S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant 2010

HIGHLIGHTS:

• The S.Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant & The Acqua Panna European Best Restaurant: Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Eckart Witzigmann.
• Restaurant Magazine Chef of the Decade: Ferran Adrià, Spain
• The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in North America: Alinea, Chicago, USA.
• The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in The Middle East & Africa: La Colombe, Cape Town, South Africa.
• The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in South America: D.O.M., Sao Paolo, Brazil.
• The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Asia: Les Creations de Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan.
• Chef’s Choice Award: The Fat Duck, Bray, UK.
• The Highest Climber: Daniel, New York, USA.
• Highest New Entry: Schloss Schauenstein, Switzerland.
• Restaurant Breakthrough Award: Marque, Sydney, Australia.

Behold, the Top 50...

1. Noma, Denmark (▲2) noma.dk
2. El Bulli, Spain (▼1) elbulli.com
3. The Fat Duck, UK (▼1) thefatduck.co.uk
4. El Celler de Can Roca, Spain (▲1) cellercanroca.com
5. Mugaritz, Spain (▼1) mugaritz.comx
6. Osteria Francescan, Italy (▲7) osteriafrancescana.it
7. Alinea, USA (▲3) alinea-restaurant.com
8. Daniel, USA (▲33) danielnyc.com
9. Arzak, Spain (▼1) arzak.es
10. Per Se, United States (▼4) perseny.com
11. Le Chateaubriand, France (▲29) +33 (0)1 43574595
12. La Colombe, South Africa (▲26) constantia-uitsig.com
13. Pierre Gagnaire, France (▼4) pierre-gagnaire.com
14. Hotel de Ville, Switzerland (▲2) philippe-rochat.ch
15. Le Bernardin, USA (=) le-bernardin.com
16. L’Astrance, France (▼5) lastrance.abemadi.com
17. Hof van Cleve, Belgium (▲9) hofvancleve.com
18. D.O.M., Brazil (▲6) domrestaurante.com.br
19. Oud Sluis, Holland (▲10) oudsluis.nl
20. Le Calandre, Italy (▲29) alajmo.it
21. Steirereck, Austria (▲9) steirereck.at/wien restaurant
22. Vendome, Germany (▲3) schlossbensberg.com
23. Chez Dominique, Finland (▼2) chezdominique.fi
24. Les Créations de Narisawa, Japan (▼4) narisawa-yoshihiro.com
25. Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden (▲25) mathiasdahlgren.com
26. Momofuku Ssam Bar, USA (▲5) momofuku.com
27. Quay, Australia (▲19) quay.com.au
28. Iggy’s, Singapore (▲17) iggys.com.sg
29. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, France (▼11) joel-robuchon.com
30. Schloss Schauenstein, Switzerland (New Entry) schauenstein.ch
31. Le Quartier Francais, South Africa (▲6) lequartier.co.za
32. The French Laundry, USA (▼20) frenchlaundry.com
33. Martin Berasategui, Spain (=) martinberasategui.com
34. Aqua, Germany (New Entry) restaurant-aqua.com
35. Combal Zero, Italy (▲7) combal.org
36. Dal Pescatore, Italy (▲12) dalpescatore.com
37. De Librije, Netherlands (New Entry) librije.com
38. Tetsuya’s, Australia (▼21) tetsyuas.com
39. Jaan par Andre, Singapore (New Entry) swissotel.com/singapore-stamford
40. Il Canto, Italy (New Entry) certosadimaggiano.com
41. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee, France (Re-entry) plaza-athenee-paris.com
42. Oaxen Krog, Sweden (▼10) oaxenkrog.se
43. St John, UK (▼29) stjohnrestaurant.com
44. La Maison Troisgros, France (Re-entry) troisgros.fr
45. wd~50, USA (Re-entry) wd-50.com
46. Biko, Mexico (New Entry) biko.com.m
47. Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany (▼24) traube-tonbach.de
48. Nihonryori RyuGin, Japan (New Entry) nihonryori-ryugin.com
49. Hibiscus, UK (New Entry) hibiscusrestaurant.co.uk
50. Eleven Madison Park, USA (New Entry) elevenmadisonpark.com

And the rest on the list (51-100)...

