LAS VEGAS, June 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The world of gastronomy came together in
Las Vegas in the United States this evening to celebrate
and recognise The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024, sponsored by
S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, with
Barcelona's Disfrutar, run
by the skilled chef trio of Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu
Casañas, named The World's Best Restaurant. The awards ceremony,
hosted at Wynn Las Vegas, honours the very best gastronomic talent
from 26 territories across five continents.
Ranked at No.2 in 2023, Disfrutar is famed for modern
techniques and beautiful ingredients, resulting in an experience
that subverts traditional fine dining in a refreshing way. The
tasting menu showcases a Mediterranean identity with avant-garde
flavours to deliver daring contemporary food that is both
thought-provoking and fun. Disfrutar is followed in the ranking by
Asador Etxebarri (No.2) in Atxondo and Table by Bruno
Verjus (No.3) in Paris.
For the full 1-50 list, click
here.
William Drew, Director of Content
for The World's 50 Best Restaurants, comments: "It is with great
excitement that we announce the list of The World's 50 Best
Restaurants 2024, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and honour the iconoclastic
Disfrutar as The World's Best Restaurant. The team has shown
extraordinary dedication to its craft, amazing and delighting
diners with every dish on its extensive menu."
Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, chef-owner of Maido in
Lima, wins the Estrella Damm
Chefs' Choice Award 2024, the only award to be voted for by his
peers. Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry has enjoyed a career spanning
more than four decades and is rewarded with the Woodford Reserve
Icon Award. Paris-based Nina
Métayer, whose work is inspiring a new generation of
pâtissiers, is named The World's Best Pastry Chef 2024, sponsored
by Sosa.
Based in Hong Kong, chef
Vicky Cheng's Wing (No.20) is
recognised with the Highest New Entry Award 2024, and The
Chairman (No.26) – also in Hong
Kong – bags the Highest Climber Award 2024, sponsored by
Highstreet World. Other new entries include Mingles (No.44)
in Seoul and La Colombe
(No.49) in Cape Town.
The Beronia World's Best Sommelier Award is presented to
Pablo Rivero, sommelier and
owner of Don Julio, Buenos Aires,
while Berlin's Nobelhart &
Schmutzig (No.43) is announced as the winner of the Sustainable
Restaurant Award.
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