The highly anticipated list of La Liste, a ranking which lists the best addresses and restaurants around the world, has just been revealed, and it tells us more about France's current place on the global culinary scene, but above all on the new gastronomic forces present. If there is a certain “stability” of the ranking concerning Europe and the United States, “what’s moving a lot is Asia”underlines Philippe Faure, the president and founder of La Liste, with in particular a Hong Kong restaurant which managed to climb to first place in the world in the ranking, Lung King Heen.
To gastronomy “very close to tennis”quips Philippe Faure, president and founder of La Liste, “ranking rankings” gastronomic. “For eight or ten years, it only happens between three or four” restaurateurs, the Nadal, Federer or Djokovic of the kitchens. Created in 2015, La Liste presents itself as the “ranking rankings” and tracks 35,000 restaurants in 200 countries, using an algorithm that compiles and weights more than 1,100 sources (guides, blogs and press articles) and assigns a score out of 100 points.
The list of La Liste has decorated not one, but nine restaurants, spread across seven countries across the globe, in first place in its ranking which lists the best culinary addresses around the world. A highly anticipated prize list, unveiled on November 25, with great fanfare.
French chef Guy Savoy, officiating at the Monnaie de Paris, is the best chef in the world for the eighth consecutive year, tied with nine American, Japanese or Chinese restaurants, announced La Liste, in its list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world. world. French chef Arnaud Donckele also stands out, tied for first place with his Saint-Tropez establishment, La Vague d'Or, and with, in second place, Plénitude, in Paris.
The United States proves that it is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to gastronomy, with 114 addresses, including Le Bernardin and Northern California's SingleThread Farm which share first place.
The president and founder of La Liste also emphasizes to AFP “a considerable push from Korea”known superficially in France for its ramens. “I saw some blowing things”leaders who “want to enter the global gastronomic elite”he enthuses. Two Korean restaurants are tied for eighth place, La Yeon and Mingles.
Japan, long renowned for its cuisine, is the country most represented in the top 1000 of La Liste, with 126 restaurants, followed by the United States (114 addresses). France has only 111 classified restaurants but is awarded the honorary prize, which rewards Georges Blanc, the famous ambassador of Bresse poultry, for his entire career, and whose establishment in Vonnas points to the third place in the world. “There is, in my opinion, no drop in voltage […] or disinterest in French cuisine”affirms Philippe Faure. But “there is a lack of interest in its excesses”.
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