The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024 Have Been Announced

06.06.2024 - 21:49 / cntraveler.com / El Bulli / Don Julio

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has just announced “The World’s Best Restaurant” as part of a prestigious awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. This year’s winner is Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain.

The 2024 ceremony took place at Wynn Las Vegas and saw world-famous chefs and well-respected restaurateurs from all corners of the globe come together to find out which restaurant would be named the world’s best for 2024.

And the title went to Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain.

A restaurant that has previously claimed the top spot is not eligible for a second win. Instead, they join the elite ‘Best of the Best’ list, which features renowned establishments like Noma, Osteria Francescana, and Mirazur. This means that the 2023 winner, Central in Lima, will now be part of this prestigious list, creating the opportunity for Disfrutar to take the top spot.

The World’s Best Restaurant is Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain. Disfrutar has long been well-regarded by the panel—it placed second on the 2023 list and has been a permanent fixture at the awards since 2018 when the team bagged the Highest New Entry gong. Chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas met at El Bulli (a Best of the Best restaurant) in the 1990s, and went on to open Disfrutar in the Eixample district of Barcelona, which is known for its curiously creative menu and beautiful dining room.

Barcelona's Disfrutar has been named the World's Best Restaurant in 2024.

The list is decided by a panel of experts, and there are a few rules: those on the panel can’t vote for any restaurant they have an economic interest in, and they must have eaten at restaurants that won their votes in the previous 19 months.

The highest ranking restaurants in each continent were given a special mention. The best restaurant in Africa was La Colombe. Atomix was the highest ranking restaurant in North America, and the highest ranking restaurant in Asia was Gaggan. The best restaurant in South America for 2024 is Maido. And the best restaurant in Europe, and the winner of The World’s Best Restaurant in 2024, is Disfrutar in Barcelona.

Individual awards included the Resy One To Watch award, which went to Kato in Los Angeles. The World’s Best Pastry Chef award was awarded to Nina Métayer. The Highest Climber award, meanwhile, went to The Chairman in Hong Kong.

1. Disfrutar, Barcelona

2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain

3. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris

4. Diverxo, Madrid

5. Maido, Lima

6. Atomix, New York

7. Quintonil, Mexico City

8. Alchemist, Copenhagen

9. Gaggan, Bangkok

10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires

11. Septime, Paris

12. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera

13. Trèsind Studio, Dubai

14. Quique Dacosta, Dénia

15. Sézanne, Tokyo

16. Kjolle, Lima

17. Kol, London

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