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L’autenticità è fondamentale quando si tratta di un ristorante innovativo. Ce ne sono centinaia di migliaia in tutto il mondo, ma pochi si distinguono come esperienze davvero indimenticabili. Il mix perfetto di cibo dal sapore dinamico, ospitalità senza eguali e una personalità permeabile che rende un’istituzione unica nel suo genere offre anche un’esperienza culinaria speciale – ed è ciò che siamo qui per celebrare. Il secondo Global Tastemakers Awards annuale di Food & Wine celebra una selezione davvero diversificata di ristoranti in tutto il mondo, tra cui un caffè di ispirazione iraniana a Bombay, un ristorante in una fattoria a Nairobi, un tapas bar estremamente creativo a Barcellona, un piccolo izakaya a Tokyo e una pizzeria all’avanguardia a Caserta. La scelta spazia dai ristoranti stellati Michelin con menu degustazione progressivi alle strutture più piccole a conduzione familiare. Molti dei vincitori di quest’anno sono guidati da giovani chef ambiziosi che hanno fatto carriera in ristoranti famosi e pluripremiati. Un altro filo conduttore è l’enfasi sugli ingredienti locali, dal campo alla tavola o foraggiati, sui vini naturali e un occhio verso la sostenibilità. Molti di questi ristoranti approfondiscono le tradizioni culinarie della regione in cui si trovano. Alcuni stanno facendo uno sforzo consapevole per migliorare le cucine trascurate delle comunità emarginate. Tutti offrono esperienze deliziose che ti terranno pronto a saltare su un volo.
Ecco 20 ristoranti eccezionali da tutto il mondo che offrono piatti deliziosi, un’atmosfera meravigliosa e un’esperienza complessivamente indimenticabile – e la nostra scelta più una, ovvero un ristorante che non figurava nell’elenco iniziale votato dalla nostra giuria, ma dovrebbe sicuramente essere sul tuo radar.
Mérito (Lima, Peru)
Merito
Venezuelan chef Juan Luis Martínez did stints working with Martin Berasategui in San Sebastián and at DiverXO in Madrid before moving to Lima in 2014 to work under Virgilio Martinez at Central. He left Central in 2018 to open his own restaurant and it’s been climbing to the top of ‘best of’ lists ever since. Housed in a building in Lima’s trendy Barranco neighborhood, Mérito combines elements of Peruvian and Venezuelan cuisine to create dishes that are rooted in Latin American culture but entirely new.
Petermen (Sydney, Australia)
Josh Niland
Josh and Julie Niland’s first restaurant, Saint Peter, gained international acclaim when it opened in 2016 so it only made sense that their latest opening, Petermen, became an instant hit. The restaurant showcases sustainably sourced Australian seafood and cooking that is rigorously fin-to-tail. The Niland’s innovation and creativity shines through in dishes like empanadas filled with saltbush and bonito served with a sauce made from steeping the fish’s bones in soy sauce.
SodaBottleOpenerWala (Bombay, India)
SodaBottleOpenerWala
In the early 20th century, Zoroastrian Iranians flocked to colonial Bombay, bringing their cafe culture with them. By the 1960s, there were hundreds of Iranian cafés in Bombay, but today just a fraction of them remain. SodaBottleOpenerWala brings back the whimsy of those cafes with printed floor tiles, colorful vintage decor, and a menu that encompasses Iranian staples and Indian street food.
Cucina Villana (Ruvo di Puglia, Italy)
Mezza Pagnotta
At this charming restaurant located in the historic Villa Fenicia in the small town of Ruvo di Puglia, brothers Vincenzo and Francesco Montaruli reinterpret the simple cuisine that has nurtured the inhabitants of southern Italy for centuries. Instead of the ubiquitous pasta and pizza, Cucina Villana offers dishes with a joyful and surprising emphasis on vegetables and wild herbs like thistle, chicory, and cardoon foraged on the nearby Murge peninsula, artfully presented in delicious dishes. In summer, the restaurant’s setting in the villa’s garden is truly magical.
Soil (Athens, Greece)
Antonis Yiamouris
Soil has two Michelin stars: one red star and one green star for sustainability. For chef Tasos Mantis, who worked in temples to fine dining like Geranium in Copenhagen, everything starts in his private garden in the nearby village of Alepochori. His farm-to-table tasting menus combine Greek ingredients and flavors with a Nordic sensibility.
Celele (Cartagena, Colombia)
Celele
As the founder of the Caribe Lab Project, chef Jaime Rodriguez has spent 14 years traveling through Colombia to research and document indigenous ingredients and recipes in danger of being lost. He puts that research into practice at Celele, serving contemporary Caribbean cuisine, with dishes like squid and mussels in a coastal escabeche and pork confit terrine with preserved sweet peppers, Caribbean beans, cabbage, and pork broth.
La Cocina de Humo (Oaxaca, Mexico)
La Cocina de Humo
At La Cocina de Humo, rising star chef Thalia Barrios Garcia invites diners to watch as she and her team prepare tamales, tortillas, and other traditional dishes over a wood-fired earthenware comal and serves them at the chef’s counter. Her intimate restaurant in the heart of the historical center in Oaxaca is more comparable to a family dinner, with an ever-changing menu based on availability of ingredients at the local market and what’s in season and chefs available to walk guests through each dish on the menu. Garcia also offers cooking classes to educate guests on traditional Oaxacan dishes.
