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Osteria Francescana is the best restaurant in the world, on a night that had a sense of déjà vu, especially for the Top 10.

Chef Massimo Bottura’s modern Italian restaurant in the back streets of Modena was the World’s No. 1 Restaurant in 2016; last year it was No. 2. The biggest movement in the Top 10 was a drop by last year’s No. 1 winner, Eleven Madison Park. They fell to No. 4, after a year that saw a major renovation and a much-buzzed-about pop-up in East Hampton.

The flamboyant Bottura is known for his playful approach to classic dishes. His creations include a lasagna with only the crispy bits and a deconstructed dessert called “Oops I Dropped the Lemon Tart.” Bottura is an art lover and his food is visually exciting as well as delicious. More recently, he has become known for Food for Soul, an international non-profit organization to feed the homeless and hungry that grew out of a community kitchen in Milan.

Bottura accepted the award on stage with his American-born wife Lara Gilmore. He said that chefs and everyone in the restaurant business must realize that they have the power to change the world.

“I am going to use this spotlight to make even stronger the changes there are going to be,” said Bottura at a press conference following his win. “Feed the planet. Fight waste. Last week Henry Kissinger asked me for a selfie. It is unbelievable. We have to involve all the community of chefs … pushing the spotlight you have to make the invisible visible is extremely important.”


Chef Massimo BotturaPhotographer: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images
The results of the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards were announced before an invited audience in Bilbao, Spain. Although much was made about diversity in advance of the ceremony, there was little change in the Top 10 beyond a minor reshuffling of places. Apart from Eleven Madison Park’s drop, it was a good year for North America. The United States had four more restaurants in the Top 100, up from nine last year. Mexico had two restaurants in the top 15; in 2017 the country’s highest entry was 20.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is organized and compiled by William Reed Business Media. It is created from the votes of more than 1,000 restaurateurs, chefs, food writers, and gastronomes. The voters are split into 26 separate regions around the world. Each region has its own panel of 40 members. (Vines formerly chaired the U.K. and Ireland panel but is no longer involved.)

Winning the 50 Best is great for business. The day after El Celler de Can Roca first topped the list, in 2013, its website got 12 million visitors and the restaurant hired three extra staff just to turn down requests for tables. Noma’s Rene Redzepi said he could have filled his restaurant for almost 15 years with the booking requests the day after he first won, in 2010

The awards started in 2002 as a feature in Restaurant, a U.K. publication founded the previous year. It grew out of a brainstorming session in a pub to promote the magazine. The editors sent emails to journalists and chefs to pick their favorite places, like a music magazine compiling a best-albums list. The response was overwhelming and the annual awards were born.


Ahead of Tuesday evening’s ceremony, three awards were announced: Clare Smyth, of Core by Clare Smyth in London, won Elit Vodka Best Female Chef; Gaston Acurio of Astrid & Gaston in Lima won Diners Club Lifetime Achievement; and SingleThread, a farm restaurant in Northern California won the Miele One to Watch. The second part of the list, 51-100, was also previously announced; the winners follow.

Here are the results (last year’s place in parentheses):

1. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy (2)

2. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain (3)

3. Mirazur, Menton, France (4)

4. Eleven Madison Park, New York (1)

5. Gaggan, Bangkok (7)

6. Central, Lima (5)

7. Maido, Lima (8)

8. Arpège, Paris (12)

9. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain (9)

10. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain (6)

11. Quintonil, Mexico City (22)

12. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, U.S. (11)

13. Pujol, Mexico City (20)

14. Steirereck, Vienna (10)

15. White Rabbit, Moscow (23)

16. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy (15)

17. Den, Tokyo (45)

18. Disfrutar, Barcelona, Spain (55)

19. Geranium, Copenhagen (19)

20. Attica, Melbourne (32)

21. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris (13)

22. Narisawa, Tokyo (18)

23. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy (29)

24. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai (41)

25. Cosme, New York (40)

26. Le Bernardin, New York (17)

27. Boragó, Santiago (42)


Singapore’s Odette was a big mover on the list.Source: The Lo & Behold Group
28. Odette, Singapore (86)

29. Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris (31)

30. D.O.M., São Paulo (16)

31. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain (30)

32. Tickets, Barcelona (25)

33. The Clove Club, London (26)

34. Alinea, Chicago (21)

35. Maaemo, Oslo (79)

36. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy (43)

37. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin (48)

38. Lyle’s, London (54)

39. Astrid y Gastón, Lima (33)

40. Septime, Paris (35)

41. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo (52)

42. The Ledbury, London (27)

43. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain (38)

44. Mikla, Istanbul (51)

45. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (36)

46. Saison, San Francisco (37)

47. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland (72)

48. Hiša Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia (69)

49. Nahm, Bangkok (28)

50. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town (63)



And here are the previously announced winners of places 51 to 100.

“NEW ENTRY” indicates the first time the restaurant has appeared on the list. “RE-ENTRY” indicates its reappearance in list after a year of absence (i.e. due to a closing/renovation).

