World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017
The annual list of the world’s 50 best restaurants has been announced today and apparently Lima in Peru is the place to be if you’re a real foodie -- it has two entries in the top 10. Eleven Madison Park in New York scoops top spot and the top-ranked British restaurant is The Clove Club in London’s Shoreditch, a relatively paltry 26th. Here’s the full list with last year's positions in brackets:
Eleven Madison Park, New York (3)
Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy (1)
El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain (2)
Mirazur, Menton, France (6)
Central, Lima (4)
Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain (10)
Gaggan, Bangkok (23)
Maido, Lima (13)
Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain (7)
Steirereck, Vienna (9)
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, New York (48)
Arpège, Paris (19)
Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris (58)
Restaurant André, Singapore (32)
Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy (17)
D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil (11)
Le Bernardin, New York (24)
Narisawa, Tokyo (8)
Geranium, Copenhagen (28)
Pujol, Mexico City (25)
Alinea, Chicago (15)
Quintonil, Mexico City (12)
White Rabbit, Moscow (18)
Amber, Hong Kong (20)
Tickets, Barcelona (29)
The Clove Club, London (26)
The Ledbury, London (14)
Nahm, Bangkok (37)
Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy (39)
Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain (21)
Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris (72)
Attica, Melbourne (33)
Astrid y Gastón, Lima (30)
De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands (38)
Septime, Paris (50)
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (45)
Saison, San Francisco (27)
Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain (16)
Relae, Copenhagen (40)
Cosme, New York (96)
Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai (42)
Boragó, Santiago (36)
Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy (84)
Brae, Birregurra, Australia (65)
Den, Tokyo (77)
L’Astrance, Paris (57)
Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (35)
Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin (34)
Tegui, Buenos Aires (68)
Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium (53)
I know they’re probably making an effort to NOT be too eurocentric but you have to wonder exactly how this list is put together. Lima the centre of the foodie world – who knew?!?