Amber
Hong Kong
21
Arzak
San Sebastian, Spain
22
The Test Kitchen
Cape Town, South Africa
23
Gaggan
Bangkok, Thailand
24
Bernardin
New York, US
25
Pujol
Mexico
26
The Clove Club
London, UK
27
Saison
San Francisco, US
28
Geranium
Denmark
29
Tickets
Barcelona, Spain
30
Astrid y Gaston
Lima, Peru
31
Nihonryori Ryu Gin
Tokyo, Japan
32
Restaurant Andre
Singapore
33
AND winner of the Best Restaurant in Australasia
Attica
Melbourne, Australia
34
Tim Raue
Berlin, Germany
35
Vendome
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
36
Borago
Santiago, Chile
37
Nahm
Bangkok, Thailand
38
De Librije
Zwolle, Netherlands
39
Le Calandre
Italy
40
Relae
Copenhagen, Denmark
41
Faviken
Sweden
42
Ultraviolet
Shanghai, China
43
Biko
Mexico
44
Estela
New York, US
45
Dinner By Heston Blumenthal
London, England
46
Combal Zero
Rivoli, Italy
47
Schloss Schauenstein
Switzerland
48
Blue Hill Farm
New York, US
49
Quique Dacosta
Denia, Spain
50
Septime
Paris, France
Source: The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2016, 13th June 2016
