Asador Etxebarri Is Named No.1 in the List of The 50 Best Restaurants 2026

• Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain, is called The World’s Best Restaurant 2026, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna
• Ranking consists of dining establishments from 28 areas throughout 6 continents, with 11 brand-new entries and 5 re-entries
• Tuju in São Paulo makes the Highest New Entry Award, sponsored by Gloria
• Greatest Climber Award, sponsored by Supermercados Wong, is granted to KadeauCopenhagen
• Ferran Adrià gets the SevenRooms Icon Award
• Finest Female Chef Award, sponsored by Lexus, is provided to Jessica Rosval, head chef of Al Gatto Verde
• Bangkok’s Dej Kewkacha wins Best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by Sosa
• Finest Sommelier Award, sponsored by Vik, exists to Lesley Liu of Odette in Singapore
• The 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship, in association with Parmigiano Reggiano, is granted to Doris Lam
• Naar in Kasauli is revealed the winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award
• Junghyun ‘JP’Park from Atomix in New York City gets the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award

(RestaurantNews.comThe gastronomic world collected in Lima, Peru this night for the unveiling of The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.

Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo is called The World’s Best Restaurant 2026, prospering 2025 winner Maido in Lima, which now takes its location amongst the very best of the very best hall of popularity. The awards event, hosted at Teatro Municipal de Lima, honoured worldwide cooking skill throughout 28 areas and 6 continents, with 14 brand-new cities appearing in the ranking.

For the complete 1-50 list, please see the chart below.

Ranked at No. 2 in the 2025 list, Asador Etxebarri, run by chef-owner Victor Arguinzoniz, has actually improved the art of Basque wood-fire cooking. Nestled in the tranquil Basque town of Axpe, this simple setting is where chef Victor and his group silently welcome visitors to experience his long-lasting enthusiasm for cooking with fire. Throughout an extraordinary 14-course tasting menu, the kitchen area develops stylish meals that enable premium components to take centre phase, raising basic produce into amazing work of arts through the proficiency of the grill. Asador Etxebarri is followed in the ranking by Gaggan (No. 2) in Bangkok and Alchemist (No. 3) in Copenhagen.

Rikki Tidball, Managing Director of Events for The 50, remarks: “The 50 Best Restaurants 2026, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & & Acqua Panna, commemorates the greatest calibre of hospitality on a worldwide scale. We are thrilled to reveal this year’s 1-50 ranking and honour Asador Etxebarri as The World’s Best Restaurant 2026. Helmed by Victor Arguinzoniz, the group’s devotion to changing easy, premium components into advanced meals has actually mesmerized the cooking world.

Commemorating gastronomic quality and the impressive skill forming the international cooking landscape, this year’s ranking invites 11 brand-new entries to the 1-50 list, showcasing the breadth of skill, variety and imagination forming the international hospitality landscape.”

11 dining establishments make their launching on the 1-50 list this year, consisting of São Paulo’s Tuju (No. 16); Fulfill the Bund (No. 21) in Shanghai; Al Gatto Verde (No. 24) in Modena; Masque (No. 26) in Mumbai; Le Coquillage (No. 34) in Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, France; Ru Yuan (No. 36) in Hangzhou, Mainland China; Nuema (No. 37) in Quito; Onjium (No. 41) in Seoul; Bozar (No. 42) in Brussels; Naar (No. 49) in Kasauli, India and Saint Peter (No. 50) in Sydney, showing the ranking’s growing worldwide reach in showcasing the world’s finest dining locations.

An additional 5 dining establishments returned to the 1-50 ranking this year: La Colombe (No. 35) in Cape Town; Schloss Schauenstein (No. 39) in Fürstenau, Switzerland; Jordnær (No. 40) in Copenhagen; El Chato (No. 46) in Bogotá and Le Louis XV– Alain Ducasse (No. 47) in Monte Carlo.

