Best Restaurants, said: “The 15th Anniversary event is being held to celebrate the impact that The World’s 50 Best Restaurants – and in particular the chefs and restaurateurs involved – have had on global gastronomy. We are thrilled to be championing the discussion about the future of the culinary landscape trends with the world’s greatest chefs.”
Hosting the event in Spain will provide a taste of what is to come on the next stop on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ global tour, with the 2018 awards event being hosted in Bilbao. Over the 15-year history of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Spain, as a whole, has always been very strongly represented, with both El Bulli and El Celler de Can Roca topping the list on a number of occasions.
The anniversary lunch at Bravo24 at the W Barcelona will gather chefs, media, VIPs and partners to celebrate the history, growth and influence of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants over the last 15 years. This all-afternoon gastronomic experience will see Ferran Adrià curate a contemporary take on global tapas, with the aid of a host of Barcelona-based and former El Bulli chefs.
Over its history, the list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has had seven different establishments at No.1, each named as The World’s Best Restaurant. They are: El Bulli, led by Ferran Adrià (2002, 2006-2009); The French Laundry, led by Thomas Keller (2003, 2004); The Fat Duck, led by Heston Blumenthal (2005); Noma, led by René Redzepi (2010-2012, 2014); El Celler de Can Roca, led by the Roca brothers (2013, 2015), Osteria Francescana, led by Massimo Bottura (2016) and Eleven Madison Park, led by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara (2017).
