Inspired by nature, its chief Rasmus Kofoed won the Bocuse d’Or in 2011, and his establishment received the first three Michelin stars in the country in 2016. He succeeds the “Noma” another Danish restaurant.
Le Monde with AFP
The Danish establishment Geranium, led by chef Rasmus Kofoed in Copenhagen, was crowned Monday July 18 in the evening in London “Best restaurant in the world 2022”, during the 20th anniversary of the influential classification “50 Best Restaurants” , who has shunned this year again the French chiefs. It is the second consecutive year that a Danish restaurant is crowned, “Geranium”, second in “50 best” last year, succeeding the noma.
The Péruvian Central restaurant in Lima arrives second in this ranking of the world’s 50 best restaurants established by the specialized British magazine restaurant, the most coveted in global gastronomy. Follow two Spanish tables, the establishment of Barcelona Défrutar (3rd) and the Madrid Diverxo (4th).
Colombian Leonor Espinosa also received the prize for the “Best Woman Chef in the world”, succeeding the Peruvian Pía León. Its Leo restaurant, in Bogota, ranks 48th. Like last year, only three French restaurants, all Parisians, were distinguished in the top 50: Septime, by Bertrand Grébaud, who wins two places to settle in 22nd, the Clarence of Christophe Pelé, new entrant (28th ), and Arpège d’Alain Passard, relegated to 31st position (-8 places).
eight French restaurants in the top 100
Located in 41st place in 2021, ALLENO PARIS at the Ledoyen pavilion, by Yannick Alléno, went down to 58th place. The second part of the Top 100, unveiled upstream in early July, honored a total of five three -color tables, including the Marseillaise AM of Alexandre Mazzia, gratifying him from the “chef to follow”.
“50 Best” has been awarded since 2002 by 1,080 “independent experts” (chefs, specialized journalists, restaurant owners, etc.) who note their experiences from the last 18 months under the aegis of the magazine “Restaurant” of the Press Group Briton William Reed. Distributed in 27 regions of the world, at the rate of 40 voters each, they can vote for 10 restaurants, including at least three out of their region.
The ceremony, initially planned in Moscow, was relocated to London in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. No Russian table was also on the record, in accordance with what the organizers announced in March.
The legitimacy of this classification, sponsored by several brands, is regularly disputed, in particular by French chiefs who accuse him of complacency and opacity. In response, its detractors, French, but also Japanese and American, launched in 2015 “the list”, ranking of 1,000 tables around the world.