51. De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands (34)

52. L'Astrance, Paris (46)

53. Benu, San Francisco (67)

54. Sühring, Bangkok **NEW ENTRY

55. Don Julio, Buenos Aires **NEW ENTRY

56. Amber, Hong Kong (24)

57. Nerua, Bilbao, Spain (56)

58. Brae, Birregurra, Australia (44)

59. Florilège, Tokyo (99)

60. Tegui, Buenos Aires (49)

61. Burnt Ends, Singapore (53)

62. Momofuku Ko, New York (58)

63. Hof Van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium (50)

64. Sud 777, Mexico City (75)

65. Frantzén, Stockholm **RE-ENTRY

66. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (47)

67. Fäviken, Järpen, Sweden (57)

68. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain (62)

69. Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York (82)

70. Selfie, Moscow (88)

71. Relae, Copenhagen (39)

72. Twins Garden, Moscow (92)

73. Aqua, Wolfsburg, Germany (70)

74. The Fat Duck, Bray, U.K. **RE-ENTRY

75. Belcanto, Lisbon (85)

76. Martin Berasategui, Lasarte-Oria, Spain (77)

77. Elkano, Getaria, Spain **NEW ENTRY

78. Mingles, Seoul (89)

79. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo **NEW ENTRY

80. Lung King Heen, Hong Kong (71)

81. Per Se, New York (87)

82. Hedone, London (98)

83. Estela, New York (67)

84. St John, London (91)

85. Le Coucou, New York **NEW ENTRY

86. The French Laundry, Yountville, U.S. (68)

87. Maní, São Paulo (81)

88. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin **NEW ENTRY

89. The Jane, Antwerp, Belgium (74)

90. Indian Accent, New Delhi (78)

91. SingleThread, Healdsburg, U.S. **NEW ENTRY

92. L’Effervescence, Tokyo **NEW ENTRY

93. 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Hong Kong (60)

94. Alo, Toronto **NEW ENTRY

95. Enigma, Barcelona, Spain **NEW ENTRY

96. DiverXo, Madrid **RE-ENTRY

97. Atelier, Munich **NEW ENTRY

98. 108, Copenhagen **NEW ENTRY

99. Leo, Bogotá, Colombia **NEW ENTRY

100. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro (76)

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Abdul Ghaffar Kabab House
-Karachi,Pakistan.

 

[Sirris]

Where is "Mama's restaurant, @home"?

For an average guy like me who hasn't been to any of these restaurants the list is as useless at it can get. I am willing to bet these are coincidentally amongst the most expensive restaurants as well.

 

[Pakistanian]

This is a very Eurocentric list. I prefer desi food over European food, although I usually eat regular american food most of the times cause it's convenient.

 

[Sirris]

However on the other hand, as someone who is adventurous when it comes to food, appreciates a good meal and likes to try out new stuff the list is very seducing.

So I checked out the website of the top restaurant closest to me and to my surprise they don't have any PDF of their menu card and the cheapest offer is a three course meal for $230. How am I supposed to decide whether the money is worth it when I have no clue what they are offering.

One day perhaps when I am successful enough to not worry about the money.

 

[Slog]

However on the other hand, as someone who is adventurous when it comes to food, appreciates a good meal and likes to try out new stuff the list is very seducing.

So I checked out the website of the top restaurant closest to me and to my surprise they don't have any PDF of their menu card and the cheapest offer is a three course meal for $230. How am I supposed to decide whether the money is worth it when I have no clue what they are offering.

One day perhaps when I am successful enough to not worry about the money.

Even if I have enough money honestly I don't think I can ever bring myself to spend $300 or so for one meal. Just doesn't seem right and no way it is justifiable.

At the very most I might spend $100-120 per person at a fancy restaurant as a one off in a 5 year period. Beyond that I'd rather give it to charity.

Though on the other hand I do see the point to having food at nice places (cap of $50-60 on average) once a while. I know many people who are really cheap in this regard and are always on the hunt for meals of max $10 even on special occasions which imo is also wrong

On a side note - Often when people rack up bills at restaurants of $300+ per person, a lot of the contribution is from booze and I personally wouldn't average that in the cost of a meal at a restaurant

 

[cricketjoshila]

Bukhara ITC Delhi

The best tandoor and mughlai food.

Indian Accent isnt even close. They serve fusion food. Like Tacos with desi chicken fillings. Overrated.

 

[Sirris]

Even if I have enough money honestly I don't think I can ever bring myself to spend $300 or so for one meal. Just doesn't seem right and no way it is justifiable.

At the very most I might spend $100-120 per person at a fancy restaurant as a one off in a 5 year period. Beyond that I'd rather give it to charity.

Though on the other hand I do see the point to having food at nice places (cap of $50-60 on average) once a while. I know many people who are really cheap in this regard and are always on the hunt for meals of max $10 even on special occasions which imo is also wrong

On a side note - Often when people rack up bills at restaurants of $300+ per person, a lot of the contribution is from booze and I personally wouldn't average that in the cost of a meal at a restaurant

My only motivation to try it out would be to see what the fuss is all about. As someone from Pakistan all I can think about is Pakistani cuisine when thinking about good food. Though I have tried and enjoyed different dishes from various parts of the world. I know some who can't enjoy a meal if it isn't spicy Pakistani style but I am open to new tastes. Except for sweet and sour!

On the restaurant's website they have a whole list of all the awards they have won and how the chef cook has a worldwide recognition with so many stars. They are using big words like "come on a journey for your senses and be inspired by blissful interaction of tastes flavor, texture" and blablabla. So I might one day be inclined to try the supposedly best meal the world has to offer and compare it to the food I had from my humble background. Perhaps I am gullible and easily persuaded by good marketing.

Yeah I am wondering if alcohol plays a big part in the prices listed. That's why I find it annoying that they have given no specific details about what their restaurant has to offer while hyping up their reputation in fancy words.

 

[Bosanquet]

I've eaten at 3 of the London restaurants on this list plus The Fat Duck in Bray. None of them are as good as The Waterside Inn. The other high-end restaurant I would recommend to anyone living in UK is Le Manoir aux Quartre Saisons in Great Milton near Oxford. However, the cost of any of these places make them (very) special occasion meals - significant birthdays or anniversaries etc. Our most recent such was for a 50th birthday & 4 of us spent over £700. With just 3 of us drinking (a little) alcohol. So most of the money went on food.
I have heard about Bukhara (which another poster mentions). Will eat there when we next visit Delhi.