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World’s 50 best restaurants 2016 named
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NEW YORK, June 15 — If you want to dine at only the best of the best, you'll need to head to Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, which has been picked as the world’s best restaurant in 2016.

Owned by renowned chef Massimo Bottura, it also happens to be the first ever Italian restaurant to come up tops on the lauded The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 list.

“I want to thank everyone because it’s been so hard, our job is all about art,” AFP reported chef Bottura saying to his cheering supporters.

Closer to home, Singapore’s Restaurant Andre bagged the No 32 spot, becoming Singapore’s best performer on the list.

Restaurant Andre is also the only Singapore restaurant to figure on the top 50 list.

Here is the full list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 that you might want to check out:

1.            Osteria Francescana, Modena (Italy) — WORLD’S BEST RESTAURANT AND BEST RESTAURANT IN EUROPE

2.            El Celler de Can Roca, Girona (Spain)

3.            Eleven Madison Park, New York (USA) — BEST RESTAURANT IN NORTH AMERICA

4.            Central, Lima (Peru) — BEST RESTAURANT IN SOUTH AMERICA

5.            Noma, Copenhagen (Denmark)

6.            Mirazur, Menton (France)

7.            Mugaritz, San Sebastian (Spain)

8.            Narisawa, Tokyo (Japan) — BEST RESTAURANT IN ASIA

9.            Steirereck, Vienna (Austria)

10.          Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo (Spain)

11.          D.O.M. , Sao Paulo (Brazil)

12.          Quintonil, Mexico City (Mexico)

13.          Maido, Lima (Peru) — HIGHEST CLIMBER AWARD

14.          The Ledbury, London (UK)

15.          Alinea, Chicago (USA)

16.          Azurmendi, Larrabetzu (Spain)

17.          Piazza Duomo, Alba (Italy)

18.          White Rabbit, Moscow (Russia)

19.          Arpège, Paris (France)

20.          Amber, Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

21.          Arzak, San Sebastian (Spain)

22.          The Test Kitchen, Cape Town (South Africa) — BEST RESTAURANT IN AFRICA

23.          Gaggan, Bangkok (Thailand)

24.          Le Bernardin, New York (USA)

25.          Pujol, Mexico City (Mexico)

26.          The Clove Club, London (UK) — HIGHEST NEW ENTRY

27.          Saison, San Francisco (USA)

28.          Geranium, Copenhagen (Denmark)

29.          Tickets, Barcelona (Spain)

30.          Astrid Y Gastón, Lima (Peru)

31.          Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo (Japan)

32.          Restaurant André, Singapore (Singapore)

33.          Attica, Melbourne (Australia) — BEST RESTAURANT IN AUSTRALASIA

34.          Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin (Germany) — NEW ENTRY

35.          Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)

36.          Boragò, Santiago (Chile)

37.          Nahm, Bangkok (Thailand)

38.          De Librije, Zwolle (Netherlands)

39.          Le Calandre, Rubano (Italy)

40.          Relae, Copenhagen (Denmark) — SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT AWARD

41.          Fäviken, Järpen (Sweden)

42.          Ultraviolet, Shanghai (China)

43.          Biko, Mexico City (Mexico)

44.          Estela, New York (USA) — NEW ENTRY

45.          Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (UK)

46.          Combal.Zero, Rivoli (Italy)

47.          Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau (Switzerland)

48.          Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Tarrytown (USA)

49.          Quique Dacosta, Denia (Spain)

50.          Septime, Paris (France) 

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