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The 2023 ‘Best restaurant in the world’ award goes to…

By on June 22, 2023

credit: JL Palacios        Restaurante Central

A Lima, Peru-based restaurant run by a couple called ‘Central’ was voted by food critics and chefs as the world’s best restaurant in the world on Tuesday.

The announcement reads “Not a fine-dining temple in Paris or Tokyo – or even a game-changer in Catalonia or Copenhagen – but a husband-and-wife spot in Peru, a country perched on the furthest-western coastline of South America that’s also famous for being the home of a certain Paddington Bear.”

The people behind Central is a husband-and-wife duo Virgilio Martinez and Pia León who are chefs by profession. This is the first time for a female chef to earn the top spot.

The 2023 awards ceremony that took place in Valencia, Spain, is a result of evaluation and vote by top food critics and chefs putting the best restaurants in the global culinary spotlight.

The organizers of the annual event made a rule change in 2019 limiting the top spot only to restaurants that have not made it to No. 1 in previous years. 

Announced on the same day was the 2023 World’s 50 Best restaurants list which includes three Tokyo restaurants, 24 territories in five continents with 12 new to the list.

 2023 World’s 50 Best Restaurants list

1. Central, Lima

2. Disfrutar, Barcelona

3. Diverxo, Madrid

4. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain

5. Alchemist, Copenhagen

6. Maido, Lima

7. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy

8. Atomix, New York City [Highest Climber]

9. Quintonil, Mexico City

10. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris [Highest New Entry]

11. Trèsind Studio, Dubai

12. A Casa do Porco, Sao Paulo

13. Pujol, Mexico City

14. Odette, Singapore

15. Le Du, Bangkok

16. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy

17. Gaggan Anand, Bangkok

18. Steirereck, Vienna

19. Don Julio, Buenos Aires

20. Quique Dacosta, Dénia, Spain

21. Den, Tokyo

22. Elkano, Getaria, Spain

23. Kol, London

24. Septime, Paris

25. Belcanto, Lisbon

26. Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau, Switzerland

27. Florilège, Tokyo

28. Kjolle, Lima

29. Boragó, Santiago

30. Frantzén, Stockholm

31. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain

32. Hiša Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia

33. El Chato, Bogota

34. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy

35. Ikoyi, London

36. Plénitude, Paris

37. Sézanne, Tokyo

38. The Clove Club, London

39. The Jane, Antwerp

40. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin

41. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy

42. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy

43. Leo, Bogota

44. Le Bernardin, New York City

45. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin

46. Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai

47. Mayta, Lima, Peru

48. La Grenouillėre, La Madeleine-Sous-Montreuil, France

49. Rosetta, Mexico City

50. The Chairman, Hong Kong

Chef’s Choice Award:

Art of Hospitality Award: Alchemist, Copenhagen

Best Sommelier: Miguel Ángel Millán (Diverxo, Madrid)

Best Pastry Chef: Pía Salazar (Nuema, Quito)

Sustainable Restaurant Award: Fyn, Cape Town

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