A Guide To The World's Best Fine Dining Restaurants


It begins with certain elements but most of all, the food. Rating guides are most useful to understand this along with actually dining at the top restaurants in the world.


The usual areas to consider when rating a restaurant's food are taste, presentation and creativity. Any Gault Millau/Gayot ranking of 18 to 19 or Michelin 3 star will be close to perfect for dishes and described with adjectives like sublime,  ephemeral,...  So what are the further nuances that distinguish these world's best restaurants?' For me, it becomes an intellectual argument about the conceptual brilliance regarding the choice of ingredients, preparation and presentation by considering:


  • Was 'every' ingredient necessary, was this the best way to prepare these ingredients, how smartly do the ingredients blend and follow the 'nature of materials'? This will involve the science of cooking and understanding the nature of materials to know what works.
  • Has the restaurants cooking developed its own personal style in a unique way?
  • Is the food positively evolving the art and/or science of cooking  in some way....creating a new direction or path.