Global stars of the restaurant world gathered this evening (19 June 2018) for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 awards, held at Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, Spain. The awards, which saw 23 countries across six continents honoured with a place on the list, culminated with the announcement of a new No.1, with chef patron Massimo Bottura taking to the stage to collect the award for his Modena restaurant, Osteria Francescana.
Award highlight as below:
- Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, is revealed as The World’s Best Restaurant
- The 2018 list includes restaurants from 23 countries worldwide and features nine new restaurants: six making their debut and three returning to the list as re-entries
- Den in Tokyo, Japan, wins the Highest Climber Award
- Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain, is announced as the Highest New Entry
- Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, USA, is voted by his peers as the winner of the Chefs’ Choice Award
- Geranium in Copenhagen, Denmark, wins The Ferrari Trento Art of Hospitality Award
- Azurmendi takes home the Sustainable Restaurant Award
- French chef Cédric Grolet wins The World’s Best Pastry Chef Award
- Pre-announced special award winners accepting their accolades include:
- London-based chef Clare Smyth, winner of the elit® Vodka World’s Best Female Chef Award 2018
- Gastón Acurio from Peru, honoured with The Diners Club® Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
- Californian restaurant SingleThread, winner of the Miele One To Watch Award 2018
- Taiwanese chef Jessie Liu, collecting the inaugural 50 Best BBVA Scholarship
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 List:
No.1 Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy
No.2 El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain
No.3 Mirazur in Menton, France
No.4 Eleven Madison Park in New York, USA
No.5 Gaggan in Bangkok, Thailand
No.6 Central in Lima, Peru
No.7 Maido in Lima, Peru
No.8 Arpège in Paris, France
No.9 Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain
No.10 Asador Etxebarri in Axpe, Spain
No.11 Quintonil in Mexico City, Mexico
No.12 Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, USA
No.13 Pujol in Mexico City, Mexico
No.14 Steirereck in Vienna, Austria
No.15 White Rabbit in Moscow, Russia
No.16 Piazza Duomo in Alba, Italy
No.17 Den in Tokyo, Japan
No.18 Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain (New Entry)
No.19 Geranium in Copenhagen, Denmark
No.20 Attica in Melbourne, Australia
No.21 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris, France
No.22 Narisawa in Tokyo, Japan
No.23 Le Calandre in Rubano, Italy
No.24 Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet in Shanghai, China
No.25 Cosme in New York, USA
No.26 Le Bernardin in New York, USA
No.27 Boragó in Santiago, Chile
No.28 Odette in Singapore (New Entry)
No.29 Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen in Paris, France
No.30 D.O.M. in São Paulo, Brazil
No.31 Arzak in San Sebastian, Spain
No.32 Tickets in Barcelona, Spain
No.33 The Clove Club in London, UK
No.34 Alinea in Chicago, USA
No.35 Maaemo in Osla, Norway
No.36 Reale in Castel Di Sangro, Italy
No.37 Restaurant by Tim Raue in Berlin, Germany
No.38 Lyle’s in London, UK (New Entry)
No.39 Astrid y Gastón in Lima, Peru
No.40 Septime in Paris, France
No.41 Nihonryori RyuGin in Tokyo, Japan (Re-Entry)
No.42 The Ledbury in London, UK
No.43 Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, Spain
No.44 Mikla in Istanbul, Turkey (New Entry)
No.45 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London, UK
No.46 Saison in San Francisco, USA
No.47 Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau, Switzerland (Re-Entry)
No.48 Hiša Franko in Kobarid, Slovenia (New Entry)
No.49 Nahm in Bangkok, Thailand
No.50 The Test Kitchen in Cape Town, South Africa (Re-Entry)
