Panels Picks World’s Top 50 Restaurants
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CWF Sources
By CWF Sources
Published on 04/26/2007
“It isn’t
news that France is home to many great restaurants. A dozen of that
country’s dining establishments were included in a list of the
world’s 50 best restaurants, as defined by a panel of experts
assembled by the Italian bottled water company, S. Pellegrino. The
list was announced in..."
Panels Picks World’s Top 50 Restaurants
It isn’t news that France is home to many great restaurants. A dozen of that country’s dining establishments were included in a list of the world’s 50 best restaurants, as defined by a panel of experts assembled by the Italian bottled water company, S. Pellegrino. The list was announced in London on April 23.
Perhaps mildly surprising is the representation of the U.K., which placed eight restaurants on the list, the United States (seven) and Spain (six). Italy also had six restaurants nominated for the honor.
Chef Joan Roca (at right) came out front to bid good night to a group of departing American writers not long after his Girona (Spain) restaurant El Celler de Can Roca garnered its second Michelin star. The Pellegrino judges found his restaurant the 11th best in the world.
El Bulli, the Catalonian (Spain) restaurant of the very innovative Ferran Adria, was chosen the best in the world. Judges anointed The Fat Duck, a Berkshire (U.K.) establishment headed by Heston Blumenthal, another chef whose cuisine sounds, at the least, creative, if not bizarre, was in second place. The Parisian Pierre Gagnaire, named after its proprietor, placed third. In fourth spot was America’s highest ranking restaurant, the French Laundry in Yountville (Napa Valley of California). The evening held two triumphs for chef/owner Thomas Keller. In addition to the accolade for French Laundry, his New York restaurant, Per Se, was chosen number nine.
Additional to the list of the favored fifty, were the Lifetime Achievement Award (Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California), Breakthrough Award (Gordon Ramsay’s Maze Restaurant in London) and the Readers’ Choice Award (Chef Shane Osborn’s Pied a Terre in London).
The Top 50
1. El Bulli Spain
2. The Fat Duck U.K.
3. Pierre Gagnaire France
4. The French Laundry U.S.
5. Tetsuya's Australia
6. Bras France
7. Mugaritz Spain
8. Le Louis XV Monaco
9. Per Se U.S.
10. Arzak Spain
11. El Celler de Can Roca Spain
12. Gambero Rosso Italy
13. L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon France
14. Hof van Cleve Belgium
15. Noma Denmark
16. Le Calandre Italy
17. Nobu London U.K.
18. Jean Georges U.S.
19. Hakkasan U.K.
20. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee France
21. L'Astrance France
22. Can Fabes Spain
23. L'Ambroisie France
24. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay U.K.
25. Troisgros France
26. Le Bernardin U.S.
27. Martin Berasategui Spain
28. Le Gavroche U.K.
29. Le Cinq France
30. Charlie Trotter's U.S.
31. Dal Pescatore Italy
32. Daniel U.S.
33. Rockpool Australia
34. St. John U.K.
35. Chez Dominique Finland
36. Alinea U.S.
37. Bukhara India
38. DOM Brazil
39. Oaxen Skaergaardskrog Sweden
40. Chez Panisse U.S.
41. Enoteca Pinchiorri Italy
42. Cracco Peck Italy
43. L'Arpege France
44. The River Cafe U.K.
45. Oud Sluis Netherlands
46. Combal Zero Italy
47. Le Quartier Francais South Africa
48. Taillevent France
49. Bocuse France
50. Les Ambassadeurs France
Perhaps mildly surprising is the representation of the U.K., which placed eight restaurants on the list, the United States (seven) and Spain (six). Italy also had six restaurants nominated for the honor.
Chef Joan Roca (at right) came out front to bid good night to a group of departing American writers not long after his Girona (Spain) restaurant El Celler de Can Roca garnered its second Michelin star. The Pellegrino judges found his restaurant the 11th best in the world.
El Bulli, the Catalonian (Spain) restaurant of the very innovative Ferran Adria, was chosen the best in the world. Judges anointed The Fat Duck, a Berkshire (U.K.) establishment headed by Heston Blumenthal, another chef whose cuisine sounds, at the least, creative, if not bizarre, was in second place. The Parisian Pierre Gagnaire, named after its proprietor, placed third. In fourth spot was America’s highest ranking restaurant, the French Laundry in Yountville (Napa Valley of California). The evening held two triumphs for chef/owner Thomas Keller. In addition to the accolade for French Laundry, his New York restaurant, Per Se, was chosen number nine.
Additional to the list of the favored fifty, were the Lifetime Achievement Award (Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California), Breakthrough Award (Gordon Ramsay’s Maze Restaurant in London) and the Readers’ Choice Award (Chef Shane Osborn’s Pied a Terre in London).
The Top 50
1. El Bulli Spain
2. The Fat Duck U.K.
3. Pierre Gagnaire France
4. The French Laundry U.S.
5. Tetsuya's Australia
6. Bras France
7. Mugaritz Spain
8. Le Louis XV Monaco
9. Per Se U.S.
10. Arzak Spain
11. El Celler de Can Roca Spain
12. Gambero Rosso Italy
13. L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon France
14. Hof van Cleve Belgium
15. Noma Denmark
16. Le Calandre Italy
17. Nobu London U.K.
18. Jean Georges U.S.
19. Hakkasan U.K.
20. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee France
21. L'Astrance France
22. Can Fabes Spain
23. L'Ambroisie France
24. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay U.K.
25. Troisgros France
26. Le Bernardin U.S.
27. Martin Berasategui Spain
28. Le Gavroche U.K.
29. Le Cinq France
30. Charlie Trotter's U.S.
31. Dal Pescatore Italy
32. Daniel U.S.
33. Rockpool Australia
34. St. John U.K.
35. Chez Dominique Finland
36. Alinea U.S.
37. Bukhara India
38. DOM Brazil
39. Oaxen Skaergaardskrog Sweden
40. Chez Panisse U.S.
41. Enoteca Pinchiorri Italy
42. Cracco Peck Italy
43. L'Arpege France
44. The River Cafe U.K.
45. Oud Sluis Netherlands
46. Combal Zero Italy
47. Le Quartier Francais South Africa
48. Taillevent France
49. Bocuse France
50. Les Ambassadeurs France