Elite Traveler, a magazine targeted towards private jet setting by Net Jets, published its ranking of the top 20 restaurants in the world.
The blog Luxuo points out, “The selection provides an interesting contrast to other international rankings like the… World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.”
This is best exemplified by René Redzepi’s Noma absence from the list, it has held the top spot for the past two years beating out elBulli on World’s 50 list.
Elite’s world’s best restaurant: Alinea. Why?: “hypermodern, emotional approach to dining.”
Novel approaches and techniques are praised as Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck gets second place for “pushing the boundaries of British gastronomy” and “reinventing traditional British classics.”
The magazine’s critics and their readers “described as the wealthy, jet-setting crowd” chose the following Top 20:
1 Alinea – Chicago, USA
2 The Fat Duck – Bray, UK
3 Per Se – New York, USA
4 Pierre Gagnaire – Paris, France
5 Daniel – New York, USA
6 Le Bernardin – New York, USA
7 El Celler de Can Roca – Girona, Spain
8 Louis XV Alain Ducasse – Monaco
9 Mugaritz – Errenteria, Spain
10 Hof Van Cleve – Kruishoutem, Belgium
11 Alain Ducasse Au Plaza Athenee – Paris, France
12 Jean Georges – New York, USA
13 Matsuhisa Restaurant – Los Angeles, USA
14 The French Laundry- Yountville, USA
15 Al Sorriso – Soriso, Italy
16 The Ledbury – London, UK
17 Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – London, UK
18 L’Hotel de Ville – Philippe Rochat- Crissier, Switzerland
19 La Colombe – Cape Town, South Africa
20 L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges – Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or, France