The awards ceremony “Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021: Past and Future” took place this Monday night (22/11) and, unlike previous years, it chose a list of the 100 best Latin restaurants from 12 countries. Among Brazilians, 17 establishments were recognized in the ranking.
The São Paulo DOM, by Alex Atala, took third place on the podium, behind only the Peruvians Central and Maido, both in the capital Lima. Also making its presence felt in the top 10 is the Peanut, by chef Helena Rizzo, who presents authorial and contemporary Brazilian cuisine. He appears in seventh place.
Next is the the pig’s house, in 11th place among the best in Latin America – Jefferson Rueda’s restaurant appears in 17th place globally, only Brazilian among the 50 best on the world scale of the award.
Outside São Paulo, Lasai, in Rio de Janeiro, came in 22nd place. Mocotó, captained by chef Rodrigo Oliveira in the northern part of the city of São Paulo, followed immediately after, which advanced ten positions in relation to last year’s list and came in 23rd place.
Rodrigo and his wife, historian Adriana Salay, were also previously awarded The Macallan Icon award for the social impact of the Quebrada Alimentada project.
This year’s awards took place simultaneously in seven countries in Latin America, including Brazil, which celebrated achievements at Teatro B32, on Avenida Faria Lima, in São Paulo. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ranking was created based on the accumulation of votes from all previous editions, between the years 2013 and 2021.
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New addresses from different capitals are also in the ranking and add freshness to the names already mentioned. Glouton, from Belo Horizonte, by chef Leonardo Paixão, took 68th place and Soeta, a restaurant in Vitória (ES) for contemporary cuisine that excels in local ingredients, appears in 77th position.
Among the new ones from São Paulo are Tordesilhas (75th), with Brazilian food, Arturito (86th), with the signature of Paola Carosella, and Komah (88th), do chef Paulo Shin, which prepares classic Korean cuisine.
Fasano from São Paulo (66th place) and Oro from Rio de Janeiro (51st) returned to the list after years without a guaranteed position. Also present are Curitibano Manu (49th), Rio de Janeiro Oteque (41st) and São Paulo Evvai (65º).
Brazilian addresses that were extinct as a result of the pandemic are also among the top 100 in Latin America. This is the case of Tuju, today Tujuína, which ranks 54th.
Also included in this category is Corrutela, a house in Vila Madalena that closed in April this year and was ranked 90th. In addition to the position, the establishment received the Flor de Caña Sustainable Restaurant Award for sustainability. It was recently announced, however, that the house will reopen its doors by the end of 2021.
parallel awards
O Charco, in São Paulo, was among the finalists of the One To Watch parallel award, which recognizes a restaurant opened in the last two years “that shows originality and promise”. The champion, however, was the Anafe restaurant, in Buenos Aires, led by the couple Micaela Najmanovich and Nicolás Arcucci.
A chef Telma Shiraishi, do Aizomê, competed for the Chefs’ Choice Award – Best Reinvention, which elects a chef who reinvented himself during the pandemic. The chosen one was Eduardo García, from Mexico City.
Below, check out the 10 best restaurants in Latin America chosen in “Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021: Pasado y Futuro”:
- Central (Lima, Peru)
- Maido (Lima, Peru)
- DOM (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Astrid and Gastón (Lima, Peru)
- Pujol (City of Mexico, Mexico)
- Boragó (Santiago, Chile)
- Maní (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Quintonil (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Tegui (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Don Julio (Bueno Aires, Argentina)
Check out the full list on here.
Reference: CNN Brasil
