It was an evening that began with caviar blasts, a mythical giant and dancing lightsabers and ended with sparklers and tequila shots at a resort poolside beach club. For the first time, the World's 50 Best Restaurants held their annual awards ceremony and celebration in Las Vegas.
Topping the list was Disfrutar, an innovative tasting menu restaurant in Barcelona. Chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas accepted the award at a ceremony at Wynn Las Vegas on Wednesday evening.
Asador Etxebarri, a restaurant in a Basque village called Atxondo, was named the No. 2 restaurant. Paris Table by Bruno Verjus, at No. 3, was the highest ranking for a French restaurant on the list since Mauro Colagreco's Mirazur landed at No. 1 in 2019. Korean fine-dining restaurant Atomix in New York City was named the best restaurant in North America, at No. 6 on the list.
Chefs from Disfrutar in Barcelona receive the highest award at the “World's 50 Best Restaurants” awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
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Chefs from around the world were in attendance, including past World's 50 Best Restaurants winners Thomas Keller, José Andrés, Dominique Crenn and Daniel Humm. Emeril Lagasse was spotted taking selfies with fans.
Chefs wearing red “World's 50 Best Restaurants” scarves stood to thunderous applause as their restaurants were named during a live countdown of the 50 restaurants. And just before the final four restaurants on the list were announced, purple “Best of the Best” scarves – for the chefs of the previous No. 1 restaurants who are no longer eligible for the main competition – were awarded to Peru's Virgilio Martinez and Pía Léon of last year's top restaurant Central in Lima.
For the first time in more than a decade, the World's 50 Best Restaurants honored a Los Angeles restaurant with an award. Kato, led by co-owners Jon Yao, Ryan Bailey and general manager Nikki Reginaldo, received the 2024 Resy One to Watch Award. The fine-dining restaurant in downtown Los Angeles presents a Taiwanese-inspired tasting menu that embodies the diversity, vibrancy and generosity of Southern California in dishes that are at once comforting and exciting.
The award is intended to be a recognition that a restaurant has the potential to be included on the list at some point in the future.
Kato General Manager Nikki Reginaldo, left, Chef and Co-Owner Jon Yao and Operations Manager, Sommelier/Wine Director and Co-Owner Ryan Bailey.
(Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
The only other North American restaurant besides Atomix and Kato to be recognized was SingleThread Farms in Healdsburg, California. Kyle and Katina Connaughton's tasting menu restaurant and hotel was named No. 46 on the list.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants list is now in its 22nd year and is selected by a panel of 1,080 culinary experts from around the world, recruited from 27 of the Academy's chairs. To view the full list, including restaurants, visit the expanded No. 51 to 100 list on the World's 50 Best Restaurants website.
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