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The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants

Restaurant magazine has just released the 2009 list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. The awards were based on 4,185 votes cast by 837 restaurant critics, chefs, restaurateurs and other qualified restaurant experts. You can see more about the voting process on the website Ferran Adria’s culinary mecca, El Bulli, and Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant once again top the list.Michelin 3-star restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, owned by the Hell's Kitchen chef, failed to make the top 100 which is surprising since it was 13th on the list last year. Thomas Keller 's flagship restaurant dropped 7 notches to #12 and was beat out by it's New York cousin, Per Se, which took 6th place. Grant Achatz from Chicago breaks into the top 10 with Alinea . Manresa squeaked in at #93. The United States had 8 restaurants in the top 50 and 12 restaurants in the top 100. Not bad when you consider this list of compiled of the greatest restaurants in the world and is bound to have a slight European bend. This can probably best be seen in the fact that Les Creations de Narisawa was the first Japanese restaurant to make the list, yet Japan racked up an insanely high number of Michelin stared restaurants last year.More insight to come. Keep checking back. In the mean time, here are the top 50 restaurants in the World.1 El Bulli, Spain (=)2 The Fat Duck, U.K. (=)3 Noma, Denmark (+7)4 Mugaritz, Spain (=)5 El Celler de Can Roca, Spain (+21)6 Per Se, U.S. (=)7 Bras, France (=)8 Arzak, Spain (=)9 Pierre Gagnaire, France (-6)10 Alinea, U.S. (+11)11 L’Astrance, France (=)12 The French Laundry U.S. (-7)13 Osteria Francescana, Italy (New Entry)14 St. John, U.K. (+2)15 Le Bernardin, U.S. (+5)16 Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville, Switzerland (+11)17 Tetsuya’s, Australia (-8)18 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, France (-4)19 Jean Georges, U.S. (-2)20 Les Creations de Narisawa, Japan (New Entry)21 Chez Dominique, Finland (+18)22 Ristorante Cracco, Italy (+21)23 Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany (+12)24 D.O.M., Brazil (+16)25 Vendome, Germany (+9)26 Hof van Cleve, Belgium (+2)27 Masa, U.S., (Re-entry)28 Gambero Rosso, Italy (-16)29 Oud Sluis, Netherlands (+13)30 Steirereck, Austria (New Entry)31 Momofuku Ssam Bar, U.S. (New Entry)32 Oaxen Skaergaardskrog, Sweden (+16)33 Martin Berasategui, Spain (-4)34 Nobu U.K. (-4)35 Mirazur, France (New Entry)36 Hakkasan, U.K. (-17)37 Le Quartier Francais, South Africa (+13)38 La Colombe, South Africa (Re-entry)39 Asador Etxebarri, Spain (+5)40 Le Chateaubriand, France (New Entry)41 Daniel, U.S. (=)42 Combal Zero, Italy (Re-entry)43 Le Louis XV, France (-28)44 Tantris, Germany (+3)45 Iggy’s, Singapore (New Entry)46 Quay, Australia (New Entry)47 Les Ambassadeurs, France (-2)48 Dal Pescatore, Italy (-25)49 Le Calandre, Italy (-13)50 Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden (New Entry)Rounding out the top 100 restaurants in the world:51 Zuma, China52 Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, U.K.53 Spondi, Greece54 L’Arpege, France55 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, China56 Hibiscus, U.K.57 Aqua, Germany58 Le Gavroche, U.K.59 Chez Panisse, U.S.60 Les Amis, Singapore61 El Poblet, Spain62 Maison Pic, France63 Cafe Pushkin, Russia64 Le Meurice, France65 Bukhara, India66 Varvari, Russia67 Schauenstein, Germany68 RyuGin, Japan69 La Maison Troisgros, France70 Wasabi, India71 The River Cafe, U.K.72 Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy73 Le Cinq, France74 Allegro, Czech Republic75 Quintessence, Japan76 Restaurant Dieter Mueller, Germany77 Geranium, Denmark78 Caprice, China79 Jardines, South Africa80 Amador, Germany81 Biko, Mexico82 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon U.S83 Fasano, Brazil84 Mozaic, Bali85 Obauer, Austria86 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee, France87 L’Ambroisie, France88 Maison Boulud, China89 De Librije, Netherlands90 Babbo, U.S.91 Maze, U.K.92 Zuma, U.K.93 Manresa, U.S.94 Pier, Australia95 De Karmeliet, Belgium96 Aubergine, South Africa97 Bo Innovation, China98 Rust en Vrede, South Africa99 Del Posto U.S.100 Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire, UAE: Noma, Denmark: Joël Robuchon ( details Best Restaurant in The Americas: Per Se (USA)Best Restaurant in Australia: Tetsuya's (AUS)Best Restaurant in Asia: Les Creations de Narisawa (Japan)Best Restaurant in Africa & Middle East: Le Quartier Francais (South Africa)Best Restaurant in South America: D.O.M. (Brazil)RELATED LINKS:

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