{"id":2077,"date":"2009-04-22T00:32:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T22:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2009-04-22T00:35:56","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T22:35:56","slug":"sa-presence-on-top-50-restaurant-list-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/sa-presence-on-top-50-restaurant-list-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"SA presence on Top 50 restaurant list grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek and La Colombe in Constantia have both been selected on to the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards list, being ranked in 37th and 38th position, respectively, reports Bloomberg<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The awards were presented two days ago.<\/p>\n

Top honours have once again gone to El Bulli on the Costa Brava, at which chef Ferran Adria is renowned for his unusual food preparation.\u00a0\u00a0 He has held the top position for three years in a\u00a0row.\u00a0\u00a0 He recently visited\u00a0Cape Town, and spoke about his passion for cooking.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck retained its second place for the fourth year running, after having closed for more than\u00a0a month earlier this year when\u00a0hundreds of its patrons became\u00a0sick after eating at the\u00a0restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants have shown a steady decline in the ranking on the Top 50 list, having come second in the inaugural year of the Top 50 list in 2002.\u00a0\u00a0 Last year it was placed at 13th position, and this year\u00a0only maze was on the list,\u00a0at 91 st position.\u00a0\u00a0 Ramsay opened his first African maze at the One&Only Cape Town earlier this month.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His PR company’s comment about his poor performance this year was as follows:\u00a0 ”\u00a0 Gordon takes all these sorts of surveys with a pinch of salt.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As always,\u00a0Gordon regards his thousands of customers as his most valued critics.\u00a0\u00a0 They are his judge and jury.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nobu, which has also opened in the One&Only Cape Town, came in at 34th position for its UK restaurant.\u00a0\u00a0 Eight French restaurants are on the Top 50 list.<\/p>\n

Noma in Copenhagen won third place, having been at tenth place last year, and its chef Rene Redzepi won the Chef’s Choice Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurants ranked from 51st – 100th position are also revealed, and the Cape can be proud to have a further\u00a0three restaurants on the top list, being Jardine at number 79, Aubergine at number 96 and Rust\u00a0& Vrede in Stellenbosh at number 98.\u00a0\u00a0 Jardine and Rust & Vrede are on the Eat Out Top Ten list, while Aubergine is not.<\/p>\n

Given the South African elections taking place today, and a surefire win for the ANC,\u00a0 the restaurant Zuma in China, which made the 51st position, and the Zuma restaurant in London, which came in at number 92, may increase in popularity when Jacob Zuma becomes the President of South Africa next month.<\/p>\n

The full list of top 100 restaurants, chosen by 837 food writers,\u00a0critics and commentators,\u00a0follows, with the change in position from the previous year indicated in brackets:<\/p>\n

1 El Bulli, Spain (=)\r\n2 The Fat Duck, U.K. (=)\r\n3 Noma, Denmark (+7)\r\n4 Mugaritz, Spain (=)\r\n5 El Celler de Can Roca, Spain (+21)\r\n6 Per Se, U.S. (=)\r\n7 Bras, France (=)\r\n8 Arzak, Spain (=)\r\n9 Pierre Gagnaire, France (-6)\r\n10 Alinea, U.S. (+11)\r\n11 L'Astrance, France (=)\r\n12 The French Laundry U.S. (-7)\r\n13 Osteria Francescana, Italy (New Entry)\r\n14 St. John, U.K. (+2)\r\n15 Le Bernardin, U.S. (+5)\r\n16 Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville, Switzerland (+11)\r\n17 Tetsuya's, Australia (-8)\r\n18 L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, France (-4)\r\n19 Jean Georges, U.S. (-2)\r\n20 Les Creations de Narisawa, Japan (New Entry)\r\n21 Chez Dominique, Finland (+18)\r\n22 Ristorante Cracco, Italy (+21)\r\n23 Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany (+12)\r\n24 D.O.M., Brazil (+16)\r\n25 Vendome, Germany (+9)\r\n26 Hof van Cleve, Belgium (+2)\r\n27 Masa, U.S., (Re-entry)\r\n28 Gambero Rosso, Italy (-16)\r\n29 Oud Sluis, Netherlands (+13)\r\n30 Steirereck, Austria (New Entry)\r\n31 Momofuku Ssam Bar, U.S. (New Entry)\r\n32 Oaxen Skaergaardskrog, Sweden (+16)\r\n33 Martin Berasategui, Spain (-4)\r\n34 Nobu U.K. (-4)\r\n35 Mirazur, France (New Entry)\r\n36 Hakkasan, U.K. (-17)\r\n37 Le Quartier Francais, South Africa (+13)\r\n38 La Colombe, South Africa (Re-entry)\r\n39 Asador Etxebarri, Spain (+5)\r\n40 Le Chateaubriand, France (New Entry)\r\n41 Daniel, U.S. (=)\r\n42 Combal Zero, Italy (Re-entry)\r\n43 Le Louis XV, France (-28)\r\n44 Tantris, Germany (+3)\r\n45 Iggy's, Singapore (New Entry)\r\n46 Quay, Australia (New Entry)\r\n47 Les Ambassadeurs, France (-2)\r\n48 Dal Pescatore, Italy (-25)\r\n49 Le Calandre, Italy (-13)\r\n50 Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden (New Entry)\r\n\r\n51 Zuma, China\r\n52 Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, U.K.\r\n53 Spondi, Greece\r\n54 L'Arpege, France\r\n55 L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, China\r\n56 Hibiscus, U.K.\r\n57 Aqua, Germany\r\n58 Le Gavroche, U.K.\r\n59 Chez Panisse, U.S.\r\n60 Les Amis, Singapore\r\n61 El Poblet, Spain\r\n62 Maison Pic, France\r\n63 Cafe Pushkin, Russia\r\n64 Le Meurice, France\r\n65 Bukhara, India\r\n66 Varvari, Russia\r\n67 Schauenstein, Germany\r\n68 RyuGin, Japan\r\n69 La Maison Troisgros, France\r\n70 Wasabi, India\r\n71 The River Cafe, U.K.\r\n72 Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy\r\n73 Le Cinq, France\r\n74 Allegro, Czech Republic\r\n75 Quintessence, Japan\r\n76 Restaurant Dieter Mueller, Germany\r\n77 Geranium, Denmark\r\n78 Caprice, China\r\n79 Jardines, South Africa\r\n80 Amador, Germany\r\n81 Biko, Mexico\r\n82 L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon U.S\r\n83 Fasano, Brazil\r\n84 Mozaic, Bali\r\n85 Obauer, Austria\r\n86 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee, France\r\n87 L'Ambroisie, France\r\n88 Maison Boulud, China\r\n89 De Librije, Netherlands\r\n90 Babbo, U.S.\r\n91 Maze, U.K.\r\n92 Zuma, U.K.\r\n93 Manresa, U.S.\r\n94 Pier, Australia\r\n95 De Karmeliet, Belgium\r\n96 Aubergine, South Africa\r\n97 Bo Innovation, China\r\n98 Rust en Vrede, South Africa\r\n99 Del Posto U.S.\r\n100 Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire, UAE<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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