In addition, 7 dining establishments got leading honours throughout crucial areas: the title of The Best Restaurant in Europe is granted to Asador Etxebarri (No. 1) in Atxondo; Gaggan (No. 2) in Bangkok declares The Best Restaurant in Asia; Quintonil (No. 4) in Mexico City wins The Best Restaurant in Latin America, sponsored by Latam Airlines; Atomix (No. 11) in New York protects The Best Restaurant in North America; Trèsind Studio (No. 28) in Dubai wins The Best Restaurant in the Middle East; La Colombe (No. 35) in Cape Town is granted The Best Restaurant in Africa and Saint Peter (No. 50) in Sydney protects The Best Restaurant in Oceania.

Based in São Paulo, executive chef Ivan Ralston’s Tuju (No. 16) is acknowledged with the Highest New Entry Award, sponsored by Gloria, and Kadeau (No. 8) in Copenhagen, protects the Highest Climber Award, sponsored by Supermercados Wong, going up 33 locations from the 2025 list.

Jessica Rosval, head chef of Al Gatto Verde (No. 24), wins the very best Female Chef Award, sponsored by Lexus. Found at Massimo Bottura’s Casa Maria Luigia in Modena, Rosval is identified for her signature wood-fired cooking and dedication to sustainability and social advocacy through Roots, a social business dining establishment she co-founded to empower migrant ladies through expert cooking training.

Visionary chef-restaurateur of the famous El Bulli, Ferran Adrià gets the SevenRooms Icon Award. Commemorated for his dedication to cooking research study and education through the El Bulli Foundation, a pioneering non-profit organization, he continues to form the future of gastronomy by motivating the next generation of chefs.

Junghyun Park from Atomix (No. 11) in New York City gets the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award. The only award to be elected by his peers, this acknowledgment shows his dedication to innovate Korean great dining as he continues to affect contemporary gastronomy on the worldwide cooking scene.

Dej Kewkacha gets the very best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by Sosa. A self-taught pâtissier, Kewkacha is a leading figure in Asia’s pastry market, redefining the dessert experience by raising regional flavours into fine-dining omakase courses, which made him the title of Asia’s Best Pastry Chef 2025.

The winner of The 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship, in association with Parmigiano Reggiano, was likewise revealed this night as Doris Lam. A previous food reporter, she made a strong leap from a flourishing profession to train as a chef. She will get indispensable insight with paid phases (internships) at The Fat Duck in Bray, United Kingdom, led by chef Heston Blumenthal, which was called No. 1 on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2005 and is now an honorary member of the very best of the very best hall of popularity; and Salsify at the Roundhouse in Cape Town, South Africa, from chefs Ryan Cole and Nina du Toit, presently ranked No. 71 on The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 prolonged list.

The Very Best Sommelier Award, sponsored by Vik, exists to Lesley Liu, head sommelier at Odette in Singapore. Having actually rapidly increased through the ranks, she is renowned for her impressive pairing abilities and is a devoted coach to her peers, actively promoting ladies in the white wine market, having actually won Asia’s Best Sommelier Award 2026.

Naar (No. 49) in Kasauli is revealed the winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award in acknowledgment of its strong dedication to sustainability. The cooking area sources components from the Himalayan area, altering its menu to match the 6 unique seasons of the range of mountains. In addition, the group discovers ingenious methods to utilize cooking area scraps and includes ancient Himalayan approaches like utilizing wood ash to shop and secure disposable foods.

The night likewise commemorated the receivers of the pre-announced awards identified in the lead-up to the event. Amongst them is the winner of the Champions of Change Award, sponsored by illycaffè, Ghana Food Movement — a youth-led organisation changing Ghana’s food system through education, native components and neighborhood; the Art of Hospitality Award exists to Tuju in São Paulo; and Yiaga in Melbourne gets the Visa One to Watch Award.

The Voting Process

The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list is produced from the votes of The 50 Best Restaurants Academy, consisting of more than 1,100 global dining establishment market specialists, with a 50/50 gender balance, of which a minimum of 25 percent are revitalized every year.

The Academy is divided into 28 different areas all over the world, with some areas covering more than one nation, area or SAR. The choice regarding how the area is divided is delegated The 50, in assessment with its international Chairs, and is disputed and reassessed yearly. The departments are developed to represent the international dining establishment scene as relatively as possible.

