The ‘World’s 50 Best’ restaurants of 2023 have been announced
Every year, chefs from all over the world come together for the announcement of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant. During this nerve-racking evening, the top-tier chefs wait anxiously to find out where their restaurant has landed on the prominent list. This edition also has a new number 1—and it is the Dutch restaurants that are missing.
The organization of World’s Best Restaurant decided in 2019 that, from that year onward, restaurants could only go home with the coveted title of number 1 restaurant in the world once. Since then, the winners, last year’s restaurant Geranium, have become part of the ‘Best of the Best’ list. This list is a Hall of Fame that restaurants are added to, meaning they can no longer appear in the following lists. The World’s Best Restaurant was organized in Valencia this year.
At number 1
The winner of 2023 is restaurant Central in Lima, Peru. Central is run by chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pía León. At Central, Peruvian cuisine and the country’s varying elevations are central. The dishes on the chefs’ menu are therefore of an extraordinary level, each entirely dedicated to one of the elevations and its ecosystem. An emotional Martínez thanked his fellow chefs, colleagues and mentors while accepting the award. “It’s not about winning, or the competition between restaurants, but about what we all love doing most every day, and continuing to pursue our dreams.”
The top 4
Spain’s Disfrutar climbed one spot and finished in second place. Followed by restaurant DiverXo in Madrid and Asador Extebarri in Atxondo (Spain) at number 4. This year, one of Brazil’s most delicious restaurants also made the list: A Casa Do Porco in São Paulo. A must-visit if you love pork!
Unfortunately, the Dutch Michelin-starred restaurants fell behind this year. However, Zeeland top chef Sergio Herman managed to secure 39th place on the list with his restaurant The Jane in Antwerp. The Dutch chef of The Jane, Nick Bril, was recently named Chef of the Year 2023 by Gault&Millau Belgium.
This is the complete list of the World’s Best Restaurant 2023:
1. Central, Lima, Peru
2. Disfrutar, Barcelona
3. Diverxo, Madrid
4. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
5. Alchemist, Copenhagen
6. Maido, Lima, Peru
7. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy
8. Atomix, New York
9. Quintonil, Mexico City
10. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris
11. Trèsind Studio, Dubai
12. A Casa Do Porco, São Paulo
13. Pujol, Mexico City
14. Odette, Singapore
15. Le Du, Bangkok
16. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy
17. Gaggan Anand, Bangkok
18. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
19. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
20. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain
21. Den, Tokyo
22. Elkano, Getaria, Spain
23. Kol, London
24. Septime, Paris
25. Belcanto, Lisbon
26. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland
27. Florilège, Tokyo
28. Kjolle, Lima, Peru
29. Boragó, Santiago, Chile
30. Frantzén, Stockholm
31. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain
32. Hiša Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia
33. El Chato, Bogotá, Colombia
34. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy
35. Ikoyi, London
36. Plénitude, Paris
37. Sézanne, Tokyo
38. The Clove Club, London
39. The Jane, Antwerp, Belgium
40. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin
41. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
42. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
43. Leo, Bogotá, Colombia
44. Le Bernardin, New York
45. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin
46. Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai
47. Mayta, Lima, Peru
48. La Grenouillère, La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, France
49. Rosetta, Mexico City
50. The Chairman, Hong Kong
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