The Danish establishment Geranium, led by chef Rasmus Kofoed in Copenhagen, was crowned Monday evening July 18 in London “best restaurant in the world 2022”on the 20th anniversary of the influential ranking “50 Best Restaurants”, which again shunned French chefs this year. This is the second year in a row that a Danish restaurant has been crowned, “Geranium”second in “50 Best” last year, taking over from Noma.
The Peruvian restaurant Central, in Lima, comes second in this ranking of the 50 best restaurants in the world established by the British magazine specialized in Restaurant, the most coveted in the world gastronomy. Two Spanish restaurants follow, the Barcelona establishment Disfrutar (3rd) and the Madrid-based Diverxo (4th).
The Colombian Leonor Espinosa also received the prize for “best female chef in the world”, succeeding the Peruvian Pía León. His restaurant Leo, in Bogota, ranks 48th. Like last year, only three French restaurants, all Parisian, were distinguished in the top 50: Septime, by Bertrand Grébaud, which moved up two places to settle in 22nd place, Le Clarence by Christophe Pelé, a newcomer (28th ), and Alain Passard’s Arpège, relegated to 31st position (-8 places).
Eight French restaurants in the top 100
Located in 41st place in 2021, Alléno Paris at the Pavillon Ledoyen, by Yannick Alléno, fell to 58th place. The second part of the top 100, unveiled upstream at the beginning of July, honored a total of five tricolor tables, including the Marseille AM of Alexandre Mazzia, rewarding him with the prize of “leader to follow”.
“50 Best” has been awarded since 2002 by 1,080 “independent experts” (chefs, specialized journalists, restaurant owners, etc.) who write down their experiences over the past 18 months under the aegis of the magazine ” Restaurant “ of the British press group William Reed. Distributed in 27 regions of the world, with 40 voters each, they can vote for 10 restaurants, including at least three outside their region.
The ceremony, originally scheduled in Moscow, was relocated to London in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. No Russian table was also on the list, in accordance with what the organizers had announced in March.
The legitimacy of this classification, sponsored by several brands, is regularly disputed, in particular by French chefs who accuse it of complacency and opacity. In response, its detractors, French, but also Japanese and American, launched in 2015 ” The list “ranking of 1,000 tables around the world.