Dubai restaurant named in World’s 50 Best Restaurant list second-year running

Spain’s Disfrutar earns number one ranking

• The World’s Best 50 Restaurant list was announced in Las Vegas on 5 June 2024

• The 2024 list includes restaurants from 25 territories in five continents 
• Dubai's Tresind Studio maintains top-20 ranking, dropping just two places to number 13
• Disfrutar in Barcelona is named The World’s Best Restaurant 2024  
• Berlin’s Nobelhart & Schmutzig wins the Sustainable Restaurant Award

In a culinary coup for the UAE, Trèsind Studio has maintained its ranking in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for the second year running – this time coming in at number 13.

From humble beginnings in a backroom of sister restaurant Trèsind, chef Himanshu Saini has steered Trèsind Studio to its current status as one of the world’s most renowned Indian restaurants in less than a decade.

The celebrated chef was honoured at the awards ceremony held in Las Vegas, USA at Wynn Las Vegas among an audience of his global peers on 5 June 2024.

Trèsind Studio's superb presentation

Barcelona’s Disfrutar, which is owned and run by three chefs – Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas – took the top spot from Lima’s Central, who was number one on the World’s Best 50 Restaurant list in 2023 and now enjoys an elevated position in the Best of the Best Hall of Fame (see the full list of Hall of Fame list below).

Disfrutar is followed in the ranking by Asador Etxebarri at number two in Atxondo, Spain and Table by Bruno Verjus at number three in Paris, France.

The Disfrutar team

Berlin’s Nobelhart & Schmutzig (43) is the winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award. Its ‘brutally local’ ethos is testament to its personal relationships with farmers and growers, allowing the team to offer a truly regional and seasonal menu.

Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, the chef-owner of Maido in Lima, wins the Chefs' Choice Award 2024, the only award to be voted for by his peers, in light of his dedication to putting Peru onto the world culinary stage, evidenced by Maido’s position at number one on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2023.

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Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry – whose restaurant portfolio has included the legendary Rockpool Bar & Grill, Rosetta and Spice Temple, as well as his latest venture, Margaret – has enjoyed a career spanning more than 45 years and is now rewarded with the Icon Award. Perry is arguably his country’s most influential chef and is known for his visionary interpretations of modern Australian and Asian cuisines. 

Nina Métayer is named The World's Best Pastry Chef 2024. Métayer’s sculptural creations have garnered attention the world over and her beautiful work is inspiring a new generation of pastry chefs.

Chef Vicky Cheng

Based in Hong Kong, chef Vicky Cheng’s Wing (20) is recognised with the Highest New Entry Award 2024, and The Chairman (26) – also in Hong Kong – bags the Highest Climber Award 2024. The Chairman moves up 24 spots from the 2023 list and was also recognised as The Best Restaurant in Hong Kong by Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024. 

Pablo Rivero, sommelier and owner of Don Julio, Buenos Aires, wins the World's Best Sommelier Award. Previously recognised as Latin America’s Best Sommelier 2022 as part of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants, Rivero is known for  championing his region’s wine and his thoughtful pairings with local produce.

Restaurants from four new cities have entered or re-entered the list: La Colombe in Cape Town (49), SingleThread in Healdsburg, California (46), Oteque in Rio de Janeiro (37) and Mingles in Seoul (44).

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 list in full:

The list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 is created from the votes of 1,080 international restaurant industry experts and well-travelled gourmets who make up The World's 50 Best Restaurants Academy. The gender-balanced Academy is comprised of 27 separate regions around the world, each of which has 40 members including an Academy Chair. Professional services consultancy Deloitte independently adjudicates the ranking. 

World's 50 Best Restaurants: Best of the Best Hall of Fame 

Number-one-ranked restaurants are forever honoured as iconic dining destinations in the Best of the Best Hall of Fame and are not eligible to be voted for in the ranking again. They are:

• El Bulli (2002, 2006-2009)
• The French Laundry (2003-2004)
• The Fat Duck (2005)
• Noma – original location (2010-2012, 2014)
• El Celler de Can Roca (2013, 2015)
• Osteria Francescana (2016, 2018)
• Eleven Madison Park (2017)
• Mirazur (2019)
• Noma – current location (2021)
• Geranium (2022)
• Central (2023)

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