The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled from the votes of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy.
Eleven Madison Park, a New York restaurant, has been named as the best restaurant in the world by an academy that includes food writers, restaurateurs, and gastronomes from around the world.
This is the first time in more than a decade that an American restaurant has been named as the world’s No. 1 restaurant. Earlier this year, the USA team representing Per Se restaurant had won the prestigious Bocuse d’Or cooking competition in France, a first for an American team.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list has Italian restaurant Osteria Francescana and Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca in second and third positions, respectively.
According to the official website of the academy, the Eleven Madison Park restaurant located in New York City has outstanding hospitality and exquisite food.
The restaurant is owned by Will Guidara and Daniel Humm, who is also the chef. Their aim is to remove the walls that separate dining room and kitchen, making sure the customer experience is harmonious from start to finish.
Swiss-born chef Daniel Humm joined Eleven Madison Park as executive chef in 2006 when the restaurant was still owned by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group.
Humm’s signature recipe — roasted duck — has many iterations, from the classic honey and lavender version to honey-glazed with turnips and huckleberries.
“All of us in this room, we’ve dedicated our careers to creating experiences that we hope will become extraordinarily memorable moments in people’s lives,†Guidara said when accepting the award, which was last won by an American restaurant in 2004.
Those planning to visit the World’s No.1 Restaurant should visit as before this June as Eleven Madison Park is closing for renovation in June 2017 and will reopen only in September with a new kitchen and refurbished dining room.
The Academy comprises over 1000 members, each selected for their expert opinion of the international restaurant scene. For the global representation of restaurants, the academy has divided the world up into 26 geographical regions.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled from the votes of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy.