Thursday, June 21, 2018

2018 Best Restaurant In The World

Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy has just been named as 2018 Best Restaurant in the world.

This is the second time that the restaurant, led by Chef Massimo Bottura, has made the top of the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, chosen by the international organization of the same name.

El Celler de Can Roca, serving traditional Catalonian food by chefs and brothers Joan, Josep, and Jordi Roca in Girona, Spain, was the runner up for best restaurant in the world. In third place was Mirazur, which serves French-Riviera-inspired food under Chef Mauro Colagreco, in Menton, France.

I was wondering where Noma was, considering that they've won this top honors several times. I turned out that Noma was closed for a large part of last year when they moved to a new location. So maybe that is why they did not make the list at all for this year.

In the Chicago area, Alenia remains as the top restaurant, and it made the list at #34.

Still, as I expected, this list is controversial with it's heavy leaning on European-friendly food and how expensive they are. The lack of diversity and recognition for restaurants helmed by female chefs is also quite glaring.

Zz.

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