The World’s 50 Best

Since its inception in 2002, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has showcased the variety of global cuisine. With a panel of over 1,000 food experts and a careful voting process, the yearly list highlights exceptional dining spots around the world, offering a glimpse into amazing culinary experiences while also tracking trends in global gastronomy.

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In pictures: highlights from The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025

5 days ago | theworlds50best.com | Olivia Simpson |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

From Massimo Bottura hopping on the decks to Ferran Adrià presenting the Icon Award, Disfrutar being initiated into the Best of the Best to Maido being named The World’s Best Restaurant 2025, it was a busy week in Turin. Last week, the world’s greatest chefs, restaurateurs, international media, passionate gastronomes and many more arrived in the city of Turin for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025: the list revealed

1 week ago | theworlds50best.com | Rachael Hogg |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Josh Ong

The hugely anticipated list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 was revealed on Thursday 19 June from Turin in Italy. The 23rd edition of the annual ranking features restaurants from 32 cities and 22 countries, with 10 new entries and four re-entries. Discover the list, plan your next food-focused adventure and find out which venue was crowned The World’s Best Restaurant 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.
Maido takes No.1 at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025

1 week ago | theworlds50best.com | Marisa Cannon |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

On 19 June in the heart of Turin, Maido was crowned The World’s Best Restaurant 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. For chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura, this marks the peak of a brilliant crescendo, bringing Nikkei cuisine from relative obscurity to the global stage. In a history-making moment that has turned culinary heads in the direction of Lima, Maido has been named The World’s Best Restaurant 2025.
Mixing up Macau: World-leading bartenders and chefs join forces for 50 Best Signature Sessions

1 week ago | theworlds50best.com | Emma Sleight |William Thomas Drew |Rachael Hogg |Josh Ong

For the first time ever, the Asia’s 50 Best Bars event programme will host a duo of perfectly paired dining and drinks experiences that see leading global bartenders collaborate with chefs and restaurants within Wynn Resorts Macau. From omakase sushi menus served alongside elegant sips infused with New York style to seafood fine dining matched with precision pours from some of Down Under’s best bartenders, don’t miss your chance to try these mixology tasting menus.
7 reasons why Locavore NXT in Bali is the most progressive restaurant in Asia

3 weeks ago | theworlds50best.com | Cass Farrar

From diverting 98.4 per cent of waste from landfill in its first year to enhancing the local community, the owners of this stunning spot have a borderline obsession with sustainability.
51-100 list revealed

3 weeks ago | theworlds50best.com | Rachael Hogg |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Josh Ong

Ahead of the announcement of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 in Turin on Thursday 19 June, here are the restaurants ranked from 51st to 100ththis year. Spread across 25 destinations and 37 cities, the extended list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, features some of the most esteemed dining spots in the world.
Wild-farmed laffa or parmesan paratha? Where to eat the world’s best bread

4 weeks ago | theworlds50best.com | Elizabeth Winding |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

At these seven remarkable restaurants, bread is elevated to an art form. Bread is one of life’s great pleasures – and across the restaurant scene, it’s boldly reclaiming its rightful place at the table. At London newcomer Oma, the laffa bread is a standout, not a side, slathered with velvety dips, while in Vienna, Steirereck’s bread trolley is the stuff of culinary legend. At each of these very different restaurants, the bread is a thing of beauty: a sustaining staple that slyly steals the show.
50 Best Restaurants Scholarship 2025: meet the top three candidates vying for the prize

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | Josh Ong |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

The finalists of the 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship 2025, in association with Parmigiano Reggiano, hail from Colombia, Nigeria and France. From hundreds of applications from around the world, three up-and-coming chefs have fought through fierce competition to be named this year’s finalists of the 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship, in association with Parmigiano Reggiano.
What the world's best bartenders really drink

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | Courtney Brandt |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

What do the world’s top bartenders order when they’ve clocked off? From low-key nightcaps to unexpected ingredients, discover what 50 Best-listed bartenders reach for after hours. Wherever they are in the world, most people have an ‘old faithful’ – the cocktail they order without fail, wherever they are in the world. Whether it’s a cosmopolitan, an old fashioned or a negroni, these drinks become a personal litmus test: a sign that, if executed well, the bar programme knows what it’s doing.
10 delicacies you need to try on your next trip to Piedmont

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg |Josh Ong

From Alba white truffles to vitello tonnato, the Italian birthplace of the Slow Food movement has it all. Piedmont is a gastronomic heartland waiting to be discovered. With Alpine peaks, vineyard-strewn hills and fertile plains, its varied landscape shapes one of Italy’s most underrated regional cuisines. As the region prepares to host The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 events in June, here are 10 local delicacies every connoisseur should seek out.