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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018: An interview with the top chefs

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018: An interview with the top chefs

Last Tuesday the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list 2018 was revealed in Bilbao. Massimo Bottura’s restaurant Osteria Francescana in Modena was voted number one for the second time in three years. A fourth British restaurant joined the list, James Lowe’s Lyle’s from Shoreditch at number 38. The best UK entry is still The Clove Club (33rd), followed by Lyle’s, The Ledbury (42nd) and Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (45th); Clare Smyth of Core was voted the world’s best female chef. We took all the restaurants and put them on a map.

At the glamorous event, we had a chat with most of the best chefs on the list and here are our interviews:

1. Osteria Francescana

3. Mirazur

Best Female Chef: Clare Smyth

4. Eleven Madison Park

5. Gaggan

6. Central

7. Maido

9. Mugaritz

10. Asador Etxebarri

12. Blue Hill at Stone Barns

14. Steirereck

16. Piazza Duomo

20. Attica

 

26. Le Bernardin

27. Boragó

29. Pavillon Ledoyen

31. Arzak

33. The Clove Club

34. Alinea

37. Restaurant Tim Raue, Aqua (73) and Atelier (97)

38. Lyle’s and Septime (40)

45. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

50. The Test Kitchen

 

Asia’s 24. Raw

Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi

Chocolatier Pierre Marcolini

World’s 50 Best Restaurant 2018 press conference

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=cdSBqkknoQg

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