(London) The Danish establishment Geranium, led by chef Rasmus Kofoed in Copenhagen, was crowned Monday evening in London “best restaurant in the world 2022”, during the 20e anniversary of the influential “50 Best Restaurants” ranking, which once again shunned French chefs.
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The Peruvian restaurant Central, in Lima, comes second in this ranking of the 50 best restaurants in the world established by the British specialized magazine Restaurantthe most coveted of the world gastronomy.
Two Spanish tables follow, the Barcelona establishment Disfrutar (3e) and Diverxo from Madrid (4e).
This is the second consecutive year that a Danish restaurant has been crowned, Geranium, second in the “50 Best” last year, succeeding Noma.
Inspired by nature, its chef Rasmus Kofoed won the Bocuse d’or in 2011, and his establishment received the country’s first three Michelin stars in 2016.
The Colombian Leonor Espinosa also received the prize for the “best female chef in the world”, succeeding the Peruvian Pía León. His restaurant Leo, in Bogota, ranks 48e.
“50 Best” has been awarded since 2002 by 1,080 “independent experts” (chefs, specialist journalists, restaurant owners, etc.) who rate their experiences over the past 18 months under the aegis of the “Restaurant” magazine of the British press group William Reed.
Distributed in 27 regions of the world, with 40 voters each, they can vote for 10 restaurants, including at least three outside their region.
The ceremony, originally scheduled in Moscow, was relocated to London in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
No Russian table was also on the list, in accordance with what the organizers had announced in March.
The legitimacy of this classification, sponsored by several brands, is regularly disputed, in particular by French chefs who accuse it of complacency and opacity. In response, its detractors, French, but also Japanese and American, launched in 2015 “La liste”, a ranking of 1000 tables around the world.