Barcelona restaurant Disfrutar has been named the best in the world on The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024 list. The announcement was made at an awards evening at Wynn Las Vegas.
Disfrutar, the Barcelona restaurant run by the skilled chef trio of Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas, succeeded the 2023 winner, Central in Lima, which now has an elevated position in the Best of the Best hall of fame.
Ranked second on the 2023 list, Disfrutar is famed for modern techniques and beautiful ingredients, resulting in an experience that subverts traditional fine dining in a completely surprising way. The tasting menu has showcased a Mediterranean identity with avant-garde flavours to deliver daring contemporary food that is truly thought-provoking. Disfrutar is followed in the ranking by Asador Etxebarri (second) in Atxondo and Table by Bruno Verjus (third) in Paris.
"It is with great excitement that we announce the list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and honour the iconoclastic Disfrutar as The World's Best Restaurant," said William Drew, Director of Content for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
"The team, led by Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch, and Mateu Casañas, has shown extraordinary dedication to its craft, amazing and delighting diners with every dish on its extensive menu that represents the true taste of Barcelona. This year, the culinary community celebrates a truly global list featuring restaurants across 26 territories, demonstrating that the appetite for diversity and excellence in hospitality shows no sign of waning."
Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, the chef-owner of Maido in Lima, won the Estrella Damm Chefs' Choice Award 2024, the only award to be voted for by his peers, in light of his dedication to putting Peru onto the world culinary stage, evidenced by Maido's position as number one on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants list in 2023.
Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry, whose restaurant portfolio has included the legendary Rockpool Bar & Grill, Rosetta and Spice Temple, as well as his latest venture, Margaret, and has enjoyed a career spanning more than 45 years was awarded with the Woodford Reserve Icon Award. Perry is arguably his country's most influential chef and is known for his visionary interpretations of Modern Australian and Asian cuisines.
Nina Métayer was named The World's Best Pastry Chef 2024, sponsored by Sosa. Métayer's sculptural creations have garnered attention the world over and her beautiful work is inspiring a new generation of pastry chefs.
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