The 50 Group deals with expert services consultancy Deloitte as its main independent adjudication partner to assist secure the stability and credibility of the ballot procedure and the resulting list of The 50 Best Restaurants 2026. See more information on The 50 Best Restaurants voting procedure here

Cream of the crop

The very best of the very best group is formed of all the dining establishments that have actually topped the yearly ranking of The 50 Best Restaurants over its history, which are no longer qualified to be voted on brand-new editions of the list. Those in the elite group of No. 1 ranked dining establishments have more than showed their worth and are now permanently honoured as renowned dining locations in the very best of the very best hall of popularity. The chefs and restaurateurs who have actually led these dining establishments to the peak of the list have actually revealed their desire to purchase the future of the sector and ‘return’ to the food world through brand-new jobs and development. The following dining establishments have actually been called No. 1 in The 50 Best Restaurants considering that the list’s beginning and were for that reason not qualified for enacting 2026:

• El Bulli (2002, 2006-2009)
• The French Laundry (2003-2004)
• The Fat Duck (2005)
• Noma– initial place (2010-2012, 2014)
• El Celler de Can Roca (2013, 2015)
• Osteria Francescana (2016, 2018)
• Eleven Madison Park (2017)
• Mirazur (2019)
• Noma– existing place (2021)
• Geranium (2022)
• Central (2023)
• Disfrutar (2024)
• Maido (2025)

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Considering that 2002, The 50 Best Restaurants has actually shown the variety of the world’s cooking landscape. Previously referred to as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, the yearly list of the world’s most prominent dining establishments offers a photo of a few of the very best locations for special cooking experiences, in addition to being a barometer for and a leader of worldwide gastronomic patterns.

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About the host location partner: The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism, PromPerú

The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism( PromPerú)is a specialised technical body connected to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism. It is accountable for creating, authorizing, carrying out, and examining methods and prepare for the promo of exportable products and services, along with domestic and incoming tourist, while promoting and reinforcing Peru’s image as a tourist and export location.

About the primary partners: S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna

S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna are the primary partners of The 50 Best Restaurants. S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna are the leading natural mineral waters in the great dining world. Together they translate Italian design worldwide as a synthesis of quality, satisfaction and wellness.

Our partners:

• PromPerú– Official Host Destination Partner
• Pellegrino & Acqua Panna– Main Partner & & Official Water Partner; sponsor of The World’s Best Restaurant 2026
• SevenRooms– Official Booking Platform Partner; sponsor of SevenRooms Icon Award 2026
• DoorDash– Official Delivery Partner
• Visa– Official Payment Partner; sponsor of Visa One to Watch Award 2026
• Estrella Damm– Official Beer Partner &; sponsor of Estrella Damm Chefs’ & Choice Award 2026
• Sosa– Official Ingredients Partner; sponsor of Best Pastry Chef Award 2026
• illycaffè– Official Coffee Partner; sponsor of Champions of Change Award 2026
• Aim Lifestyles– Official Concierge Partner; sponsor of ritualistic headscarfs
• Parmigiano Reggiano– Official Cheese Partner; sponsor of The 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship 2026
• Vik– Official Wine Partner; sponsor of Best Sommelier Award 2026
• Latam Airlines– Official Airline Partner; sponsor of The Best Restaurant in Latin America 2026
• Supermercados Wong– Official Retail Partner, sponsor of Highest Climber Award 2026
• Gloria A– Official Dairy Partner; sponsor of Highest New Entry Award 2026
• Tequila Ocho– Official Tequila Partner
• Lexus– Official Automotive Partner; sponsor of Best Female Chef Award 2026
• Inca Kola– Official Peruvian Soft Drink Partner
• Dassai– Official Sake Partner
• Maison Kaviari– Official Caviar Partner
• La Estampida Signature Beef– Official Peruvian Beef Partner
• Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima– Offiicial Venue Partner
• Teatro Municipal de Lima– Official Venue Partner
• Miraflores Park– Official Hotel Venue Partner
• InterContinental Miraflores– Official Hotel Venue Partner