The World's 50 Best Restaurants is produced by Restaurant Magazine - a British magazine which produces an annual list of 50 restaurants ranked to be among the best in the world based on a poll of international chefs and critics. The list is published in April of each year (26 April in 2010)
In 2006 El Bulli in Catalonia (Spain) succeeded the 2005 winner The Fat Duck as the leading restaurant. The two top restaurants are forerunners of molecular gastronomy. Most of the restaurants serve Haute cuisine or a close interpretation.
The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled from the votes of the [World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy.[1] The world is divided into regions, with a chairperson in each region appointed for their knowledge of their part of the restaurant world. These chairs each selected a voting panel, who cast a total of 4,030 votes.
There is no list of nominees; each member of our international voting panel votes for their personal choice of five restaurants. They may vote for up to two restaurants in their own region, the remaining votes must be cast outside their home region. Nobody is allowed to vote for their own restaurant and voters must have eaten in the restaurants they nominate within the past 18 months.
Contrary to popular belief, the Restaurants selected do not have to meet any criteria like Michelin or other guides. This has allowed Restaurants like Momofuku Ssam Bar, Extebarri and St John to hold their own among the molecular and traditional cuisines of Restaurants like The Fat Duck to Les Ambassadeurs.
'Best' restaurants in the world by year according to the Restaurant magazine
- 2009 El Bulli, Roses (Spain)
- 2008 El Bulli, Roses (Spain)
- 2007 El Bulli, Roses (Spain)
- 2006 El Bulli, Roses (Spain)
- 2005 The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, England, UK
- 2004 The French Laundry, Yountville (Napa Valley), California, US
- 2003 The French Laundry, Yountville (Napa Valley), California, US
- 2002 El Bulli, Roses (Spain)
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