Product Description

Now in its sixth year, The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards are quickly becoming known as the Oscars of the food world.

As with all such lists, The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants stimulates fervent debate and sometimes controversy, but each year it becomes more and more compelling for the internationally renowned chefs who flock to the event.

The list is compiled by an international academy of food writers, critics, publishers and commentators who each represent a different global region. Judges may only vote for restaurants they have visited in the past year. This ensures an authoritative list, which is refreshed and updated annually.

This book takes recipes from each of the listed restaurants as well as suggestions on wine accompaniment from the sommeliers and information about the restaurant itself, such as its history, why it is located where it is, the importance of seasonal and local ingredients etc.) Combined, The World’s Best Restaurants is more than just a recipe book, it’s a guide to the greatest gastronomy on the planet.

The 2007 Top Five:

1. El Bulli, Spain

2. The Fat Duck, UK

3. Pierre Gagnaire, France

4. The French Laundry, USA

5. Tetsuya’s, Australia

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59196 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Review
'This is an amazing read...The World's Best Restaurants is informative, well written and a great showcase for exceptional achievement.'

Review
'One of the most credible indicators of the best places to eat on the planet.'

About the Author

Chandos Elletson is a well seasoned food writer and former winner at the Glenfiddich Food Writing Awards.

Published in partnership with Restaurant, the leading magazine for restauranteurs.

Customer Reviews

The serious foodies bible!
Once upon a time if you wanted to find the best restaurants in the world it meant owning multiple Michelin guides and reading lots of reviews from different sources.
For the past 6 years however the food establishment has voted for the best restaurants from around the world.
For this purpose the world is divided into 23 voting regions with a selection of up to 31 top chefs and critics in each region, each casting up 5 votes for their favourite restaurants. 3410 votes in total. They must have visited the restaurant in the last 18 months and can only cast 2 votes for restaurants in their home region and they can't vote for themselves.
Now for the first time these reults have been published in book form.
This has resulted in what many will agree as a definitive guide as to what the top 50 restaurants are for this year.
Each have between 2 and 4 colour pages dedicated to them in this book with details of the chefs, favourite dishes, tips on booking the restaurant, contact details and price guides. Where as the michelin guide would have a merely a few lines usually in a foreign language on each restaurant it is great to see pictures of the restaurants in colour as well as of the food they serve. It makes it much easier to make an informed decision about where to dine. In addition to the top 50 restaurants the 51 - 100 restaurants also each have a paragraph dedicated to them at the back of the book.
A great coffee table book for the serious foodie and an excellent guide if you plan to dine at any of these great restaurants.

PR nonsense
You must be joking? Good? This book? Absolutely not. It is an utterly bland rehash of public relations nonsense that manages not only to completely fail to describe the restaurants it ranks but in most cases doesn't even describe the food or the menus. It is an absolutely dreadful piece of hot air. Complete waste of money.

Excellent Book
I purchased this book for my Wife as she is a chef and a real foodie, she loved the book and wouldn't put it down.

I have had a look at it myself, I'm not a book reader at all but I do enjoy going out for good quality meals cooked by Michelin Starred chefs and if you like dining out in good restaurants and are planning on trying some of the best in the world then this book will give you all the advice you need.