#FOURNews | The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 highlights

With the results of this year’sWorld’s 50 Best Restaurants results still hot on every one’s minds, FOUR takes a moment to look at some of the exciting moments of the culinary award ceremony brought to you by The World’s 50 Best.

The 2016phenomenal event took place in New York and was an event to remember. The15th annual global gastronomic event sawtop chef talent come together in an awesome showcase of the worlds best food. With Massimo Bottura’s restaurant in Modena, Italy, the Osteria Francescana, taking the top spot after two years in second place, it seems that Italian food is back to reclaim its place in the culinary spotlight.

As voted for by apanel of almost 1,000 gastronomic experts worldwide,the win for Massimoreflects”the chef’s ongoing creativity, immense skill, undimmed passion and fierce determination to defy the odds.” -World’s 50 Best.

FOUR brings you the best bits from 2016if you weren’t able to make it in person…

1. Osteria Francescana|Modena, Italy
2. El Celler de Can Roca|Girona,Spain
3. Eleven Madison Park|New York City
4. Central|Lima, Peru
5. Noma|Copenhagen
6. Mirazur|Menton, France
7. Mugaritz|Errenteria, Spain
8. Narisawa|Tokyo, Japan
9. Steirereck|Vienna, Austria
10. Asador Etxebarri|Axpe, Spain
11. D.O.M.|São Paulo, Brazil
12. Quintonil|Mexico City
13. Maido|Lima, Peru
14. The Ledbury|London, UK
15. Alinea|Chicago
16. Azurmendi|Larrabetzu, Spain
17. Piazza Duomo|Alba, Italy
18. White Rabbit|Moscow, Russia
19. L’Arpege|Paris, France
20. Amber|Hong Kong
21. Arzak|San Sebastian, Spain
22. Test Kitchen|Cape Town,South Africa
23. Gaggan|Bangkok, Thailand
24. Le Bernardin|New York City
25. Pujol|Mexico City
26. The Clove Club|London, UK
27. Saison|San Francisco
28. Geranium|Copenhagen, Denmark
29. Tickets|Barcelona, Spain
30. Astrid y Gaston|Lima, Peru
31. RyuGin|Tokyo, Japan
32. Restaurant Andre|Singapore
33. Attica|Melbourne, Australia
34. Restaurant Tim Raue|Berlin, Germany
35. Vendome|Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
36. Borago|Santiago, Chile
37. Nahm|Bangkok, Thailand
38. De Librije|Zwolle, the Netherlands
39. Le Calandre|Italy
40. Relae|Copenhagen, Denmark
41. Fäviken|Sweden
42. Ultraviolet|Shanghai, China
43. Biko|Mexico City
44. Estela|New York
45. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal|London, UK
46. Combal Zero|Rivoli, Italy
47. Schloss Schauenstein|Austria
48. Blue Hill at Stone Barns|Pocatino Hills, New York
49. QuiQue Dacosta|Denia, Spain
50. Septime|Paris, France

Massimo & Osteria Francescana © Paulo Terzi