La Liste
La Liste is a list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world. It is sanctioned by France’s Foreign Ministry and tourism board and was launched in Paris in December 2015.[1][2] La Liste is cited as the French Foreign Ministry's response to the British published gastronomic guide The World's 50 Best Restaurants.[3]
Founder of La Liste, Ambassador Philippe Faure, was previously CEO of Gault & Millau, Head of the French Tourist Board,[4] and served as Ambassador of France to Japan from 2007 to 2011. Corporate sponsors of La Liste include Moët Hennessy, Nestle and Accor Hotels.[5]
Methodology
La Liste is compiled using a data processing algorithm dubbed Ciacco, named after a fictional glutton from Dante’s Divine Comedy. The list factors in 200 international dining guides, crowd-sourced sites (such as Yelp and TripAdvisor), New York Times and Washington Post reviews. It also takes into consideration Zagat, Michelin, the James Beard Award, Gault & Millau, OpenTable. The algorithm was invented by a French-American computer systems architect Antoine Ribaut, son of former Le Monde food critic Jean-Claude.[1][2]
List
Japan tops the list with 127[6] restaurants followed by France with 118 and the United States with 101.[1][2][7]
| Rank | Restaurant | Location | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville |  Crissier, Switzerland | 82.35 |
| 2 | Per Se |  New York City, United States | 82.30 |
| 3 | Kyo Aji |  Tokyo, Japan | 82.00 |
| 4 | Guy Savoy |  Paris, France | 81.44 |
| 5 | Schauenstein | Fürstenau, Switzerland | 81.37 |
| 6 | El Celler de Can Roca |  Girona, Spain | 81.17 |
| 7 | Kyubey | Tokyo, Japan | 79.88 |
| 8 | Maison Troisgros | Roanne, France | 79.81 |
| 9 | Auberge du Vieux Puits | Fontjoncouse, France | 79.80 |
| 10 | Joël Robuchon | Tokyo, Japan | 79.77 |
| Rank | Overall rank | Restaurant | Location | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Guy Savoy | Paris | 81.44 |
| 2 | 8 | Maison Troisgros | Roanne | 79.81 |
| 3 | 9 | Auberge du Vieux Puits | Fontjoncouse | 79.80 |
| 4 | 11 | Régis et Jacques Marcon | St-Bonnet-le-Froid | 79.75 |
| 5 | 12 | Flocons de Sel | Leutaz | 79.47 |
| 6 | 13 | Les Prés d'Eugénie - Michel Guérard | Eugénie-les-Bains | 79.32 |
| 7 | 16 | Pierre Gagnaire | Paris | 77.96 |
| 8 | 20 | Le Pré Catelan | Paris | 77.28 |
| 9 | 29 | Lameloise | Chagny | 76.66 |
| 10 | 31 | Maison Pic | Valence | 76.49 |
| Rank | Overall rank | Restaurant | Location | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville | Crissier | 82.35 |
| 2 | 5 | Schauenstein | Fürstenau | 81.37 |
| 3 | 67 | Cheval Blanc - Hôtel Les Trois Rois | Basel | 73.73 |
| 4 | 93 | Adelboden | Steinen | 72.60 |
| 5 | 113 | The Restaurant | Zürich | 72.08 |
| 6 | 131 | Domaine de Châteauvieux | Peney-Dessus | 71.48 |
| 7 | 140 | Georges Wenger | Le Noirmont | 71.23 |
| 8 | 146 | Stucki - Tanja Grandits | Basel | 71.09 |
| 9 | 147 | Bumanns Gourmetrestaurant Chesa Pirani | La Punt-Chamues-ch | 71.09 |
| 10 | 159 | L'Ermitage de Bernard Ravet | Vufflens-le-Chateau | 70.75 |
| Rank | Overall rank | Restaurant | Location | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Kyo Aji | Tokyo | 82.00 |
| 2 | 7 | Kyubey | Tokyo | 79.88 |
| 3 | 10 | Joël Robuchon | Yebisu Garden Place | 79.77 |
| 4 | 14 | Nihonryori Ryugin | Tokyo | 78.74 |
| 5 | 24 | Kyo-ryori Nakamura | Kyoto | 76.96 |
| 6 | 25 | Matsukawa | Tokyo | 76.92 |
| 7 | 28 | Quintessence | Tokyo | 76.70 |
| 8 | 37 | Oryouri Hayashi | Kyoto | 75.55 |
| 9 | 39 | Kikunoi Honten | Kyoto | 75.41 |
| 10 | 50 | Maruyama (Gion) | Kyoto | 74.61 |
| Rank | Overall rank | Restaurant | Location | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Per Se | New York City | 82.30 |
| 2 | 19 | Le Bernardin | New York | 77.44 |
| 3 | 51 | Jean-Georges | New York | 74.53 |
| 4 | 241 | Eleven Madison Park | New York | 68.83 |
| 5 | 268 | Joël Robuchon | Las Vegas | 68.29 |
| 6 | 275 | Saison | San Francisco | 68.17 |
| 7 | 282 | The Restaurant at Meadowood | St. Helena, California | 68.05 |
| 8 | 305 | Atera | New York | 67.37 |
| 9 | 310 | The French Laundry | Yountville, California | 67.31 |
| 10 | 320 | Daniel | New York | 67.12 |
| Rank | Country | Number of restaurants | Highest rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 127[6] | 3 |
| 2 | France | 118 | 4 |
| 3 | United States | 101 | 2 |
| 4 |  China(  Hong Kong)(  Macao) | 69 (22) ( 4) | 42 |
| 5 | Spain | 59 | 6 |
| 6 |  Germany | 52 | 30 |
| 7 |  Italy | 50 | 18 |
| 8 |  United Kingdom | 46 | 41 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 30 | 1 |
| 10 |  India | 29 | 591 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "France's La Liste Ranks the World's Top 1000 Restaurants". Forbes. December 18, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "France Replies to World's 50 Best Restaurants List With 1,000 of Its Own". The New York Times. December 12, 2015.
- ↑ "'World's best chef' Benoit Violier found dead". Guardian. Agence-France Presse. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Our Team". La Liste. La Liste. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Sponsors". La Liste. La Liste. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- 1 2 The number varies depending on the sources. However the actual number in the list is 127.
- ↑ "Gastronomy - Presentation of "La Liste" composed of the world's 1,000 best restaurants". French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. December 17, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Restaurants Worldwide". La Liste.
- 1 2 "These Are the 10 Best Restaurants in the World". Time. December 14, 2015.