The list of 50 best restaurants in the world of 2022 was revealed this Monday (18) in a face-to-face ceremony organized by the The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, In London. Among the names, two Brazilian houses are in the ranking.
THE Pig House restaurant in downtown São Paulo, won a place among the top 10 restaurants and appears in 7th place . Last year, the chef’s house Jefferson Rueda went to only Brazilian to appear on the listin 17th place.
As the name implies, the protagonist of the house is the pig. Non-obvious creations such as pork jowl sushi or reinterpretations, such as porcopoca (crab cake served in a bag of popcorn, which doubles as the couvert) are local stars.
In addition to meat inventions, the restaurant also stands out with the vegetarian version of the tasting menu, “From the countryside to the center”.
In addition to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro also appears on the list: for the first time, the restaurant oteque under the command of chef Alberto Landgrafis among the 50 best in the world.
This time, the house in Botafogo is in 47th position, an increase of 20 positions compared to last year, when the restaurant was in the 67th place among the establishments that appeared between the numbers 51 and 100.
Alberto Landgraf’s restaurant features a naturalist-style base, which focuses on vegetables, seafood and fish.
Searching for the best ingredients with modern techniques, the natural flavors of the food are enhanced, as you can taste in the tasting menu, whose ingredients can change daily.
who appears in first place in the ranking is Geranium based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The restaurant led by chef Rasmus Kofoed jumped from second place on last year’s list to appear as the best restaurant in the world in 2022. This year, whoever appears on second place is Central by chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pía León, in Peru.
The list of the 50 best restaurants in the world is compiled from the votes of a group of 1,080 anonymous food experts around the world.
According to the organization, each panelist is asked to submit up to 10 votes based on personal experiences at favorite restaurants over the past 18 months, with the voting and results judged independently by a service consultancy.
Other recognitions
On the occasion, the Aponiente restaurant, in El Puerto de Santa María, in Andalusia, Spain, was awarded the “Flor de Caña Sustainable Restaurant Award” for sustainability.
Before the main list was revealed, other parallel recognitions were released over the past few months. O partial ranking of the 100 best restaurants in the world, which includes homes between 51st and 100th, was released on July 5.
Among the results, four Brazilian restaurants appear on the list including the SUN in 53rd place, the evvai in 67th, the lasai in 78th and, finally, the mani in 96th position.
This year, the Colombian Leonor Espinosa was elected the “Best Female Chef in the world in 2022” . She runs the Leo restaurant in the capital Bogotá and was praised by the organization for her “unique cooking style”, while at the same time she seeks to use gastronomy as a “tool of socio-economic development”.
the prize of “Icon” of the year was given to Wawira Njiru an entrepreneur who runs the Food for Education foundation, which provides healthy food and education to at least 40,000 children in Kenya.
The restaurant to keep an eye on, from the “One to Watch” award, was awarded to the AM for Alexandre Mazzia , in Marseille, France. Led by chef Alexandre Mazzia, the business is described by 50 Best as “a key player in the renaissance of the city’s culinary scene”.
List celebrates 20 years
This edition marks 20 years since the first list of the 50 best restaurants of The World’s 50 Best was released in 2002. At the time, no Brazilian restaurant entered the ranking.
In addition, this year’s event returned to Londonand the ceremony took place at Old Billingsgate, a former fish market in the UK capital that overlooks the River Thames and Tower Bridge, both city landmarks.
It is worth remembering that London had already hosted 13 awards ceremonies, between 2003 and 2015. The event then took place in different parts of the world, including New York, Melbourne, Bilbao, Singapore and Antwerp.
Source: CNN Brasil
