Gastronomic experts from around the world gathered in the dazzling city of Las Vegas, USA, for the prestigious revelation and fête of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024, endorsed by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. Barcelona’s Disfrutar received the eminent distinction of The World’s Best Restaurant and is also hailed as The Best Restaurant in Europe. Hosted at Wynn Las Vegas, the event rendered tribute to exceptionally skilled culinary maestros from 26 territories spanning five continents.
At the helm of gastronomy, Disfrutar—steered by the esteemed trio Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch, and Mateu Casañas—achieved acknowledgement as The World’s Best Restaurant 2024, climbing from its previous second-place ranking to eclipse last year’s winner, Central in Lima. Central now joins the pantheon of the Best of the Best hall of fame. Renowned for their pioneering techniques and sumptuous ingredients, their cuisine reshapes and defies the traditional expectations of high-end food culture in novel manners. Its tasting menu celebrates Mediterranean lineage, laced with cutting-edge flavor profiles, offering bold avant-garde dishes that captivate the senses.
Hot on Disfrutar’s heels in this revered list are Asador Etxebarri (No.2) in Atxondo and Table by Bruno Verjus (No.3) in Paris. William Drew, the Director of Content for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, reflects: “It gives us immense pleasure to release the selection of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024, under the auspices of S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and to herald the pioneering Disfrutar as The World’s Best Restaurant. Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch, and Mateu Casañas have repeatedly enchanted diners with their exhaustive menu’s promise of surprise and delight. The current catalogue honors an extensive and truly international representation with venues from 26 territories, championing a steadfast commitment to diversity and excellence within the culinary realm.”
The Selection Framework
The compilation of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 originates from the commendations of 1,080 discerning palates and seasoned wanderers comprising The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. The balanced Academy encompasses 27 zones around the globe, each with 40 members including a regional Academy Chair. No influence is exerted by the event supporters on the voting procedure. The independent accounting firm Deloitte unreservedly verifies the ranking of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants from 1-50, thus upholding the fame and assurance of the election system and its results.
Ne Plus Ultra
Securing the venerated apex in their respective annals, these illustrious dining sanctuaries have verified their superior standing time and again, becoming forever immortalized as exemplary benchmarks in the Ne Plus Ultra hall of fame. The masterminds behind these establishments have articulated a commitment to fostering an ethos of innovation within the culinary industry and dispensing their wisdom onto the global food scene through various initiatives and creations.
Eateries once graced with the apex distinction in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants and thus not on the 2024 list include:
• El Bulli (2002, 2006-2009)
• The French Laundry (2003-2004)
• The Fat Duck (2005)
• Noma – original location (2010-2012, 2014)
• El Celler de Can Roca (2013, 2015)
• Osteria Francescana (2016, 2018)
– Eleven Madison Park (2017)
• Mirazur (2019)
• Noma – current site (2021)
• Geranium (2022)
• Central (2023)
Image Attribution: Unsplash
