What’s Hot? – What’s Not? – Who’s cooking what in the pot?
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 list is coming in June!! There are literally thousands of restaurants all over the world – hundreds of thousands! – and acclaimed Restaurant Magazine narrows it down to organize, compile and present, year after year, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards and List.
This prestigious list, coming up to its 14th year, is an annual recollection of the opinions and experiences of over 900 international restaurant industry experts and the ceremony is attended by the world’s finest chefs, international media and the world’s most influential restaurateurs.
This year, 2016, sees the awards ceremony being presented from the United States of America, the first time the ceremony has moved from its beginnings in England from London! Will the Roca Brothers hold on to Number 1 for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
We’ll keep you updated on the results of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 (June 13th 2016 live from New York) but in the meantime over the next couple of weeks we’ll be taking a look at the Spanish (and Portuguese) movers and shakers in our Gourmand Breaks series “A la Crème de la Crème”
But, first, here’s a quick recap……
The current Top 3 World’s Best Restaurants are:
1.El Celler de Can Roca, Girona (Spain) – THE World’s Best Restaurant 2015 + Nº1 in 2013
2.Osteria Francescana, Modena (Italy)
3.Noma, Copenhagen (Denmark) – World’s Nº1 in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014
El Celler de Can Roca, however, is not the only Spanish restaurant that features in the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Spain is actually home to 10% of the World’s Best 100 Restaurants, as awarded by Restaurant Magazine in 2015!
Here’s a recap of who’s currently where on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List and what happened last year:
6.Mugaritz, San Sebastian (Spain)
A non-mover between 2014 and 2015 staying firm at nº 6 – First entered the prestigious list in 2006 and has remained constantly in the Top 10 ever since! Will Mugaritz stay in the Top 10 for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
13.Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo (Spain)
Received the Highest Climber Award for 2015 rising from nº 34 in 2014 to nº 13 in 2015. Will Asador Etxebarri keep climbing in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
17.Arzak, San Sebastian (Spain)
Surprisingly fell to nº17 in 2015 from its Top 10 position of nº 8 in 2014 !! Arzak has constantly featured in the acclaimed Restaurant Magazine World’s Best 50 restaurants list, for 10 years in the Top 10. Is this the start of decline for Arzak?
19.Azurmendi, Larrabetzu (Spain)
Climbed from nº 26 in 2014, only a few places,to nº 19 in 2015. Will Azurmendi, slowly but surely, keep climbing in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
39.Quique Dacosta, Denia (Spain)
Climbed in 2015, from nº 41 in 2014 but it’s a bit of a yo-yo ride for Quique Dacosta where in 2012 he entered the prestigious list at Nº 40 then rose to Nº26 for 2013 only to fall to Nº 41 for 2014 then rise again in 2015 to Nº39. Following this pattern does 2016 suggest a decline for Quique Dacosta?
42.= Tickets, Barcelona (Spain)
Climbs from nº 57 in 2014 to joint Nº42 place with Boragò, Santiago (Chile). Will the phenomenon that is Albert Adrià take Tickets even higher The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
59.DiverXO, Madrid (Spain)
2014 saw David Muñoz enter the prestigious list in 94th position. In 2015 DiverXO climbed a whopping 35 places for its current 59th position!! Can we expect to see DiverXO in the Top 50 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
61.Martin Berasategui, San Sebastián (Spain)
Another big faller !!! Left the top 50 in 2015, after re-entering the prestigious list in 2014, and fell from nº 35 to its current place at nº61!! Will Martin Berasategui fall more in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016? Or rise again and enter the Top 50?
68.Nerua, Bilbao (Spain)
NEW ENTRY for 2015 entering the list for the first time at nº68! A great start for Nerua!! Can we expect a climb further up the list for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016?
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