• Maison Pic, France, pic-valence.com
• Jean Georges, USA, jean-georges.com
• L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, China, joel-robuchon.com
• Wasabi, India, tajhotels.com
• Robuchon A Galera, China, joel-robuchon.com
• Bras, France, michel-bras.com
• De Karmeliet, Belgium, dekarmeliet.be
• Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, UK, the-berkeley.co.uk
• Lung King Heen, China, fourseasons.com
• Rouge, Canada, rougecalgary.com
• Etxebarri, Spain, asadoretxebarri.com
• Tantris, Germany, tantris.de
• Akelarre, Spain, akelarre.net
• GästeHaus Klaus Erfort, Germany, gaestehaus-erfort.de
• Bo Innovation, China, boinnovation.com
• Zuma, London, zumarestaurant.com
• Marque, Australia, marquerestaurant.com.au
• Restaurant Sant Pau, Spain, ruscalleda.com
• Chez Panisse, USA, chezpanisse.com
• Quique Dacosta, Spain, elpoblet.com
• Ristorante Cracco, Italy, ristorantecracco.it
• Pujol, Mex, pujol.com.mx
• Attica, Australia, attica.com.au
• Rust En Vrede, South Africa, rustenvrede.com
• Varvari, Russia, anatolykomm.ru
• La Grenouillère, France, lagrenouillere.fr
• Langdon Hall, Canada, langdonhall.ca
• Les Amis, Singapore, lesamis.com.sg
• Can Fabes, Spain, canfabes.com
• La Gazzetta, France, lagazzetta.fr
• Plavi Podrum, Croatia, gastronaut.hr
• The River Café, UK, rivercafe.co.uk
• Mirazur, France, mirzazur.fr
• Gunther’s, Singapore, gunthers.com.sg
• Doce Uvas, Russia, doceuvas.ru
• Manresa, USA, manresarestaurant.com
• Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy, enotecapinchiorri.com
• Quintessence, Japan, quintessence.jp
• JB Restavracija, Slovenia, jb-slo.com
• Amber, China, mandarinoriental.com
• Masa, USA, masanyc.com
• Le Gavroche, UK, le-gavroche.co.uk
• Café Pushkin, Russia, cafe-pushkin.ru
• Semifreddo, Russia, semifreddo-restaurant.com
• Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, UK, alainducasse-dorchester.com
• Cépage by Les Amis, Hong Kong, lesamis.com.sg
• La Pergola, Italy, romecavalieri.it
• Le Louis XV, France, alain-ducasse.com
• Le Pré Catelan, France, precatelanparis.com
• Amador, Germany, restaurant-amador.de

Singapore: The Culinary Star of SEA

Singapore continues to muscle its way into the world culinary stage with two restaurants on the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant 2010 list.

Singapore’s Iggy’s, which debuted on the list last year, has climbed up 17 rung to stand proud at number 28, just inches away from the Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Asia – the 24th seeded Les Creations de Narisawa of Tokyo, Japan.

Jaan Par Andre shares in the glory of being the only other South-East Asian restaurant to be on the top 50 list, thanks to Andre Chiang’s sensational creations of nouvelle French cuisine. The Stamford Swisshotel restaurant in Singapore impresses by taking the 39th position as a new entry on the list.

But after four consecutive years at the top (2005 through to 2009), Ferran Adrià’s El Bulli finds itself in second place this year as Copenhagen’s Noma took the coveted top slot with the most votes from the panel of international food experts and judges; Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck completes the top three line-up.

Organized by the UK’s Restaurant Magazine, the ‘Oscars’ of the global dining scene also acknowledge three chefs for their outstanding achievements: Ferran Adrià for Chef of the Decade, Heston Blumenthal for the Chef’s Choice Award, and Eckart Witzigmann for the Lifetime Achievement accolade.

PS: Andre Chiang will be leaving Jaan at the end of this month.