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Old May 11, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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Question The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards 1-50 (2010)

So where have you or will you be eating???
I was in Noma in 2008 for a 4 hour diner that was out of this world..

Rank Change Restaurant Region Awards
1 Up 2 Noma Denmark The S.Pellegrino Best Restaurant in the World, The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Europe
2 Down 1 El Bulli Spain Restaurant Magazine Chef of the Decade
3 Down 1 The Fat Duck UK The Chef's Choice sponsored by Electrolux
4 Up 1 El Celler de Can Roca Spain
5 Down 1 Mugaritz Spain
6 Up 7 Osteria Francescana Italy
7 Up 3 Alinea USA The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In N.America
8 Up 33 Daniel USA The Highest Climber sponsored by Cocoa Barry
9 Down 1 Arzak Spain
10 Down 4 Per Se USA
11 Up 29 Le Chateaubriand France
12 Up 26 La Colombe South Africa The Acqua Panna Best Restautant in South Africa
13 Down 4 Pierre Gagnaire France
14 Up 2 L'Hotel de Ville - Philippe Rochat Switzerland
15 — Le Bernardin USA
16 Down 5 L'Astrance France
17 up 9 Hof Van Cleve Belgium
18 Up 6 D.O.M. Brazil The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in South America
19 Up 10 Oud Sluis Holland
20 Up 29 Le Calandre Italy
21 Up 9 Steirereck Austria
22 Up 3 Vendome Germany
23 Down 2 Chez Dominique Finland
24 Down 4 Les Creations de Narisawa Japan The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Asia
25 Up 25 Mathias Dahlgren Sweden
26 Up 5 Momofuku Ssam Bar USA
27 Up 19 Quay Australia The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Australasia
28 Up 17 Iggy's Singapore
29 Down 11 L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon France
30 New Entry Schloss Schauenstein Switzerland Highest New Entry
31 6 Le Quartier Francais South Africa
32 Down 20 The French Laundry USA
33 Down 4 Martin Berasategui Spain
34 New Entry Aqua Germany
35 Up 7 Combal.Zero Italy
36 Up 12 Dal Pescatore Italy
37 New Entry De Librije Netherlands
38 21 Tetsuya's Australia
39 New Entry Jaan Par Andre Singapore
40 New Entry Il Canto Italy
41 Re-Entry Alain Ducasse Au Plaza Athenee France
42 Down 10 Oaxen Krog Sweden
43 Down 29 St John UK
44 Re-Entry La Maison Troisgros France
45 New Entry wd~50 USA
46 New Entry Biko Mexico
47 Down 24 Die Schwarzwaldstube Germany
48 New Entry Nihonryori RyuGin Japan
49 New Entry Hibiscus UK
50 New Entry Eleven Madison Park USA
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Interesting list. I'd love to try half of those!
 
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I'm going here:

7 Up 3 Alinea USA The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In N.America

it's in Chicago
 
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I've been to zero on that list.

Going to do the Fat Duck before I move though, its literally like 4 miles down the road.
 
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no SUMOSAN London?!!!?
 
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Been at about 6 of those; and it's just a list...memorable meals, creations and settings for sure; but the best meal I've ever had was in an Italian ("La Fontana" I believe) in the hills of above Prato (outside Florence/Rome). It was also "pennies" compared to the places on the list.
 
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Any idea why the French Laundry is so far down?
 
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Originally Posted by Captain Stradale
no SUMOSAN London?!!!?
Its great food but not good enough I guess

Originally Posted by Montana
I've been to zero on that list.
Going to do the Fat Duck before I move though, its literally like 4 miles down the road.
Where is that?
 
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The Fat Duck is in a place called Bray, I'm in a place called Wargrave.

Mind, I moved last November so google tells me I'm now 10.1 miles away...
 
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only b/c you asked:

for the record - i think the list is crap, unorganized, and in no way truly represents the "best" restaurants. and the way they select the restaurants bears that out.

however, for the curious, if you want to get a peak inside my mind - restaurants on this list that are in my personal top 10:

#1 noma
ChuckEats denmark

#5 mugaritz
ChuckEats Mugartiz (Errenteria, Spain) – A Beautiful Meal

#48 ryugin
ChuckEats RyuGin (Nishiazabu, Tokyo) – Pure Excellence

#56 bras
ChuckEats Michel Bras (Laguiole, France) – Near Perfection

#70 quique dacosta (name change - was el poblet)
ChuckEats El Poblet (Denia, Spain) – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

#86 manresa
ChuckEats Manresa (Los Gatos, CA) – A Spring Birthday Meal

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the restaurants below would probably fall in my top 10-15 but *were not* included in the list:

ubuntu (napa)
ChuckEats Ubuntu (Napa) – The Boundaries

mccrady's (charleston)
ChuckEats McCrady’s (Charleston, SC) – Ingredient Fetish

l'arpege (paris) - one of the greatest restaurants in the world!

ledoyen (paris)
ChuckEats Ledoyen (Paris) – The Harmony of Modernism

sawada
ChuckEats Sawada (Tokyo) – There are only Two Stars in Heaven

koju
ChuckEats Koju (Ginza, Tokyo) – Minimalism and Perfectionism

sportsman
ChuckEats The Sportsman (Seasalter, UK) – Give a Man A Few Miles

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and reviews of others that are included on the list from the past 5 years of blogging my adventures:

#2 el bulli
ChuckEats El Bulli (Roses, Spain) – The Mad Scientist

#3 fat duck
ChuckEats Fat Duck (Bray, England) – Redux

#4 can roca
ChuckEats Can Roca (Girona, Spain) – The Master Revealed

#9 arzak
ChuckEats Arzak (San Sebastian, Spain) – Can the Daughter be King?

#13 pierre gagnaire
ChuckEats Pierre Gagnaire (Paris) – Truffles and Value

#15 le bernardin
ChuckEats Le Bernardin (NY) – A Michelin One Star Meal

#16 l'astrance
ChuckEats L’Astrance (Paris) – Second Chances for Three Stars

#26 momofuku ssam bar
ChuckEats Momofuku (NY) – The Revolution Will Be Eaten

#32 french laundry
ChuckEats French Laundry (Yountville, CA) – Calculated Cuisine

#41 alain ducasse
ChuckEats Alain Ducasse (Paris) – Time for a New King

#44 trosgrois
ChuckEats Troisgros (Roanne, France) – Jeckyll & Hyde

#45 wd-50
ChuckEats WD-50 (NY) – Mad Scientist

#50 eleven madison park
ChuckEats 11 Madison Park (NY) – Humm Still Not Top Tier

#51 maison pic
ChuckEats Pic (Valence, France) – The Empress Has No Clothes

#52 jean georges
ChuckEats Jean Georges (NYC) – Bombastic Fantastic

#61 etxebarri
ChuckEats Etxebarri (Axpe, Spain) – Legendary Expectations

#91 masa
ChuckEats Masa (NYC) – My Best Sushi Meal



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