Noma Has Been Designated as the World's Best Restaurant Once More

The Copenhagen restaurant Noma has been ranked as the world's best restaurant for the fifth time.

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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants rating has been released, with Danish restaurant Noma reclaiming the top position, a rank it previously held in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014.

Co-owner Rene Redzepi received the award in Antwerp, Belgium alongside the Noma team on stage.

Due to the newly implemented rating regulations, this will be the final occasion the restaurant receives the prize. The World’s 50 Best now removes entrants from the list if they achieve the top position. Noma remained eligible as this is its inaugural victory for the award in its new location.

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Noma equals El Bulli (Catalonia, Spain, operated by chef Ferran Adrià) for the highest number of wins in history. As a result of the rule modifications, no other restaurant will equal the scores. The alteration was presented as a diversity push; nonetheless, in 2019, the Times disclosed that chefs were apprehensive about a decline in their repute as they relinquished the top position for which they had advocated the modification.

Noma reclaimed the premier position after previously occupying second place in the 2019 rankings. The ranks from the previous year (2020) were annulled due to the coronavirus, and the organization recognized that the persistent epidemic had altered the voting protocols.

Noma presents three distinct meals throughout the year: seafood season for the initial six months, vegetable season during the summer, and game and forest in the winter.

Prior to the pandemic, unrestricted global travel allowed a position on the top 50 list to significantly enhance business for these eateries.

“Reservations skyrocketed,” Redzepi informed the audience when receiving the top accolade today and reminisced about the initial occasion when Noma secured victory. Tuesdays became into Saturdays. Our website had many crashes.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021

1. Noma, Copenhagen

2. Geranium, Copenhagen

3. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain

4. Central, Lima

5. Disfrutar, Barcelona

6. Frantzén, Stockholm

7. Maido, Lima

8. Odette, Singapore

9. Pujol, Mexico City

10. The Chairman, Hong Kong

11. Den, Tokyo

12. Steirereck, Vienna

13. Don Julio, Buenos Aires

14. Mugaritz, San Sebastian

15. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy

16. Elkano, Getaria, Spain

17. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo

18. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy

19. Narisawa, Tokyo

20. Diverxo, Madrid

21. Hisa Frank,oKobarid, Slovena

22. Cosme, New York

23. Arpège, Paris

24. Septime, Paris

25. White Rabbit, Moscow

26. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy

27. Quintonil, Mexico City

28. Benu, San Francisco

29. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy

30. Twins Garden, Moscow

31. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin

32. The Clove Club, London

33. Lyle’s, London

34. Burnt Ends, Singapore

35. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai

36. Hof Van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium

37. SingleThread, Healdsburg

38. Boragó, Santiago

39. Florilège, Tokyo

40. Sühring, Bangkok

41. Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris

42. Belcanto, Lisbon

43. Atomix, New York

44. Le Bernardin, New York

45. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin

46. Leo, Bogotá

47. Maaemo, Oslo

48. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco

49. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain

50. Wolfgat, Paternoster, South Africa