Proof that Singapore is a 'food capital': Odette restaurant is No 18 globally
Singapore'due south Odette restaurant leapfrogged into the Meridian twenty of the Earth'southward l Best Restaurants at the ceremony held at the Marina Bay Sands' Sands Theatre on Tuesday night (Jun 25).
Helmed by chef-owner Julien Royer, the modernistic French eatery located at the National Gallery climbed to No eighteen on the list, up ten spots from its ranking last year.
"Information technology feels amazing! It's an amazing journey since we started this place. Jumping 10 spots has been amazing," Royer told CNA Lifestyle subsequently the anniversary. "Final year was our first twelvemonth on the listing. We were No 28 and one year later we are No 18 – so I guess 8 is our lucky number. So let'south push further and let's work harder to be No 8 next year!"
Royer, who moved to Singapore in 2008, added that the globally-recognised awards being held in Singapore was proof of the country's standing in the world of gastronomy.
READ: World'due south l Best Restaurants awards 2019: The full winners list
"Singapore cuisine is already well recognised and well established worldwide. I recollect this kind of event coming to the city is astonishing – proof that Singapore has go a global destination and a food uppercase."
Launched in 2002, the 50 All-time list has grown in prominence to rival the long-established Michelin star system. The ceremony in Singapore is the beginning to be held in Asia.
Compiled by William Reed Business Media, the All-time l listing is based on the experiences of more than ane,000 restaurant industry experts around the world.
Mirazur, on the French Riviera, was crowned No 1. The three-Michelin-starred eatery in Menton climbed to the top from 3rd last yr, replacing Italy's Osteria Francescana.
Mirazur's bill of fare, which includes dishes like salt-crusted beetroot from the garden with caviar cream, is inspired past the bounding main, the mountains and produce from its own gardens, which cascade over iii levels.
Its Argentine-born chef Mauro Colagreco told Reuters he felt similar he "was in the sky" later on winning the award, which "showed the world when y'all take a dream all is possible". He and his team accepted the prize carrying a banner that combined the flags of Argentina, France, Brazil and Italian republic.
The but Asian restaurant in the Top 10 was Gaggan in Bangkok, Thailand, at No 4. Kolkata-built-in chef Gaggan Anand'southward playful menu includes a curry dish that diners are encouraged to lick from the plate, while music by stone band Kiss plays in the background.
After a change in the rules earlier this year, restaurants that previously topped the poll will no longer be eligible for the annual ranking. Past winners, including Osteria Francescana, joined a newly created "All-time of the All-time" category.
Rene Redzepi's re-opened Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, debuted on the 2022 listing at No two. In its previous incarnation, Noma won the top title in 2010, 2011, 2022 and 2014.
Spain dominated the Top x list with three restaurants. Asador Etxebarri in Axpe was ranked No iii for showing off simple ingredients by grilling them, while Mugaritz was 7th and Disfrutar came ninth.
Some other Copenhagen eatery, Geranium, was fifth on the list, while Paris's Arpege, where vegetables take centrestage, was No 8.
Peru, which has emerged in recent years every bit a top culinary destination, featured twice in the Top ten: Lima's Key remained 6th, while Japanese-Peruvian fusion outlet Maido, with its fifty-hour-cooked beef short rib, was No 10.
TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY BOURDAIN
Earlier in the evening, Castilian-born chef Jose Andres received the countdown global American Limited Icon Award. He was honoured non but for his culinary contributions, merely for his efforts to empower and connect communities around the world through food.
In 2010, Andres launched World Cardinal Kitchen, a non-for-profit system set upwards to feed those affected past natural disasters.
"I experience a niggling guilty well-nigh having annihilation to practice with receiving this blazon of award because information technology's never near the 1 person – information technology'south always virtually the people," Andres told CNA Lifestyle. "This honor isn't for me. This is an honour is for the more than 60,000 volunteers who are devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters."
Andres took the opportunity to pay tribute to his friend Anthony Bourdain, the late Telly personality and former chef.
"If someone else is to receive this Icon honor, it's Anthony Bourdain. Because we don't recall about it but his show is like a Trojan horse. It's a Trojan equus caballus of telling us all that y'all may look Asian, yous may wait African-American, yous may look White Caucasian, you lot brand look Native American, simply in the end, we are all people that should not be afraid of each other, no matter the colour of your skin or your religion," said Andres.
"And that's what Tony did. In a world that seems and then large, Tony made it super small. That's the beauty about the legacy of Tony."
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/dining/world-s-50-best-restaurants-226801
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