The World's 50 Best Restaurants Winners for 2018


Skift Take

Some shifts and surprising snubs are deflecting attention from the same handful of restaurants that shuffled positions amongst the top slots.
The 2018 winners of the World's 50 Best restaurants awards have been announced. Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy took the top spot, followed by El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain and Mirazur in Menton, France. Attendance at the show was at an all-time high: 49 out of 50 of the restaurants featured on the 50 Best list were represented by chefs and owners in the audience. This year also marks the highest amount of representation in the audience from restaurants in the 51 - 100 slots on the list. Earlier this spring Gastón Acurio, of Astrid y Gastón in Lima, Peru, was awarded the a Lifetime Achievement Award, SingleThread in Healdsburg, CA received a One To Watch Award, and an additional 50 restaurants were named to the runners-up list. The awards went about as expected. The favored restaurants