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Apr 25, 2024 · CNW Group. Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 8:00 AM 2 min read. LONDON, April 25, 2024 /CNW/ -- The World's 50 Best Restaurants today announces its Champions of Change 2024, the heroes of hospitality at...
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Apr 25, 2024 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants announces João Diamante, founder of Diamantes Na Cozinha in Rio de Janeiro and duo Caroline Caporossi and Jessica Rosval behind Roots in Modena, as Champions of ...
- The Bag Lady — Savannah, Georgia
- Chez Panisse Café — Berkley, California
- The French Laundry — Napa Valley, California
- Spago — Los Angeles, California
- Chipotle Mexican Grill
- McDonald's
- Pizza Hut
- Starbucks
- Wendy’s
Before Paula Deen became the Southern Belle of the Food Network and her subsequent fall from grace, she was known as the Bag Lady. Or at least that was what her catering business was originally called. She began her career selling bagged lunches to local offices in Savannah. Paula’s first restaurant was christened The Lady. When she expanded into a...
Chez Panisse is known as the birthplace of modern California cuisine and helped start a movement for restaurants to use fresh, local ingredients. Co-founder Alice Waters named the café after a character in a film trilogy by Marcel Pagnol (who was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker). Chez Panisse is a restaurant legend and was number 20 on...
The French Laundry, in Napa Valley, California, is one of the countries most esteemed restaurants. Its name stems from the fact the restaurant building once housed a French steam laundry during the 19th century. The building was also once a brothel, but the restaurant owners stayed away from incorporating that name.
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck called his earliest restaurant Spago, which is Italian slang for spaghetti. Little in the name would tell you that it serves a fusion of Mediterranean and California cuisine, with a specialty in wood-fired pizzas.
Some of the most iconic chain restaurants have an interesting story to how they got their name, from family names to Moby Dick. Chipotle Mexican GrillFounder, Steve Ells, came up with the name after deciding on a simple restaurant concept based off of traditional mission-style burritos he discovered in San Francisco. Despite objections from friends...
The McDonald brothers founded the original restaurant in California in 1940. Businessmen Ray Kroc bought a McDonald's franchise in Illinois in 1955 and later purchased the entire corporation, wisely keeping the name. After all, would you want to eat a Big Kroc?
Pizza Hut goes back to Wichita, Kansas, in 1958. Pizza Hut founders Dan and Frank Carney chose the name in the simplest way: money. Or lack thereof. They wanted a name that was short to make the price of the sign cheaper. Do you think it would have been as successful as Pizza Inn?
According to Gordon Bowker, the name Starbucks was inspired by an old mining camp in the Cascades called Starbo. The name Starbo led Bowker to think of the first mate in Moby Dick (naturally, whales and coffee go hand in hand), who was named Starbuck. And voilà, Starbucks was born. Bowker also says that the coffeehouse giant was almost christened C...
Wendy’s first opened its doors in 1969, in Dublin, Ohio. Founder Dave Thomas named the burger chain after his daughter, who was nicknamed Wendy. (Her real name was Melinda, but she pronounced it Winda.) The spunky redhead mascot of Wendy’s is also based on Dave’s daughter, Melinda.
- Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark: With the philosophy of “time and place”, Chef René Redzepi’s Noma, situated in the fairy-tale city of Copenhagen, consistently ranks among the world’s best.
- El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain: Operated by the three Roca brothers, El Celler de Can Roca seamlessly marries food, wine, and hospitality. The signature dish, ‘Iberian Suckling Pig with Salad of Green Papaya, Thai Grapefruit, Apple, Coriander, Lime, Chilli Pepper, Hoisin and Soy Sauce,’ epitomizes the brothers’ innovative culinary art.
- Mirazur, Menton, France: Chef Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur is a Mediterranean gem overlooking the azure sea. Its ethos aligns with the lunar cycle, influencing when to sow, grow, and harvest.
- Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy: At the heart of Modena, Chef Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana tells Italy’s culinary tale unexpectedly. Bottura transforms classic Italian dishes into playful works of art like ‘The Crunchy Part of Lasagna’, invoking a sense of nostalgia while creating novel flavors that challenge the status quo.
Morgan Olsen. Thursday 24 June 2021. There's no shortage of great restaurants on this planet, but only a select few can be considered influential. The latter inspires future generations of chefs...
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Jul 18, 2022 · Journalist. 18 July, 2022. Photo: The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Geranium, by chef Rasmus Kofoed in Copenhagen, has been named number one on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list. After coming second last year to fellow Copenhagen restaurant Noma, Kofoed this year finished top of the podium.
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Jan 25, 2022 · 1. El Bulli, Catalonia, Spain. When chef Ferran Adrià announced El Bulli would be closing in 2011, it sent shockwaves throughout the culinary world. The restaurant held 3 Michelin stars and was voted the world’s best restaurant for a record five times.
