Taking over the No.1 position from Noma – which has been elevated to the Best of the Best hall of fame – Geranium, led by chef Rasmus Kofoed, was voted the No.2 restaurant in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 list. 

Geranium’s mission is to create food that awakens the senses, and Chef Kofoed’s meticulous cooking and incredible vision, including his recent decision to go meatless, have won accolades and fans worldwide. Geranium is joined in the top three by Central (No.2) in Lima and Disfrutar (No.3) in Barcelona.

South America continues to make culinary waves, as Central in Lima is named No.2 in the list and The Best Restaurant in South America, with the continent boasting eight restaurants overall including new entry Mayta (No.32) in Lima and Oteque (No.47) in Rio de Janeiro. 

Asia follows with seven restaurants in the list, including new entries Sorn in Bangkok (No.39) and La Cime, Osaka (No.41). Odette from Singapore now sits at (No.36). The Best Restaurant in Asia is Den in Tokyo (No.20)

The list debutant Fyn in Cape Town (No.37) is crowned The Best Restaurant in Africa. Pujol (No.5) in Mexico City takes The Best Restaurant in North America spot for the third time.

​The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022: 

1. Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
2. Central, Lima, Peru 
3. Disfrutar, Barcelona 
4. Diverxo, Madrid
5. Pujol, Mexico City
6. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo
7. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo
8. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera
9. Quintonil, Mexico City
10. La Calandre, Rubano
11. Maido, Lima 
12. Uliassi, Senigallia
13. Steirereck, Vienna
14. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
15. Reale, Castel di Sangro
16. Elkano, Getaria
17. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin
18. Alchemist, Copenhagen
19. Piazza Duomo, Alba
20. Den, Tokyo
21. Mugaritz, San Sebastian
22. Septime, Paris
23. The Jane, Antwerp
24. The Chairman, Hong Kong
25. Frantzén, Stockholm
26. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin
27. Hof Van Cleve, Kruishoutem
28. Le Clarence, Paris
29. St. Hubertus, San Cassiano
30. Florilège, Tokyo
31. Arpège, Paris
32. Mayta, Lima
33. Atomix, New York
34. Hiša Franko, Kobarid
35. The Clove Club, London
36. Odette, Singapore
37. Fyn, Cape Town
38. Jordnær, Copenhagen
39. Sorn, Bangkok
40. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau
41. La Cime, Osaka
42. Quique Dacosta, Denia
43. Boragó, Santiago
44. Le Bernardin, New York
45. Narisawa, Tokyo
46. Belcanto, Lisbon
47. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro
48. Leo, Bogotá
49. Ikoyi, London
50. Singlethread, Healdsburg

​Best of the Best

Those in the elite group of No.1 ranked restaurants (listed below) have more than proved their worth and will now be forever honoured as iconic dining destinations in the Best of the Best hall of fame. The chefs and restaurateurs who have led their restaurants to the pinnacle of the list have expressed their desire to invest in the future of the sector and ‘give back’ to the food world through new projects and initiatives. 

The following restaurants have been named No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants since the list’s inception and were therefore not eligible for voting in 2022 and beyond: 

• El Bulli (2002, 2006-2009)
• The French Laundry (2003-2004)
• The Fat Duck (2005)
• Noma – Original Location (2010-2012, 2014)
• El Celler de Can Roca (2013, 2015)
• Osteria Francescana (2016, 2018)
• Eleven Madison Park (2017)
• Mirazur (2019)
• Noma – current location (2021)