Elite Traveler ranks top restaurants in the world
Elite Traveler, a magazine targeted towards the jet setting, “wealthy elite” has published its ranking of the top 20 restaurants in the world.
Elite Traveler, a magazine targeted towards the jet setting, “wealthy elite” has published its ranking of the top 20 restaurants in the world.
The recently launched issue of Elite Traveler’sĀ World’s Top RestaurantsĀ magazine gave Alinea the top nod, calling it the best restaurant in the world for its “hypermodern, emotional approach to dining.”
British chef Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck, in Bray came in second for “pushing the boundaries of British gastronomy” and providing a dining experience that excites the senses and reinvents traditional British classics.
And Thomas Keller’s New York restaurant Per Se made third place for offering “understated luxury,” while his flagship eatery The French Laundry in Yountville, California, was ranked 14th. Keller is the only chef to have two restaurants in the list.
Elite Traveler’sĀ selection provides an interesting contrast to other international rankings likeĀ RestaurantĀ magazine’sĀ World’s 50 Best RestaurantsĀ list.
While chef RenĆ© Redzepi’s Copenhagen eatery Noma, for instance, has topped that ranking for two years running, it’s conspicuously absent fromĀ Elite Traveler.
In addition to critics from the magazine, restaurants were also chosen by magazine readers, a market described as the wealthy, jet-setting crowd.
TOP 20 restaurants in the world
1Ā Ā Ā Alinea – Chicago, USA
2Ā Ā Ā The Fat Duck – Bray, UK
3Ā Ā Ā Per Se – New York, USA
4Ā Ā Ā Pierre Gagnaire – Paris, France
5Ā Ā Ā Daniel – New York, USA
6Ā Ā Ā Le Bernardin – New York, USA
7Ā Ā Ā El Celler de Can Roca – Girona, Spain
8Ā Ā Ā Louis XV Alain Ducasse – Monaco
9Ā Ā Ā Mugaritz – Errenteria, Spain
10Ā Ā Hof Van Cleve – Kruishoutem, Belgium
11Ā Ā Alain Ducasse Au Plaza Athenee – Paris, France
12Ā Ā Jean Georges – New York, USA
13Ā Ā Matsuhisa Restaurant – Los Angeles, USA
14Ā Ā The French Laundry- Yountville, USA
15Ā Ā Al Sorriso – Soriso, Italy
16Ā Ā The Ledbury – London, UK
17Ā Ā Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – London, UK
18Ā Ā L’Hotel de Ville – Philippe Rochat- Crissier, Switzerland
19Ā Ā La Colombe – Cape Town, South Africa
20Ā Ā L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges – Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or, France
To download the full issue, visitĀ http://bit.ly/GVbvQI.