This year's list by Restaurant Magazine.
Restaurant Magazine’s list of the world’s 50 best restaurants for 2007 is out and the winner is….. El Bulli . Again. For the second year running. And we still haven’t eaten there. Not happy.
I’ve published this list before and I think it’s worth explaining again how Restaurant Magazine
, a London based industry glossy, puts it together. You will find this year’s list here
and previous years’ lists here .
The magazine somewhat pretentiously refers to its selection committee as The Academy.
Basically, it divides the world into 22 regions and selects a
chairperson for each one. The chairpersons are selected for their
intimate knowledge of the restaurant industry in their part of the
world. These chairs each select a voting panel, who cast a total of
3,255 votes. There is no list of nominated restaurants and each member
of the Academy may vote for their 5 favorite restaurants with a maximum
of 2 being in their own region and the rest being from other regions.
They must have eaten at the restaurants they vote for in the previous
18 months and are not permitted to vote for their own restaurant. I
hope you agree with me that this selection method is about as
democratic and comprehensive as you can get.
You will note that the first 5 positions have not changed from last year with Ferran Adria’s El Bulli,
in the top 3 since 2002, leading the pack. France has nearly 25% of
the top 50 followed by USA, UK, Spain and Italy. Canada, my home
country, does not even make the top 100.
Enjoy.
Joseph Froncioni
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