TOP 100 BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD
1. Alinea, Chicago, USA
2. El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
3. Azurmendi, Spain
4. Eleven Madison Park, New York
5. The Fat Duck, Bray, UK
6. Robuchon au Dome. Macau
7. Per Se. New York
8. La Pergola, Rome
9. Le Bernardin, New York
10. Osteria Francescana, Italy
11. Daniel, New York, USA
12. The Ledbury, London, UK
13. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France,
14. DOM, Sao Paolo, Brazil
15. Mizai, Kyoto, Japan
16. The Restaurant at Meadowood, St Helena, USA
17. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico
18. Restaurant Vendome, Cologne, Germany
19. Hof Van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium
20. La Vague d'Or, Saint Tropez, France
21. Aqua, Wolsberg, Germany
22. Restaurant Guy Savoy, Paris, France
23. Da Vittoria, Bergamo, Italy
24. Le Calandre, Padua, Italy
25. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London, UK
26. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo, Japan
27 Jean-Georges, New York, USA
28. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain
29. 7 Chome Kyoboshi, Tokyo, Japan
30. Villa Crespi, Novara, Italy
31. Amber, Hong Kong, China
32. Restaurant Gordon Ramsey, London, UK
33. Le Louis XV-Alain Ducasse, Monte Carlo, Monaco
34. Restaurant Schwarwaldstube, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
35. Made in China, Beijing, China
36. Biko, Mexico City, Mexico
37. Waku Ghin, Singapore, Singapore
38. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
39. Quique Dacosta, Alicante, Spain
40. Mr & Mrs Bund, Shanghai, China,
41. Taillevent, Paris, France
42. Astrance, Paris, France
43. L'Ambroisie, Paris, France
44. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa
45. La Maison Troisgros, Roanne, France
46. Maison Pic, Valence, France
47. Next, Chicago, USA
48. Victor's Gourmet-Restaurant Schloss Berg, Perl, Germany
49. Maaemo, Oslo, Norway
50. Manresa, Los Gatos, USA
51. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
52. The French Laundry, Yountville, USA
53. Al Sorriso, Novara, Italy
54. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York
55. Bras, Laguoile, France
56. Auberge du Vieux Puits, France
57. Restaurant De L'Hotel De Ville, Lausanne, Switzerland
58. Sainson, San Francisco, USA
59. Roberta Sudbrack, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
60. Ledoyen, Paris, France
61. Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxford, UK
62. Diver XO, Madrid, Spain
63. Martin Berasategui, San Sebastian, Spain
64. Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia
65. Coi, San Franciso, USA
66. L'Aperge, Paris, France
67. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain
68. Tantris, Munich, Germany
69. Sushi Saito, Tokyo, Japan
70. Toque, Montreal, Canada
71. Dal Pescatore, Mantua, Italy
72. Attica, Melbourne, Australia
73. Les Pres, d'Eugenie, France
74. Restaurant Patrick Guilband, Dublin, Ireland
75. Restaurant Andre, Singapore, Singapore
76. Schloss Schauenstein, Switzerland
77. Benu, San Francisco, USA
78. Kitcho, Kyoto, Japan
79. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
80. Marque, Sydney, Australia
81. Vue de Monde, Melbourne, Australia
82. De Karmeliet, Bruges, Belgium
83. Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
84. Marea, New York, USA
85. Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek, South Africa
86. Melisse, Santa Monica, USA
87. Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch, South Africa
88. Caprice, Hong Kong, China
89. The NoMad, New York, USA
90. Le Cinq, Paris, France
91. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
92. Amaya, London, UK
93. Le Gavroche, London, UK
94. La Petite Maison Dubai, Dubai, UAE
95. Restaurant Amador, Mannheim, Germany
96. Husk, Charleston, USA
97. Quay, Sydney, Australia
98. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Auchterarder, UK
99. Momofuku Ko, New York, USA
100. Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, India
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The celebrity chef's iconic Fat Duck was named the eighth best restaurant in the world in the annual poll by luxury magazine Elite Traveler.
And his London eatery, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, also scraped through into the top 25.
Alinea, run by the uber-talented Grant Achatz has retained its crown for the fourth year running as the best restaurant in the world, the Elite Traveller list revealed.
Experimental chef Heston's restaurants join six other British establishments in the list which includes The Ledbury, which serves contemporary French cuisine at 12; sophisticated Indian restaurant Amaya, coming in at 92.
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie in Scotland’s famous Gleneagles Hotel just scraped in the list at 98th place.
The US has 19 of the best restaurants in the world, followed by France which boasts 14 and the UK, which has a mere eight.
Young talent: Chef Grant Achatz has three Michelin stars for his Chicago restaurant Alinea
Spain has eight in the list while Italy has seven and Australia had five.
Germany, Japan and China have six restaurants respectively which made it into the top hundred.
These include Mizai in Kyoto, Japan which placed at number 15, Aqua in Wolsberg, Germany, which came in at number 21 and Hong Kong's Amber.
Switzerland, Mexico, Belgium, Singapore and Brazil all had two restaurants each in the list.
Three restaurants in South Africa - The Test Kitchen, Cape Town (44); Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek (85), and Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch (87) - were considered the best in the country.
Denmark, Austria, Norway, Ireland, Monaco, India, Canada and the UAE all had one restaurant in the top 100 list.
The awards also awarded its chef of the year accolade, which this year went to Swiss chef Daniel Humm, chef and co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which came in a fourth in the list and The NoMad in New York City, which placed 89th.
Source: the Mail
