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Spain's
El Bulli restaurant held onto its place as the top restaurant in the
world, IN the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants 2009 compiled
by Restaurant Magazine.
For
the fourth year in a row, Ferran Adria's restaurant was voted top by
a panel of 806 chefs, critics and industry experts worldwide, while
British chef Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck retained second place.
Copenhagen's
Noma restaurant rising seven places, and took this year's Chef's
Choice Award.
Last
year's Chef's Choice restaurant, Mugaritz, held onto its highest
ever position at number 4, while another Spanish restaurant, El
Celler de Can Roca, rose a staggering 21 places to fifth, making it
2009's highest climber.
Spain
can claim more restaurants at the very top echelons of the list than
any other country, with Arzak in eighth position.
Thomas
Keller's New York restaurant Per Se grabbed sixth spot and with The
French Laundry also well placed on the list, this year, Keller is the
only restaurateur with two restaurants in the top 50.
Family
business, Bras, was the highest placed French restaurant at seven
and ties with the United States to score the highest number of
restaurants on the list -- each has eight in the top 50.
Grant
Achatz of Alinea who was the highest new entry in 2007 rose 15
places in 2008 and this year rises a further 11 places to join the
top 10.
The
highest new entry came in from Italy, settling at position 13. At
Osteria Francescana, chef Massimo Bottura introduces Italy's old
guard to Spain's new wave by taking traditional Italian flavours and
playing with them.
Meanwhile
last year's highest new entry Vendôme, with Joachim Wissler at
its helm, keeps the momentum going by rising a very respectable nine
places to 25th position.
Rising
stars and new entries include Steirereck of Austria (30), New York's
Momofuku (31), Mirazur in the South of France (35), Iggy's in
Singapore (45) and Quay in Australia (46).
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