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The best restaurant in the world, Central is located in Lima, Peru
Having achieved the rank of the seventh best restaurant in the world in 2022, The Pig’s Houseby chefs Janaina and Jefferson Rueda, lost five places this year to finish in 12th place The 50 best restaurants in the world. The Peruvian took first place Central, by Virgilio Martinez and Pía León, who finished second last year. The Peruvian victory is the first for a restaurant from a Latin American country to receive this award. Spaniards Disfrutar in second and Diverxo in third complete the 2023 podium.
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1st place: Central Lima, Peru
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2nd place: Disfrutar Barcelona, Spain
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3rd place: Diverxo Madrid, Spain
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4th place: Asador Etxebarri Atxondo, Spain
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5th place: Alchemist Copenhagen, Denmark
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6th place: Maido Lima, Peru
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7th place: Lido 84 Gardone Riviera, Italy
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8th place: Atomix New York, USA
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9th Place: Quintonil Mexico City, Mexico
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10th place: table by Bruno Verjus Paris, France
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11th place: Tresind Studio Dubai
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12th place: The House of the Pig São Paulo
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13th place: Pujol Mexico City, Mexico
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14th place: Odette Singapore
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15th place: Le Du Bangkok, Thailand
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16th place: Reale Castel di Sangro, Italy
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17th place: Gaggan Anand Bangkok, Thailand
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18th place: Steirereck Vienna, Austria
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19th place: Don Julio Buenos Aires, Argentina
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20th place: Quique Dacosta Dénia, Spain
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21st: Den Tokyo, Japan
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22nd: Elkano Getaria, Spain
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23rd: Kol London, England
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24th: Seventh Paris, France
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25th: Bel Canto Lisbon, Portugal
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26th: Castle Schauenstein
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27th: Florilège Tokyo, Japan
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28th: Kjolle Lima, Peru
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1st place: Central Lima, Peru
The title was awarded this Tuesday (20) in the Spanish city of Valencia, where the best and most renowned chefs took part in the event where the ranking of the 50 best restaurants in the world for 2023 was announced.
Although this edition marked the first Latin American victory, it is also worth noting that it is the worst Brazilian participation on the list since 2015. With the fall of A Casa do Porco, Brazil left the top 10 and now has only three restaurants in the top 10. Top 100 in the world. the carioca lasai improved 20 places and finished in 58th place while the Otequeby chef Alberto Landgraf, fell from 47th place in 2022 to 76th place this year.
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the Paulists DOM, Evvai and Maní, who ranked 53rd, 67th and 96th last year, have dropped out of the rankings. Among Brazilians, Alex Atala’s restaurant was the only one to have made the list in all 21 years of the award’s existence in 2012 it even took 4th place, the country’s best performance.
Despite the fall of Brazil, there is still something to celebrate in Latin America. Opened in 2012, Central made the top 50 list just a year after it opened. The menu, which favors typical Peruvian ingredients, references the country’s rugged geography: each dish represents an altitude, from below sea level to over 5,000 meters.
Pía León, one of the chefs at Central, also won with her other restaurant in Lima, the Kjolle (28th), who climbed 40 places and made it into the top 50 for the first time. Don Juliofamous for its parrillas, dropped five places to 19th place.
Since 2002, the list of the 50 best restaurants in the world has been counting the 100 best restaurants in the world according to the criteria of more than a thousand professionals and enthusiasts in the industry. Last year, #1 on the list went to the restaurant geraniumin Copenhagen.
In addition to the award ceremony, a #50BestTalks Thought Leadership Forum took place; the 50 best signature sessions and gastronomic meetings between international and Valencian chefs. Among them the Brazilians from A Casa do Porco Janaina and Jefferson Rueda, who cooked with the young chef Vicky Sevilla, from the Arrels restaurant.
For gourmets, the award also includes the edition of the best restaurants in Latin America, which will be celebrated in Rio de Janeiro on November 28th.
recognition for chefs
The Icon Award, which rewards all the work and is one of the most important of the evening, went to chef Andoni Luis Aduriz from Mugaritz, Basque. He received a standing ovation from the audience.
The Mexican Elena Reygadas from Rosetta won in the category “Best Chef of the Year 2023”. Pía Salazar from Nuema, Ecuador, was named the best pastry chef in the world. Miguel Ángel Millán from Diverxo was named the best sommelier in the world in 2023.