The S.Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants.
20th April 2009

Restaurant Magazine announces the list of The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2009.

Ferran Adrià holds on to number one spot whilst witnessing a host of young talent racing up the list
For the fourth year in a row Ferran Adrià has topped a worldwide poll of 806 chefs, critics and other industry experts, whilst Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck retains second place. Below these perennial favourites however it’s all change in the eighth annual listing of The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

Australia’s Tetsuya  although slipped 8 places remains high on the list at 17 and also won the Best Restaurant in Australasia.  2009 sees more new talent making its mark on the list than in previous years. Such rising stars and new entries include Quay in Australia at 46th position.

Compassionate food lovers across the globe can secure a reservation at many of the restaurants on the list by bidding on e-Bay for a meal, with all proceeds going to humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger, official charity partner of the 2009 awards. Bidding begins 21st April. go to ebay

A restaurant’s ranking on the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is decided purely on the votes of a large panel of well respected international judges collectively called the Nespresso World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. The Academy comprises of 806 chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and restaurant critics, a third of whom did not vote in the previous year.

The Top 20 of the list

 For the full story and list go to The Worlds 50 Best

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