Italy on the top of the world of cuisine, for the first time in history. At least in terms of restaurants, a place in the Belpaese had never been at the top of the "50 Best Restaurants", the classification considered as a sort of gastronomy Oscar: it succeeded yesterday, during a ceremony held in New York, the Osteria Francescana by chef Massimo Bottura, who overtook last year's winner, the Spanish El celler de Can Roca.
The Osteria was second last year and third in 2013 and 2014. “I want to thank all my collaborators. It was tough. Our work is above all a work of art,” said an enthusiastic Bottura. In third place in the ranking was a New York venue, Eleven Madison Park, while Peruvian, Danish (with the four-time winner “Noma”), French, Spanish, Japanese and Australian restaurants appear in the top ten.
In total, in the top 50 dominate Mexico and the USA, ahead of Spain, France and Italy, which in addition to Bottura's place three other restaurants: il Piazza Duomo of Alba, by Enrico Crippa, in 17th place; to the 39th The Calandres in Rubano, by Massimo "Max" Alajmo; and finally the Combal zero of Rivoli, by Davide Scabin, at the 46th.
As for the individual classification for individual chefs, triumph across the board for France with awards to Alain Passard for his career, to Dominique Crenn as best female chef and to Pierre Herme as best pastry chef.
Top ten places. The ranking of the 50 best restaurants in the world is therefore opened by the Franciscan Osteria of Modena (Massimo Bottura); followed by El celler de Can Roca, Girona (Joan Roca); Eleven Madison Park, New York (Daniel Humm); in fourth place Central of Lima (Virgilio Martinez); then Noma of Copenhagen (René Redzepi), Mirazur of Mentone (Mauro Colagreco); Mugaritz of San Sebastian (Andoni Luis Aduriz), Narisawa of Tokyo (Yoshihiro Narisawa), Steirereck of Vienna (Heinz Reitbauer), and finally Asador Extebarri of Axpe (Victor Arguinzoniz).
