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World’s 50 Best Restaurants: Noma falls to third place

Pia Marsh
June 1st, 2015


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And the award goes to …. Spain’s El Celler De Can Roca restaurant

Noma unseated from its number one position (photo: Antissimo)

After spending four of the last five years in first place, Noma has dropped to number three in the ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards’, unseated from the top by Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and Italy’s Osteria Franciscana.

The results were revealed at tonight’s annual ceremony in Guildhall, London, in which three other Copenhagen restaurants made the top 100: Relae (45th), Geranium (51st) and Amass (67th).

Spanish success
In relation to El Celler de Can Roca’s win, the jury stated on its official website that “curiosity and creativity had propelled the Rocas back to the top”.

“This is a restaurant that has never forgotten its humble roots, its sense of familial warmth, or the need to serve remarkably delicious dishes and outstanding wines.”

Noma, no longer winners
Noma (number one in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014), long recognised for its reinvention and interpretation of Nordic cuisine, has bounced back before from a fall from the top spot, and there was hope in the judges’ comments.

However, the jury was quick to assert its faith in Denmark’s signature restaurant, stating on its website: “Noma’s ability to remain fresh and to assimilate culinary cultures other than its own demonstrates not just the immense skill of Redzepi and his team, but also the global importance of Noma. It remains among the most influential restaurants of this century.”

Stellar judging panel
The awards were judged by a group of 1,000 internationally acclaimed chefs, food writers, critics and restaurateurs, hand-selected from 27 regions across the globe. Each region has a panel of 36 and each person can cast seven votes for their favoured restaurant – at least three of which must be restaurants outside of that member’s own region.

To ensure a balanced verdict, judges set no criteria for casting their votes: they simply vote for the restaurants that they have had the best experience at over the last 18 months.

The top 50 list reflects novelty, experience and chef and employee charisma just as much as it does quality.

Here is the list of the top 50:

  1. El Celler De Can Roca, Girona, Spain
  2. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy
  3. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
  4. Central, Lima, Peru
  5. Eleven Madison Park, New York, USA
  6. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain
  7. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London, UK
  8. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
  9. D.OM, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  10. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
  11. Mirazur, Menton, France
  12. L’Arpège, Paris, France
  13. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
  14. Astrid e Gaston, Lima, Peru
  15. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
  16. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico
  17. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain
  18. Le Bernardin, New York, USA
  19. Asurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain
  20. The Ledbury, London, Britain
  21. Le Chateaubriand, Paris, France
  22. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
  23. White Rabbit, Moscow, Russia
  24. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
  25. Fäviken Järpen, Sweden
  26. Alinea, Chicago, USA
  27. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
  28. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa
  29. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo, Japan
  30. Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
  31. Restaurant Frantzen, Stockholm, Sweden
  32. Attica, Melbourne, Australia
  33. Aqua, Wolfsburg, Germany
  34. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
  35. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico
  36. L’Astrance, Paris, France
  37. Biko, Mexico City, Mexico
  38. Amber, Hong Kong
  39. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain
  40. Per se, New York, USA
  41. Mani, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  42. Tickets Bar, Barcelona, Spain
  43. Borago, Santiago, Chile (joint 42nd with Tickets Bar)
  44. Maido, Lima, Peru
  45. Relae, Copenhagen, Denmark
  46. Restaurant ANDRE, Singapore
  47. Au Plaza Athenee, Paris, France
  48. Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau, Switzerland
  49. Blue Hill Farm, New York, USA
  50. The French Laundry, Yountville, USA

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