April 2011: The S. Pellegrino World's 50th Best

London, 18th April 2011, nearly 26°C...jack pot!

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Arrival to the Guilde Hall.

Chefs, journalists, foodies...

BEFORE

Elena Arzak and Joan Roca.

Rene Redzepi with the journalists..... hum....

Elena Arzal, Inaki Aizpitarte, Josean Martinez: Gora Euskadi !!

Thomas, in a very good mood after his Legion d'Honneur, Arzak, Daniel, Josean

Andoni with wonderful Susana

IN

Pascal Barbot, lovely!

Massimo Bottura with his wife, and Licia Granello, journalist

Rene goes to his place

And... here we are! Let's start the countdown!

Let's go disco! (as Chef Kajuiter likes to tweet!)

Tribute to Santi Santamaria

Try to found Charlie !

Anne-Sophie Pic, BEST WOMAN CHEF: Félicitations!

The nicest moment of the night: Elena Arzak, Juan Mari's daughter, starting the speach in order to celebrate the achivements of his father.

Juan Mari Arzak listening to hisdaughter...  

 Elena drying the tears of the face of his aita (daddy)....

 Congratulations Chef!!!

No words needed... hard to explain the feeling in the room....

WONDERFUL Alex Atala, Restaurant DOM (Brazil).

Best Restaurant in South America.

7th. Restaurant in the World!

Alex forever !!

Mugaritz got N°3.

Who will be N°1????

The only missing were El Celler de Can Roca and Noma...

El Celler de Can Roca N°2 !!

Felicitats Joan, Josep, Jordi !!

Clement VACHON ready for the N° 1

Not easy for NOMA team to reach the scene

Some words...

Skål RENE !!

TILLYKKE !!!!

   

Noma's team

AFTER

Pascal and David

Massimo with a fan !!! jajaja !!!

Happy Rene: Tillykke !!!

Congratulations to all

Gaston Acurio (Perou), for the first time in the list, talking with his wife (I could hear he was telling her the Spanish Chefs ranking)

Andoni Luis Aduriz, Mugarit, N° 3: ZORIONAK !!!

Roca for President ??!!!

Juan Mari Arzak, Rene Redzepi, Elena Arzak

THE LIST

1 Noma
 - Denmark 

2
 El Celler de Can Roca
 - Spain

3
 Mugaritz
 - Spain

4
 Osteria Francescana - 
Italy

5 
The Fat Duck
 - UK

6 
Alinea - 
USA

7
 D.O.M
 - Brazil

8 
Arzak
 - Spain

9
 Le Chateaubriand - 
France

10 
Per Se - 
USA

11
 Daniel
 - USA

12
 Les Creations de Narisawa - 
Japan

13 
L'Astrance
 - France

14
 L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - 
France

15 
Hof van Cleve
 - Belgium

16
 Pierre Gagnaire
 - France

17 
Oud Sluis
 - Netherlands

18
 Le Bernardin
 - USA

19
 L'Arpege - 
France

20 
Nihonryori RyuGin
 - Japan

21
Vendome
 - Germany

22 
Steirereck - 
Austria

23 
Schloss Schauenstein - 
Switzerland

24
 Eleven Madison Park - 
USA

25 
Aqua
 - Germany

26
 Quay
 - Australia

27
 Iggy's
 - Singapore

28
 Combal Zero - 
Italy

29
 Martin Berasategui
 - Spain

30 
Bras
 - France

31
 Biko
 - Mexico

32 
Le Calandre - 
Italy

33
 Cracco - 
Italy

34
 The Ledbury - 
UK

35
 Chez Dominique
 - Finland

36
 Le Quartier Francais
 - South Africa

37 
Amber - 
China

38 
Dal Pescatore
 - Italy

39
 Il Canto
 - Italy

40
 Momofuku Ssam Bar
 - USA

41
 St John
 - UK

42
 Astrid Y Gaston - 
Peru

43 
Hibiscus
 - UK

44
 Maison Troisgros
 - France

45
 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee
 - France

46
 De Librije
 - Netherlands

47 
Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville
 - Switzerland

48
 Varvary
 - Russia

49 
Pujol
 - Mexico

50
 Asador Etxebarri
 - Spain

THE NIGHT

SORRY no pics!

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