É verdade mais uma vez estamos entre os melhores, desta vez ficamos em 45º mas sem duvida o melhor restaurante português, com 2 estrelas Michelin, do já conhecido Austriaco Chef Dieter Koschina, já entre nós já a muitos anos. Os meus Parabéns para toda a equipa, pois sem ela nada disto seria possível!

How we do it

The list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants (and the award ceremony organised to celebrate its annual unveiling) is organised and compiled by Restaurant Magazine. None of the employees of any of the sponsors associated with the awards, including the headline one, votes or has any influence over the results.

The list is created from The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential group of over 800 international leaders in the restaurant industry, each selected for their expert opinion of the international restaurant scene. The Academy comprises 27 separate regions around the world. Each region has its own panel of 31 members including a chairperson to head it up. The panel is made up of food critics, chefs, restaurateurs and highly regarded ‘gastronomes’ each of whom has seven votes. Of the seven votes, at least three of which must be used to recognise restaurants outside of their region. At least 10 panellists from each region change each year.

The results are published online as soon as they have been announced to the assembled chefs and academy members in April.

Some regions span more than one country. The decision as to how the world is divided up is left to the regional chairs and is debated and reassessed annually. The divisions are designed to fairly represent the global restaurant scene at the current time.

The main rules of voting are:

• Voting is strictly confidential before the awards announcement
• Panellists vote for 4 restaurants within their region and 3 outside of their region
• Voters must have eaten in the restaurants they nominate in the last 18 months
• Voters are not permitted to vote for restaurants they own or have an interest in
• Nominations must be made for the restaurant, not for the restaurateur or the chef
• Panellists submit their 7 choices in order of preference (this information is used to decide on positions in the event of a tie)

Other than this there are “no rules”.

This is what makes the S. Pellegrino World 50 Best Restaurants unique and not comparable to any other guide or ranking of restaurants.

These criteria are designed to allow our panellists to vote far and wide. They could vote for a small, unknown restaurant in a secluded region, or select the best-known restaurants in the world – it is their opinion and the experiences they have had that matters.

This method means that restaurants cannot apply to be on the list, and cannot be nominated, and no external influences (from Restaurant magazine or our sponsors) can influence the list. It also means that every restaurant in the world is eligible, unless the restaurant is closed at the time of going to print in mid April, or we receive notice that it will be closing in the near future after the results are published.

There are no criteria that a restaurant has to meet. They certainly do not have to sell a certain product. They do not need to have been open a certain number of years and they do not need to have won any other culinary accolades.

Agora os restantes do Lote de 50 que faltam:

do 21º ao 30º

e do 31º ao 40º

Qual o melhor lugar do mundo para se comer bem? A eleição anual promovida pela revista britânica Restaurant Magazinelistou os 50 melhores restaurantes de 2012.

Pelo terceiro ano consecutivo, o primeiro lugar ficou com o restaurante Noma, da Dinamarca, liderado pelo chef René Redzepi, seguido pelo El Celler de Can Roca e Mugaritz, ambos espanhóis.

Bom apetite!