50 Best Restaurants in the World

The following list of restaurants and their chefs have distinguished themselves as the best in the World. What does it take to become one of the 50 Best in the World? Thomas Keller the only chef with two restaurants on the 2009 list was interviewed in 2007 about his Napa Valley restaurant The French Laundry.

2009 winners list:

1. El Bulli, Roses, Spain
2. The Fat Duck, Bray-on-Thames, UK
3. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chef's Choice)
4. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain
5. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
6. per se, New York, US
7. Bras, Laguiole, France
8. Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
9. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France
10. Alinea, Chicago, US
11. L'Astrance, Paris, France
12. The French Laundry, Yountville (Napa Valley), California, US
13. Osteria Francescana, Italy
14. St John, London, UK
15. Le Bernardin, New York, US
16. Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville, Crissier, Switzerland
17. Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia
18. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Paris, France
19. Jean-Georges, New York, US
20. Les Creations de Narisawa, Japan
21. Chez Dominique, Helsinki, Finland
22. Cracco Peck, Italy
23. Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
24. D.O.M., Brazil
25. Vendome, Germany
26. Hof van Cleve, Belgium
27. Masa, US
28. Gambero Rosso, San Vincenzo, Italy
29. Oud Sluis, Sluis, Netherlands
30. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
31. Momofuku Ssam Bar, US
32. Oaxen Skärgårdskrog, Sweden
33. Martin Berasategui, Spain
34. Nobu, UK
35. Mirazur, France
36. Hakkasan, UK
37. Le Quartier Francais, South Africa
38. La Colombe, South Africa
39. Asador Etxebarri, Spain
40. Le Chateaubriand, France
41. Daniel, US
42. Combal Zero, Italy
43. Restaurant Le Louis XV, Monaco
44. Tantris, Germany
45. Iggy's, Singapore
46. Quay, Australia
47. Les Ambassadeurs, Paris, France
48. Dal Pescatore, Canneto sull'Oglio (Mantova), Italy
49. Le Calandre, Padua, Italy
50. Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden

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