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World’s best restaurants 2008 winners list:
1. El Bulli, Roses, Catalonia, Spain (Best in Europe)
2. The Fat Duck, Bray-on-Thames, UK
3. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France
4. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain (Chef’s Choice)
5. The French Laundry, California, USA (Best in the Americas)
6. per se, New York, USA
7. Bras, Laguiole, France
8. Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
9. Tetsuya’s, Sydney, Australia (Best in Australasia)
10. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
11. L’Astrance, Paris, France
12. Gambero Rosso, San Vincenzo, Italy
13. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London, UK
14. L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Paris, France
15. Restaurant Le Louis XV, Monaco
16. St John, London, UK (Highest Climber)
17. Jean-Georges, New York, USA
18. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris, France
19. Hakkasan, London, UK
20. Le Bernardin, New York, USA
21. *Alinea, Chicago, USA
22. Le Gavroche, London, UK
23. Dal Pescatore, Canneto sull’Oglio (Mantova), Italy
24. Le Cinq, Paris, France
25. Troisgros, Roanne, France
26. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
27. +L’Hotel de Ville – Philippe Rochat, Crissier, Switzerland
28. Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium
29. Martin Berasategui, San Sebastián, Spain
30. Nobu London, London, UK
31. Can Fabes, Sant Celoni, Catalonia, Spain
32. Enoteca Pinchiorri, Florence, Italy
33. +Le Meurice, Paris, France
34. *Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
35. +Die Schwarzwaldstube, Baiersbronn im Schwarzwald, Germany
36. Le Calandre, Padua, Italy
37. Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California, USA
38. Charlie Trotter’s, Chicago, USA
39. Chez Dominique, Helsinki, Finland
40. DOM, São Paulo, Brazil (Best in Latin America)
41. Daniel, New York, USA
42. Oud Sluis, Sluis, Netherlands
43. Ristorante Cracco, Milan, Italy
44. +Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo-Bizkaia, Spain
45. Les Ambassadeurs, Paris, France
46. L’Arpège, Paris, France
47. +Tantris, Munich, Germany
48. Oaxen Skärgårdskrog, Oaxen, Sweden
49. Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
50. Le Quartier Français, Franschhoek, South Africa (Best in Mid East & Africa)
Note: * New Entry + Re-entry
Readers’ Choice: L’enclume, UK
Breakthrough Restaurant: Le Chateaubriand, France
Lifetime Achievement Award: Gualtiero Marchesi
Best in Asia: Bukhara
