Who votes for The World's 50 Best Restaurants?
What do the voters on The World's 50 Best Restaurants panel look for? What's their idea of a great restaurant, and how do the regional Academy Chairs select their voting panels?
Here, Mitchell Davis, Academy Chair for East USA and East Canada, talks to us about the voting process, plus his views on where to go for the best burger in his hometown of New York.
Check out the 50 Best Manifesto here:
http://www.theworlds50best.com/the-academy/manifesto
Meet our Academy Chairs:
http://www.theworlds50best.com/the-academy/about-us
Read the FAQs:
http://www.theworlds50best.com/the-academy/frequently-asked-questions
See the 2014 list:
http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners
The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2015 will be announced on Monday 1st June at London's historic Guildhall. Follow our social media channels to be the first to discover the new list:
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See the full 2014 list here:
1. NOMA Copenhagen, Denmark
2. EL CELLER DE CAN ROCA Girona, Spain
3. OSTERIA FRANCESCANA Modena, Italy
4. ELEVEN MADISON PARK New York, USA
5. DINNER BY HESTON BLUMENTHAL London, UK
6. MUGARITZ San Sebastian, Spain
7. D.O.M. Sao Paulo, Brazil
8. ARZAK, San Sebastian, Spain
9. ALINEA Chicago, USA
10. THE LEDBURY London, UK
11. MIRAZUR Menton, France
12. VENDOME Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
13. NAHM Bangkok, Thailand
14. NARISAWA Tokyo, Japan
15. CENTRAL Lima, Peru
16. STEIRERECK Vienna, Austria
17. GAGGAN Bangkok, Thailand
18. ASTRID Y GASTON Lima, Peru
19. FAVIKEN Jarpen, Sweden
20. PUJOL Mexico City, Mexico
21. LE BERNARDIN New York, USA
22. VILA JOYA Albufeira, Portugal
23. RESTAURANT FRANTZEN Stockholm, Sweden
24. AMBER Hong Kong, China
25. L'ARPEGE Paris, France
26. AZURMENDI Larrabetzu, Spain
27. LE CHATEAUBRIAND Paris, France
28. AQUA Wolfsburg, Germany
29. DE LIBRIJE Zwolle, Netherlands
30. PER SE New York, USA
31. L'ATELIER SAINT-GERMAIN DE JOEL ROBUCHON Paris, France
32. ATTICA Melbourne, Australia
33. NIHONRYORI RYUGIN Tokyo, Japan
34. ASADOR ETXEBARRI Atxondo, Spain
35. MARTIN BERASATEGUI San Sebastian, Spain
36. MANI Sao Paulo, Brazil
37. RESTAURANT ANDRE Singapore
38. L'ASTRANCE Paris, France
39. PIAZZA DUOMO Alba, Italy
40. DANIEL New York, USA
41. QUIQUE DACOSTA Denia, Spain
42. GERANIUM Copenhagen, Denmark
43. SCHLOSS SCHAUENSTEIN Furstenau, Switzerland
44. THE FRENCH LAUNDRY Yountville, USA
45. HOF VAN CLEVE Kruishoutem, Belgium
46. LE CALANDRE Rubano, Italy
47. THE FAT DUCK Bray, UK
48. THE TEST KITCHEN Cape Town, South Africa
49. COI San Francisco, USA
50. WAKU GHIN Singapore