World’s Number 1 Restaurant over the Years
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards and List started in 2002 and each year is organized and compiled by the British “Restaurant” Magazine.
It is an annual recollection of the opinions and experiences of over 900 international restaurant industry experts. Today, this prestigious list is awaited each year, with baited breath, to find out WHO is considered THE BEST Restaurant in the World!!! Over the last 14 years just 5 restaurants have received the Number 1 spot as Best Restaurant in the World!! Spain has headed the prestigious Worlds 50 Best Restaurants List 7 times at Number 1, Denmark 4 times, USA twice and the UK once.
The first EVER restaurant to be awarded the prestigious title of World’s Number One Restaurant in the World was in 2002 – El Bulli, by Spanish born, Catalan, chef Ferran Adrià. El Bulli, as a restaurant, closed its doors in 2011 to transform into a creativity center. El Bulli sat proudly at the top of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List, in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Now it is the turn of Spanish born, Catalan Brothers, Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca of El Celler de Can Roca, Girona. First awarded the Number 1 spot in 2013, the Boys are Back for a second time in 2015 – Current World Number One Restaurant!
Here are the World’s Number 1 Restaurants over the years, as awarded by Restaurant Magazine in the World’s Best 50 Awards Ceremonies:
2002: El Bulli – Ferran Adrià – Spain (currently closed)
2003 + 2004: The French Laundry – Thomas Keller – USA (currently, 2015, at Nº 50)
2005: The Fat Duck – Heston Blumenthal – UK (currently, 2015, at Nº 73)
2006, 2007, 2008 + 2009: El Bulli – Ferran Adrià – Spain (currently closed)
2010, 2011 + 2012: Noma – René Redzepi – Denmark (currently, 2015, at Nº 3)
2013: El Celler de Can Roca – Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca – Spain (currently, 2015, at Nº 1)
2014: Noma – René Redzepi – Denmark (currently, 2015, at Nº 3)
2015: El Celler de Can Roca – Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca – Spain
Here are the FULL 2015 RESULTS of the World’s Best Restaurants 2015 – from Number 1 – 100, Best Female Chef, Best Pastry Chef, One to Watch, Continetal results etc ..
In 2016 the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants Awards Ceremony will leave it’s home, in London, and will be presented from New York City. The world ceremony will, for the first time ever, leave the English capital. It will be the first time in 14 years that the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants awards has left the UK.
El Bulli is currently closed and El Celler de Can Roca has a loooooong waiting list that far exceeds it’s capacity, but great restaurants are rife in Spain!! Why not join us on a Private Food, Wine and Culinary Tour of Spain (you could even combine with Portugal) covering foodie Spanish hotspots like San Sebastian, Barcelona, Madrid …. to indulge in some sublime Spanish dining.
