Worlds 50 Best Restaurants awards 2012 – the UK restaurants

Only three restaurants from the UK made it into The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list this year, with a further five making it into the ‘51-100′ list.

The number one spot remained with Rene Redzepi’s Copenhagen restaurant, Noma. Also unchanged were the number two and three spots, going to Spanish restaurants El  Celler de Can Roca and Mugaritz respectively.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal was the UK’s highest entry on the list at number 9. Head Chef Ashley Palmer-Watts collected the award on behalf of the restaurant at which he holds a Michelin star, awarded at the beginning of this year. Heston Blumenthal’s three Michelin starred Bray restaurant, The Fat Duck moved down from number 5 last year to number 13 this year.

The UK’s only other entry in the top 50 was Brett Graham’s restaurant The Ledbury at number 14 which was this year’s highest climber moving up from number 34 on last year’s list.

Of last years top 50 entries, Hibiscus dropped from the top 50 but remained in the list at number 94;  with Fergus Henderson’s St John disappearing from the list all together.

Other UK restaurants in the 51-100 list include Viajante (#80), La Gavroche (#88), Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham (#97) and Hakkasan in Mayfair (#100).

For the full worldwide list, please see The World’s 50 Best website.

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