Finance More: Restaurants Awards The World's 50 Best Restaurants Noma This Spanish restaurant was just named the best in the world for the 2nd time April Walloga Jun. 1, 2015, 2:59 PM Flickr/encantadisimoEl Celler de Can Roca is a family-run restaurant in Catalonia. Ladies and gentlemen, the world has a new best restaurant — El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain. Helmed by chef Joan Roca, El Celler unseated the 2014 best restaurant, Noma, during Monday's announcement of The World's 50 Best Restaurants. The three-Michelin-starred restaurant takes the title for the second time in World's 50 Best history; it was also No. 1 in 2013. Roca owns El Celler along with his two brothers, Josep (sommelier) and Jordi (pastry chef). The brothers, who grew up working in their mother's restaurant nearby, opened El Celler in 1986. Their cuisine ranges from "pork disguised as fish" to "puddings that pulsate," and it's said that the wait for a table is so long that three staffers are dedicated solely to declining reservation requests. Published by Restaurant magazine and co-sponsored by S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, the 2015 World's 50 Best Restaurants List was celebrated with an awards ceremony at London's Guildhall. The list is determined by a jury of 972 chefs, critics, and food-world luminaries. Each juror votes for the seven best restaurants that they've dined at in the past 18 months. Noma — the best restaurant in the world for four out of the past five years — clocked in at No. 3 this year, with Italy's Osteria Francescana sitting just above it at No. 2. Down one rung from the No. 4 slot last year, New York's Eleven Madison Park was the top-ranking North American restaurant on the list. Also making a strong showing for New York was Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin at No. 18, Dan Barber's Blue Hill at Stone Barns on the list for the first time ever at No. 49, and the affable Daniel Boulud accepting the Diners Club Lifetime Achievement Award. Here's a full list of the 2015 World's 50 Best Restaurants: 50. The French Laundry, Yountville, California 49. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Tarrytown, New York 48. Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau, Switzerland 47. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee, Paris, France 46. Restaurant Andre, Singapore 45. Relae, Copenhagen, Denmark 44. Maido, Lima, Peru 42. Boragó, Santiago, Chile (TIE) 42. Tickets Bar, Barcelona, Spain (TIE) 41. Mani, Sao Paulo, Brazil 40. Per Se, New York, New York 39. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain 38. Amber, Hong Kong, China 37. Restaurante Biko, Polanco, Mexico 36. L'Astrance, Paris, France 35. Quintonil, Polanco, Mexico 34. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy 33. Aqua, Wolfsburg, Germany 32. Attica Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia 31. Restaurant Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden 30. Restaurant Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 29. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo, Japan 28. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa 27. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy 26. Alinea, Chicago, Illinois 25. Fäviken, Järpen, Sweden 24. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai, China 23. White Rabbit, Moscow, Russia 22. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand 21. Le Chateaubriand, Paris, France 20. The Ledbury, London, UK 19. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain 18. Le Bernardin, New York, New York 17. Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain 16. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico 15. Restaurant Steirereck, Vienna, Austria 14. Astrid y Gaston, Miraflores, Peru 13. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain 12. L'Arpege, Paris, France 11. Mirazur, Menton, France 10. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand 9. D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil 8. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan 7. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Restaurant, London, UK 6. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain 5. Eleven Madison Park, New York, New York 4. Central Restaurante, Lima, Peru 3. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark 2. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy 1. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
There's a new documentary on Netflix called Chef's Table which is about Brian Barber and his restaurant Blue Hill, #49 on the list. It was really interesting to see the lengths that these top restaurants go to in order to deliver the very best food.