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Geranium in full bloom: South America and Asia recognised as culinary powerhouses at World’s Best Restaurant 2022 awards

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Chef Rasmus Kofoed and Geranium Copenhagen receive the awards for The World’s Best Restaurant and The Best Restaurant in Europe 2022.

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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards 2022, held at the historic Old Billingsgate market in the City of London, marked the 20th year of the prestigious global gastronomic ranking.

Geranium in Copenhagen is named The World’s Best Restaurant 2022.

The crème de la crème of the world’s restaurant community gathered in London on July 18 to celebrate The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards 2022, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. The awards ceremony, hosted by internationally renowned actor and gourmet Stanley Tucci, honoured gastronomic excellence from 24 territories across five continents before naming Copenhagen’s Geranium as The World’s Best Restaurant 2022 and The Best Restaurant in Europe 2022.

Taking over the No.1 position from Noma – which has been elevated to the Best of the Best hall of fame – Geranium, led by chef Rasmus Kofoed, was voted the No.2 restaurant in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 list. Geranium’s mission is to create food that awakens the senses, and Chef Kofoed’s meticulous cooking and incredible vision, including his recent decision to go meatless, have won accolades and fans worldwide. Geranium is joined in the top three by Central (No.2) in Lima and Disfrutar (No.3) in Barcelona.

“We are delighted to announce the list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 and to celebrate Geranium as the new No.1. Rasmus Kofoed, Søren Ledet and their team have created an unforgettable dining experience, taking seasonal cooking to superlative heights and delivering precise, beautiful and elegant food that combines art and flavour alongside a ground-breaking drinks programme. Geranium has cemented its status as a global culinary destination and a much-deserved winner of the coveted title, The World’s Best Restaurant 2022, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. It is also very exciting to recognise this diverse list of restaurants spread across five continents and to see this vibrant culinary community coming together to celebrate in London.” – William Drew, Director of Content for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

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South America continues to make culinary waves, as Central Restaurant in Lima is named No.2 in the list and The Best Restaurant in South America, with the continent boasting eight restaurants overall including new entry Mayta (No.32) in Lima and Oteque (No.47) in Rio de Janeiro. Asia follows with seven restaurants in the list, including new entries Sorn in Bangkok (No.39) and La Cime, Osaka (No.41). The Best Restaurant in Asia is Den in Tokyo (No.20), while list debutant Fyn in Cape Town (No.37) is crowned The Best Restaurant in Africa. Pujol (No.5) in Mexico City takes The Best Restaurant in North America spot for the third time.

The Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award is presented to Atomix, a 14-seat tasting menu restaurant set around a single U-shaped counter in New York, run by husband and wife team Junghyun ‘JP’ and Ellia Park. With JP leading the kitchen and Ellia the front of house, the duo deliver a standout culinary experience, offering ground-breaking Korean cuisine and impeccable service to international visitors and New Yorkers alike.

René Frank of Coda, Berlin, is the recipient of The World’s Best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by Sosa. The renowned pastry chef leads Germany’s first and only specialist high-end dessert restaurant. Frank’s innovative and memorable creations, with a basis in traditional techniques, have attracted an ever-growing fanbase as well as help build the chef’s reputation internationally.

Introduced as a new award for 2022, the Beronia World’s Best Sommelier title is awarded to Josep Roca, sommelier and co-owner of El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain. Roca is a world-renowned sommelier, whose talent exemplifies excellence within wine and food and whose passion is captivating. El Celler de Can Roca, which Josep runs with his brothers Joan and Jordi, now sits in the Best of the Best hall of fame having won The World’s Best Restaurant title in both 2013 and 2015.

Uliassi Restaurant (No.12) in Senigallia, Italy is the winner of the Highest New Entry Award, sponsored by Aspire Lifestyles, in recognition of the restaurant’s contemporary cuisine inspired by the traditions of the Adriatic Coast.

Further new entries include: Alchemist Restaurant (No.18) and Jordnær Restaurant (No.38), both in Copenhagen; The Jane Restaurant (No.23) in Antwerp; Le Clarence Restaurant (No.28) in Paris; St Hubertus (No.29) in San Cassiano, Italy; and Ikoyi (No.49) in London.

@Geranium Restaurant’s elegant dining room in Copenhagen (image: Claes Bech-Poulsen)

Nobelhart & Schmutzig Restaurant (No.17) is awarded the Villa Massa Highest Climber Award, after the Berlin restaurant climbed 28 places since the publication of the 2021 list. Proud of its “vocally local” philosophy, Nobelhart & Schmutzig sets its focus firmly on its producers, resulting in high demand for its 10-course signature menu.

Jorge Vallejo, chef-owner of Quintonil Restaurant (No.9) in Mexico City wins the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award. Voted on by his peers – the world’s leading chefs – it is awarded to a chef who has had a significant influence on the culinary community.