Indigo (Arequipa, Peru)
Indigo
Housed in the Qasa by Nomad Hotel in Arequipa, Indigo serves modern Peruvian cuisine and creative cocktails in their outdoor space. Chef Enrique Parades Mizaico creates artistic interpretations of traditional dishes like ceviche, lomo saltado, and ossobuco, using local ingredients cooked in a modern style.
Cultiva (Nairobi, Kenya)
Cultiva
Conceived by Ecuadorian chef Ariel Moscardi and Peter Silvester of Royal African Safaris, Cultiva is a rustic fine dining restaurant born as a pop-up during the off season for safaris. Taking the farm-to-table ethos literally, the restaurant is attached to the Cultiva Farm in Nairobi’s Karen neighborhood and serves artfully presented dishes made with fresh, organic ingredients just plucked from the earth.
Emazulwini Restaurant (Cape Town, South Africa)
Paris Brummer
Chef Mmabatho Molefe is part of a movement to valorize African cuisine as she reinterprets dishes her mother made with a fine dining lens. Emazulwini Restaurant was located right on the V&A Waterfront and focused on Zulu and Nguni cuisine. Molefe announced in February that the restaurant’s three-year residency at the V&A Waterfront has drawn to a close, but she will be popping up elsewhere. Follow the restaurant’s Instagram account @emazulwini_restaurant for more details.
L’Evo (Toyama, Japan)
Yukari Sakamoto
L’Evo promises “cuisine you’ll find only here for a time spent like nowhere else,” and it delivers. Chef Eiji Taniguchi comes from a family of chefs in Osaka and trained in France and Japan. He forages plants in the forest surrounding the restaurant, which is located in a remote part of Toyama prefecture, and works with local farmers, fishermen, and brewers who supply the rest of the ingredients for his beautifully presented dishes.
Teté Cocina de Barrio (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Diego Camacho
Brother and sister Mario and Karla Papa are among Mexico’s most talented young chefs. At their vegetarian restaurant in Guadalajara, they’ve created an avant-garde gastronomic experience that surprises and delights. There are no menus and no waiters — instead the chefs present and explain the dishes, which are made with a zero waste philosophy. The restaurant doesn’t have a website but can be found on Instagram @tetecocinadebarrio.
Wana Yook (Bangkok, Thailand)
Chris Schalk
At this Michelin-starred restaurant inside a beautiful colonial house in Bangkok, chef Chalee Kader brings a fine dining lens to traditional dishes like Khao gaeng. Each dish in his 12-course tasting menu features rice from a different region of Thailand served with a reimagined curry. The restaurant doesn’t have a website but can be found on Instagram @wana.yook.
Beba (Montreal, Canada)
Beba
Straddling the line between a neighborhood spot and destination dining, Beba is the passion project of brothers Ari and Pablo Schor, who grew up between Buenos Aires and Winnipeg. Here they combine Argentine culinary traditions — which draw heavily on Spanish and Italian cuisines — with Quebecois ingredients and influences for a truly unique expression of Canadian cuisine.
Dos Pebrots (Barcelona, Spain)
Dos Pebrots
A meal at this tapas bar in Raval by former El Bulli head chef Albert Raurich is like a history lesson in Mediterranean cooking. He delves deep into the past, using ingredients like garum (the anchovy-based sauce used in ancient Rome) and finding inspiration in the recipes of the ancient Greeks and Etruscans.
Sait (Istanbul, Turkey)
Sait
Originally opened in Bodrum in 1993, the second location of this upscale seafood restaurant debuted in Istanbul’s shiny new Galataport district. Turkish mezze and fresh fish from the Aegean are the specialties here, served in an elegant, modern dining room.
Pizzeria I Masanielli (Caserta, Italy)
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I Masanielli transforms pizza into a transcendental experience, which makes it no surprise that the restaurant has garnered accolades from around the world. Master pizzaiolo Francesco Martucci uses haute cuisine techniques, like flash freezing, sous vide cooking, and dehydrating, to coax the most incredible flavors and textures out of the ingredients he uses to top his pizzas.
Kotaro Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan)
Kotaro
There’s no menu at this intimate izakaya in a residential part of Shibuya. Instead, diners state their preferences and then put their dining fate in the hands of chef Kotaro Hayashi, who draws inspiration from traditional recipes but puts his own spin on them. There might be hand-cut udon noodles served with raw egg, butter, and soy sauce or potato salad with cucumber and soft boiled egg smoked over cherry wood. The restaurant does not have a website.
BiBi (London, UK)
Sam Cornish
The modern Indian cuisine at this chic restaurant in Mayfair by the JKS restaurant group aims to surprise and delight with each bite. Chef Chet Sharma playfully reimagines classic Indian dishes, transforming them into moreish small plates like Wookey-hole cheese papad and the much-loved Lahori chicken with cashew and yogurt whey.
Note (Dublin, Ireland)
Note
Some of the best cooking in Dublin is happening at this unfussy wine bar/bistro praised for its bold flavors, balanced food, and wine list spotlighting small and organic producers. The talented young chef Essa Fakhry cooks up modern European dishes with eclectic influences and ingredients, from Connemara oysters to Spanish chorizo.
Plus One: Dill (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Dill
Dill was the first restaurant in Iceland awarded a Michelin star and it’s still one of the best places to experience Iceland’s culture and cuisine. Founding chef Gunnar Karl Gíslasson creates sublime tasting menus that explore Icelandic ingredients and recipes but transform them in new and innovative ways.
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