The 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurants List

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​​​​​​Since 2002, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants aims to celebrate the diversity of the international restaurant scene. Its annual awards ceremony is a festive celebration of cuisine and hospitality which gathers hundreds of passionate people from around the world, be they chefs, restauranteurs, media, food writers, food lovers and sponsors.
 
On June 25th 2019, the 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurants List was announced during a ceremony filled with emotion, which gathered more than 1000 guests at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
Mauro Colagreco’s restaurant Mirazur located in Menton, France, was named The World’s Best Restaurant 2019, becoming the first French restaurant to be number one on the list.
In total, 26 countries over 5 continents have made it on the list.
Spain is the most represented country on the World’s 50 Best list with seven restaurants, including three in the top ten: Asador Etxebarri, Mugaritz, Disfrutar.
The USA is the second most represented country with six restaurants in the top 50 list, including Cosme and Le Bernardin in NYC, Alinea in Chicago, and two new entries both in San Francisco: Atelier Crenn and Benu. France is also well represented with 5 restaurants on the 1-50 list.
 
As every year, a few restaurants and chefs were also honoured with Special Awards as Chef Daniela Soto-Innes, who received The Best Female Chef Award, Chef Alain Passard, who took home the Chefs’ Choice Award, and Restaurant Schloss Schauenstein who received the Sustainable Restaurant Award.
 
This year, The World’s 50 Best announced two major changes:

• The move to a 50/50 gender split amongst the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. This voting body gather more than 1000 experts in 26 regions of the world. Each region contains 40 voting members, including one Academy Chair which is the only voter made public.


• The launch of the Best of the Best list which includes the restaurants which have been named Number 1 since 2002, making them no longer eligible for the future 1-50 lists.

Mauro Colagreco’s restaurant Mirazur was named The World’s Best Restaurant 2019 - Photo: Matteo Carassale

The 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurants List (1-50)

1. Mirazur, Menton, France - Chef Mauro Colagreco  
2. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark - Chef René Redzepi
3. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain - Chef  Victor Arguinzoniz  
4. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand - Chef Gaggan Anand
5. Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark - Chef Rasmus Kofoed  
6. Central, Lima, Peru - Chefs Virgilio Martinez and Pia León
7. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain - Chef Luis Aduriz  
8. Arpège, Paris, France - Chef Alain Passard
9. Disfrutar, Barcelona, Spain - Chefs Oriol Castro, Mateu Casañas, Eduard Xatruch  
10. Maido, Lima, Peru - Chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura
11. Den, Tokyo, Japan - Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa  
12. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico - Chef Enrique Olvera
13. White Rabbit, Moscow, Russia - Chef  Vladimir Mukhin
14. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain - Chef Eneko Atxa
15. Septime, Paris, France - Chef Bertrand Grébaut  
16. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris, France - Chef Alain Ducasse
17. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria - Chef Heinz Reitbauer  
18. Odette, Singapore - Chef Julien Royer
19. Twins Garden, Moscow, Russia - Chefs Ivan and Sergey Berezutskiy   
20. Tickets, Barcelona, Spain - Chef Albert Adrià
21. Frantzen, Stockholm, Sweden - Chef Björn Frantzén  
22. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan - Chef  Yoshihiro Narisawa
23. Cosme, New York, USA - Chef Daniela Soto-Innes  
24. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico - Chef Jorge Vallejo
25. Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris, France - Chef  Yannick Alléno  
26. Boragó, Santiago, Chile - Chef Rodolfo Guzmán
27. The Clove Club, London, UK - Chefs Isaac McHale, Daniel Willis, Johnny Smith  
28. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, NY, USA - Chef Dan Barber
29. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy - Chef Enrico Crippa  
30. Elkano, Getaria, Spain - Chef Pedro Arregui
31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy - Chefs Massimiliano and Raffaele Alajmo  
32. Nerua, Guggenheim, Bilbao - Chef Josean Alija
33. Lyle’s, London, UK - Chef James Lowe  
34. Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Chef Bienvenido ‘Pepe’ Sotelo
35. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco, USA - Chef Dominique Crenn  
36. Le Bernardin, New York, USA - Chef Eric Ripert
37. Alinea, Chicago, USA - Chef Grant Achatz  
38. Hisa Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia - Chef Ana Ros
39. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo, Brasil - Jefferson Rueda  
40. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin, Germany - Chef Tim Raue
41. The Chairman, Hong Kong, China - Chef Kwok Keung Tung  
42. Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal - Chef José Avillez
43. Hof Van Cleve, Kruisem, Belgium - Chef Peter Goossens  
44. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa - Chef Luke Dale-Roberts
45. Sühring, Bangkok Thailand - Chefs Mathias and Thomas Sühring  
46. De Librije, Zwolle, The Netherlands - Chef Jonnie and Thérèse Boer
47. Benu, San Francisco, USA - Chef Corey Lee  
48. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai, China - Chef Paul Pairet
49. Leo, Bogotá, Colombia - Chef Leonor Espinosa  
50. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland - Chef Andreas Caminada

Le Bernardin, NY (3​6) - Photo: Shimon & Tammar

Central, Lima (6) - Photo: Cesar de Rio

​The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Special Awards 2019

• 50 Best BBVA Scholarship : Andersen Lee, Canada : rewards an inspiring chef with less than three years professional experience.

• The World’s Best Female Chef : Daniela Soto-Innes, Cosme, NYC : rewards a female chef who has impressed critics and gourmets around the world

• American Express Icon Award : Chef José Andrés ; awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the industry worthy of global recognition.

• Miele One to Watch Award : Lido 84, Italy ; awarded to a restaurant considered as an emerging talent and likely to appear in future rankings in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants

• The Art of Hospitality Award : Den, Tokyo : awarded to a restaurant where the service is warm and distinctive, providing its guests with a memorable experience

• The Sustainable Restaurant Award : Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau Switzerland : awarded to a restaurant demonstrating exemplary commitment to sustainable practices

• Chefs’ Choice Award : Alain Passard, Arpège, Paris : awarded to a chef who is particularly inspiring in the eyes of their peers.

• The World’s Best Pastry Chef : Jessica Préalpato, Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris : awarded to a pastry chef whose desserts and pastries balance creative brilliance with technical excellence.

Daniela Soto-Innes: Best Female Chef 2019 - Photo: Kelt T.

Jessica Préalpato: World's Best Pastry Chef 2019 - Photo: Thomas Bismuth

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ Best of the Best List 2019
 

• El Bulli : 2002, 2006-2009
• The French Laundry : 2003-2004
• The Fat Duck : 2005
• Noma (original location) : 2010-2012, 2014
• El Celler de Can Roca : 2013, 2015
• Osteria Francescana : 2016, 2018
• Eleven Madison Park : 2017

 

Adriatic Chowder at Osteria Francescana - Photo: Paolo Terzi

​Nathalie T.
​October 2, 2019

​For more information about the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, visit: https://www.theworlds50best.com/

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