Aponiente Restaurant in the south-west of Spain takes home the Flor de Caña Sustainable Restaurant Award. This award is independently audited by the Sustainable Restaurant Association, which rates establishments that self-nominate for the award based on a wide range of criteria, including environmental and social responsibility.

The evening also celebrated those honoured with pre-announced special awards. These included the Champions of Change winners: Dieuveil Malonga, Koh Seng Choon and duo Olia Hercules and Alissa Timoshkina; Leonor Espinosa, winner of The World’s Best Female Chef Award, sponsored by Nude Glass; social entrepreneur Wawira Njiru, winner of the Icon Award; and Marseille restaurant AM par Alexandre Mazzia, winner of the American Express One To Watch Award.

The Voting Process

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list is voted for by 1,080 international restaurant industry experts and well-travelled gourmets who make up The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. The gender-balanced Academy comprises 27 separate regions around the world, each of which has 40 members including a chairperson. No sponsor from the event has any influence over the voting process. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is independently adjudicated by professional services consultancy Deloitte. This adjudication ensures that the integrity and authenticity of the voting process and the resulting list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 is protected.

Best of the Best

Those in the elite group of No.1 ranked restaurants (listed below) have more than proved their worth and will now be forever honoured as iconic dining destinations in the Best of the Best hall of fame. The chefs and restaurateurs who have led their restaurants to the pinnacle of the list have expressed their desire to invest in the future of the sector and ‘give back’ to the food world through new projects and initiatives.

The following restaurants have been named No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants since the list’s inception and were therefore not eligible for voting in 2022 and beyond:

  • El Bulli Restaurant (2002, 2006-2009);
  • The French Laundry Restaurant (2003-2004);
  • The Fat Duck Restaurant (2005);
  • Noma Restaurant – original location (2010-2012, 2014);
  • El Celler de Can Roca Restaurant (2013, 2015);
  • Osteria Francescana Restaurant (2016, 2018);
  • Eleven Madison Park Restaurant (2017);
  • Mirazur Restaurant (2019);
  • Noma Restaurant – current location (2021).

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Noma Restaurant Took over the No.1 position from Mirazur and becomes The World’s Best Restaurant 2021

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Noma is number one – Denmark’s game-changing destination crowned The World’s Best Restaurant 2021.

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On 5th October 2021 at Flanders Meeting and Convention Centre in Antwerp, Copenhagen’s Noma was announced as The World’s Best Restaurant. Chef and co-owner René Redzepi led 12 team members to the stage to collect the most important prize in global gastronomy.

For the first time since 2019, the leading lights of the global restaurant industry gathered to celebrate the grand reveal of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021. The glittering show in Antwerp, Flanders concluded as Noma was announced as The World’s Best Restaurant.

In the first interview with 50 Best director of content William Drew after the win was announced, Noma’s head chef and co-owner René Redzepi said: “I feel electric. To be able to enjoy this moment after 18 years is our restaurant’s greatest achievement. The fact that we have been able to grow as a team, preserve each other and experience this is beyond words.”

The Danish chef was quick to pay tribute to his team and its collective strength throughout the pandemic. “If the pandemic taught us anything it’s how fragile our dreams can be. We want people to like us and we want people to like our restaurant. I can honestly say that I don’t think I would have made it through the past 18 months without our collective strength. Being together throughout the Covid period has been my rocket fuel.”

Noma’s accolade is a testament to Chef Redzepi and his team’s unerring focus on unusual seasonal ingredients – the menu is strictly seasonal, divided into three phases: seafood in the winter, vegetable in the summer, and game and forest in the autumn – foraged locally and brought to life in creative and complex ways on the plate.

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The World’s Best Restaurant 2021 – Copenhagen’s Noma

This new iteration of Noma (sometimes referred to as Noma 2.0) is eligible for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list due to three key changes from the original restaurant: its location, concept and ownership. As such, it is considered a new restaurant. The previous version of Noma topped the 50 Best list on four occasions, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Taking over the No.1 position from Mirazur, which has been elevated to the Best of the Best hall of fame, Noma climbed from the No.2 spot in 2019 when it was announced as the Highest New Entry in its fresh incarnation. Noma is joined in the top three by Geranium (No.2) also in Copenhagen, Denmark and Asador Etxebarri (No.3) in Atxondo, Spain.

Spain and the US lead the way with six restaurants each in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list with Spain boasting two in the top 10, with Barcelona’s Disfrutar (No.5), joining Etxebarri. Following close behind are Elkano (No.16) in Getaria and the evergreen Mugaritz (No.14) in San Sebastián. In the US, New York’s Cosme is No.22, San Francisco’s Benu No.28 and Single Thread No.37. Italy is also well represented with four restaurants in the list including Lido 84 in Gardone Riviera (No. 15), also the winner of the Highest New Entry Award, sponsored by Aspire Lifestyles.

