The Danish Geranium is the best restaurant in the world – ABC.es

There have been no surprises this Monday night in London. All the rumors spoke of the Danish Geranium as the best restaurant in the world of this 2022 in the influential list ‘The World 50 Best’, and so it has been. Last year he was second, behind Noma, also in Denmark, and now he has managed to climb the last rung to be crowned leader. In the second and third place there have been news. Noma, as indicated by the norm of these British awards, which have celebrated their twenty-second edition in an old fish market in the capital, could no longer repeat. That made room for the jump of his compatriot and for the entry into second place of the Peruvian Central, while in third place was the Barcelonan Enjoy, who climbs two places this year. The Central thing was also a generalized comment in the previous days among the specialized press and the numerous chefs from all over the world who congregate to see the awards. The restaurant from Lima -also awarded the Best Restaurant in Central America 2022- is led by the couple of chefs made up of Virgilio Martínez and Pía León and is enlightened by the interest that the ’50 Best’ have shown this year for cuisines from other cultures outside of the european Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed celebrates Geranium’s title as the best restaurant in the world The best Spanish restaurants Some of the great moments of the night had a Spanish surname. And it is that two nationals took two special prizes this year. In the first place, Aponiente, from Cádiz-born Ángel León, was chosen as the most sustainable restaurant in the world. The chef has been astonishing the gastronomic circuit for years with his research on the richness of the seas and its gastronomic application. In addition to this, Josep Roca, from Celler de Can Roca, won the Beronia award for Best Sommelier in the World. Regarding the Spanish presence among the fifty best in the world, the big rise was for Dabiz Muñoz and his DiverXO, which rose from 20th to fourth place. And in third place and with a rise is also the Catalan Enjoy, last year number five. For its part, the Basque Asador Etxebarri, number three in 2021, now dropped to sixth place. A novelty was the return to the list of the Valencian Quique Dacosta, in 42nd place. And in 21st place was a classic from this list, Mugaritz, by Luis Aduriz, which dropped seven places since last year it was in the 14. The Basque Elkano, on the other hand, maintains its 16th place. From 51 to 100 In the second half of the hundred best restaurants of 2022, the Spanish Eneko Atxa, with his Azurmendi, located on the outskirts of Bilbao, obtained 55th place , although he was the only national to appear in this selection. In reality, the Basque chef fell six places this year with respect to his ranking last year, when he reached 49th place and was, therefore, among the top 50, the ones that get all the attention internationally. Last year there were four Spaniards from 51 to 100, and this year only Atxa. A list with great weight and more awards The ‘World 50 Best Restaurants’ are chosen in the midst of great secrecy based on the assessment of more than a thousand critics, chefs and experts that the British organization has had since 2002, who have toured the world from table to table. The British association also has individual awards (in addition to listings by origin and best bars), such as those mentioned for Roca and León. In addition, this year the best female chef has been for the Colombian Leonor Espinosa, who runs a restaurant with native Caribbean cuisine in Bogotá (she was 46 in the Best of 2021, this year she falls two, up to 48), although with her peculiar seal and a project of social inclusion in parallel. The ‘American Express One to Watch Award’ has gone to Frenchman Alexander Mazzia. At the gala on Monday the 18th in the British capital, the ‘Gin Mare Gin Mare Art of Hospitality’ was also announced, which values ​​room service, for a very small and special restaurant, warm and attentive to detail, the Atomix, from New York. There were more special awards: the ‘Estrella Damm Chef`s Choice Award’ to the Mexican Quintonil (9), which was presented by Joan Roca; the ‘Highest New Entry Award’ (the entrance to a higher position) to the Italian Uliassi (12); the ‘Villa Massa Highest Climber Award’, for the German Nobelhart & Schmutzig (17); the one for ‘Best Restaurant in Asia’, to Tokyo Den (20) and the one for ‘Best Restaurant in Africa’ to the local Fyn, from Cape Town (37). In addition to this, the organization revealed a few days ago which are the young chefs it considers the most promising, included in the ’50 Next’ section, which this year celebrated its second edition, the first face-to-face after the pandemic and in Bilbao, no less. There came the names of the Spaniards Javier Rivero and Zineb Hattab, Pol Contreras and Eneko Axpe. As for the leaders of the list, a few years ago it was decided that they would not be able to repeat it and that therefore they now integrate another list, ‘The Best of the Best’, to leave these ’50 Best’ for the novices. This is the complete list: 1. Geranium. Denmark 2. Central. Peru 3. Enjoy. Spain 4. Diverxo. Spain 5. Pujol. Mexico 6. Etxebarri Grill. Spain 7. A pork house. Brazil 8. Lido 84. Italy 9. Jorge Vallejo, Quintoril. Mexico 10. Le Calandre. Italy 11. Maido. Peru 12. Uliassi. Senegal 13. Steirereck. Austria 14. Don Julio. Argentina 15. Royal. Italy 16. Elkano. Spain 17. Nobelhart & Schmutzig. Germany 18. Alchemist. Denmark 19. Piazza Duomo. Italy 20. Den. Japan 21. Mugaritz. Spain 22. September. France 23. The Jane. Belgium 24. The Chairman. Hong Kong 25. Frantzen. Sweden 26. Restaurant Tim Raue. Germany 27. Hof van Cleve. Belgium 28. Le Clarence. France 29. St Hubertus. Italy 30. Florilege. Japan 31. Arpege. France 32. Mauta. Peru 33. Atomix. New York 34. Hisa Franko. Slovenia 35. The Clove Club. England 36. Odette. Singapore 37. Fyn. Cape Town, South Africa 38. Jordnaer. Denmark 39. Sorn. Thailand 40. Schloss Schauenstein. Switzerland 41. La Cime. Japan 42. Quique Dacosta. Spain 43. Borago. Chile 44. Le Bernardin. New York 45. Narisawa. Japan 46. Belcanto. Portugal 47. Oteque. Brazil 48. Leo. Colombia 49. Ikoyi. England 50. Singlethread. California