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Another day, another list. Yesterday the good folks at San Pellegrino released their annual World's 50 Best Restaurants, a sort of Rough Guide for gastronomes with fat wallets and abundant frequent flyer miles. Sponsored by the sparkling water company, the list was decided by a panel of 800-plus judges comprised of food writers, critics and chefs from around the world. The judges were big fans of Spain, whose six restaurants on the list included Ferran Adria's El Bulli (coming in at No. 1 for the fourth year in a row). France also got some love with eight restaurants, and the U.S. did pretty well for itself with seven eateries including new-to-the-list Momofuku Ssam Bar at 31 and Alinea, whose Grant Achatz rose 26 places from 2007 to a No. 10 ranking this year.
The big loser was undoubtedly Gordon Ramsay, whose London flagship completely disappeared after ranking at No. 13 last year, and whose ex-friend Marcus Wareing won the Breakthrough Restaurant Award for Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley -- not without taking a swipe at Ramsay himself.
Oh, the drama! Oh, the lists!
We're not even four months into the new year and already it feels like Oscars season. This month alone has also given us Food & Wine's Best New Chef Awards and Time Out New York's annual awards. In less than two weeks, the James Beard Awards (which we tweeted about madly and will do so again) will be here.The whole thing makes us quite hungry and curious about why lists like these hold such compulsive appeal. Most of us won't be boarding a plane for, say, Sweden to dine at Oaxen Skaergaardskrog anytime soon, yet many of us crave this info like we do a bag of M&Ms during our 3 p.m. sugar crash.
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4-21-2009 @3:59PM Suzanne said... so, where is this list? it's not at the link you guys provided...
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4-21-2009 @4:06PM Bernie B said... I found the list buried at the S.Pellegrino website
The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants 2009 List
1 El Bulli Spain - www.elbulli.com
2 The Fat Duck UK - www.fatduck.co.uk
3 Noma Denmark -www.noma.dk
4 Mugaritz Spain - www.mugaritz.com
5 El Celler de Can Roca Spain - www.cellercanroca.com
6 Per Se USA - www.perseny.com
7 Bras France - www. michel-bras.com
8 Arzak Spain - www.arzak.es
9 Pierre Gagnaire France - www.pierre-gagnaire.com
10 Alinea USA - www.alinea-restaurant.com
11 L'Astrance France - www.lastrance.abemadi.com
12 The French Laundry USA - www.frenchlaundry.com
13 Osteria Francescana Italy (New Entry) - www.osteriafrancescana.it
14 St John UK - www.stjohnrestaurant.co.uk
15 Le Bernardin USA - www.le-bernardin.com
16 Restaurant de l'HÔtel de Ville Switzerland - www.philippe-rochat.ch
17 Tetsuya's Australia - www. tetsuyas.com
18 L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon France - www.joel-robuchon.com
19 Jean Georges USA - www.jean-georges.com
20 Les Créations de Narisawa Japan (New Entry) - www.narisawa-yoshihiro.com
21 Chez Dominique Finland - www.chezdominique.fi
22 Ristorante Cracco Italy - www.ristorantecracco.it
23 Die Schwarzwaldstube Germany - www.traube-tonbach.de
24 D.O.M. Brazil
25 Vendôme Germany
26 Hof van Cleve Belgium
27 Masa USA (Re-entry) - www.masanyc.com
28 Gambero Rosso Italy - Tel +39 (0)56570 1021
29 Oud Sluis Netherlands - www.oudsluis.nl
30 Steirereck Austria (New Entry) - www.steirereck.at
31 Momofuku Ssäm Bar USA (New Entry) - www.momofuku.com
32 Oaxen Skärgårdskrog Sweden - www.oaxenkrog.se
33 Martin Berasategui Spain - www.martinberasategui.com
34 Nobu UK - www.noburestaurants.com
35 Mirazur France (New Entry) - www.mirazur.fr
36 Hakkasan UK - www.hakkasan.com
37 Le Quartier Français South Africa - www.lequartier.co.za
38 La Colombe South Africa (Re-entry) - www.constantia-uitsig.com
39 Asador Etxebarri Spain - www.asadoretxebarri.com
40 Le Chateaubriand France (New Entry) - tel +33 (0)1 43574595
41 Daniel USA - www.danielnyc.com
42 Combal Zero Italy (Re-entry) - www.combal.org
43 Le Louis XV France - www.alain-ducasse.com
44 Tantris Germany - www.tantris.de
45 Iggy's Singapore (New Entry) - www.iggys.com.sg
46 Quay Australia (New Entry) - www.quay.com.au
47 Les Ambassadeurs France - www.crillon.com
48 Dal Pescatore Italy - www.dalpescatore.com
49 Le Calandre Italy - www.calandre.com
50 Mathias Dahlgren Sweden (New Entry) - www.mathiasdahlgren.com
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4-21-2009 @4:24PM Alex Van Buren said... Hey, guys, thanks for the comments! It should now be more easily accessible when you click on "list."
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4-23-2009 @11:24AM Kathleen O'Keeffe said... I read with interest your piece online regarding the result of last night's S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants and wondered whether you may be able to draw attention to the below on your website to help us raise consumer awareness?
Action Against Hunger, the official charity partner of the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2009, is proud to announce the launch of its eBay charity auction, giving food lovers from around the world the opportunity to bid for meals and experiences donated by many of the internationally renowned restaurants featured in this year’s list.
Donations include 'once in a lifetime' auction prizes from the likes of London restaurants Hakkasan, Nobu & St John and Rene Redzepi's Noma in Copenhagen. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the vital lifesaving work of international humanitarian organisation, Action Against Hunger.Visit myworld.ebay.co.uk/actionagainsthungeruk to view the full list of participating restaurants.
The auction is split over two allotments. The first features restaurants from the UK, France and Italy amongst other countries and began on 21st April at staggered times and will last 10 days and concluding on 1st May. The second allotment features restaurants from the USA and Spain, amongst others, and begins on 4th May to coincide with The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ celebratory event being held in New York, ending 14th May.
If you require any further information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Kathleen
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4-30-2009 @2:41PM Michael Buitron said... My dinner at el Bulli last summer was a meal of a lifetime:
http://imoralist.blogspot.com/2008/07/dinner-at-el-bulli-experience-part-2-of.html
It will probably take me another 49 years to make my way through the list, but I'm sure it would make for quite a number of memorable experiences!
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6-28-2010 @11:56AM best restaurants said... I just read your comments.thanks for the comments.kindly give me full list .i am really intrested in it.add restaurant
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6-08-2010 @12:22AM best restaurants said... thanks for posting i would love to go to any of these restaurants.they all sound incredible.add restaurant
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