Signing off in his address to the crowd, Redzepi said: “Remember your people. Through success and failure, friends, family and the people you value are the ones that matter.”

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Top 10 Best Restaurants in 2021, according to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants:

1. Noma Restaurant, Copenhagen, Denmark;
2. Geranium Restaurant, Copenhagen, Denmark;
3. Asador Etxebarri Restaurant, Atxondo, Spain;
4. Central Restaurant, Lima, Peru;
5. Disfrutar Restaurant, Barcelona, Spain;
6. Frantzen Restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden,
7. Maido Restaurant, Lima, Peru;
8. Odette Restaurant, Singapore;
9. Pujol Restaurant, Mexico City, Mexico;
10. The Chairman Restaurant, Hong Kong, China;

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The new world’s best restaurant 2019 was revealed – and it isn’t the one that many were expecting

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Restaurant magazine and its World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards are one of the most influential forces in modern gastronomy. The awards are arguably the most coveted accolade in the world of gastronomy. The 2019 list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants was announced on 25 June from Singapore.

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This year’s edition was the first to benefit from a series of voting changes, including the creation of the Best of the Best category and a gender-balanced voting Academy, with a 50/50 split of female to male voters.

“The list, wrote eater.com, which has faced years of criticism for acting as a self-perpetuating collection of expensive, European-leaning tasting menu restaurants run by white men, finally overhauled its rules this year to encourage more diversity among the restaurant picks and gender balance among its voting body.”

Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur in Menton, France, was crowned The World’s Best Restaurant 2019. According to theworlds50best.com, one of the elements that makes Mirazur one of the most unique restaurants in the world is its three-tiered gardens which Colagreco has been progressively expanding and developing since he opened the restaurant in 2006. Facing in the same direction as the restaurant, perched over the rocky coast and overlooking the Menton marina with stunning views, the gardens look south out towards Corsic

Receiving the double honours for Mirazur as The World’s Best Restaurant and The Best Restaurant in Europe 2019, La Plata-born Colagreco brought with him on stage four flags, representing Argentina, France, Brazil and Italy. “Argentina is my roots, Brazil is the country that gave me the love of my life, France represents my culinary training, and more than half of my team comes from Italy,” says Colagreco.

Spreading a message of acceptance across barriers, the chef says: “But the flags represent more than that. They symbolyse that cuisine doesn’t have borders. Through cuisine, everyone can express themselves, wherever they are.”

“Mexico made a particularly strong showing; Enrique Olvera’s Pujol in Mexico City earned the top ranking of any North American restaurant, at No. 12, and his New York City restaurant Cosme, run with this year’s “best female chef” Daniela Soto-Innes, was the top-ranked USA restaurant at No. 23,” added eater.com.

According to time.com, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 list is more controversial than ever.

“More controversial, however, is the decision to remove previous number #1s from subsequent competitions. The organization presented the move as part of its efforts to diversify the list’s upper echelons. “There was some stagnation in the top 10,” said Hélène Pietrini. World’s 50 Best Restaurants Brand Director. “We don’t want to artificially skew it, but we think it’s a healthy decision to make sure we’ve got a new dynamic every year.”

Daniel Humm, chef at New York’s Eleven Madison Park, told CNN they didn’t mind the new rule. “It’s much more important to have amazing chefs to be involved and that is good for everyone and I think everyone wants that. It can’t be our moment forever, and we are happy to not compete every single year,” Humm said.

Top 10 Restaurants in The 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurants List
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Top 10 Restaurants in The 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurants List:

1. Mirazur Restaurant (Menton, France) Chef: Mauro Colagreco;
2. Noma Restaurant (Copenhagen, Denmark);
3. Asador Etxebarri Restaurant (Atxondo, Spain) Chef: Victor Arguinzoniz;
4. Gaggan Restaurant (Bangkok, Thailand) Chef: Gaggan Anand;
5. Geranium Restaurant (Copenhagen, Denmark);
6. Central Restaurant (Lima, Peru);
7. Mugaritz Restaurant (San Sebastian, Spain);
8. Arpège Restaurant (Paris, France);
9. Disfrutar Restaurant (Barcelona, Spain);
10. Maido Restaurant (Lima, Peru).

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  • Lido 84 Restaurant – MIELE ONE TO WATCH AWARD 2019;
  • Jessica Préalpato – THE WORLD’S BEST PASTRY CHEF 2019;
  • Den Restaurant – Art of Hospitality Award 2019, sponsored by Legle;
  • Alain Passard – CHEFS’ CHOICE AWARD 2019, SPONSORED BY ESTRELLA DAMM;
  • Azurmendi – WESTHOLME HIGHEST CLIMBER AWARD 2019;
  • Noma -THE HIGHEST NEW ENTRY AWARD 2019;
  • Schloss Schauenstein – THE SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT AWARD 2019;

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