The World’s 50 Best goes from 100 to 120 restaurants with some perennial favourites dropping from top 50

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list has grown this year from 100 to 120. The list from 51 to 120 was announced today with a number of favourites falling from the top 50.

These include Alex Atala’s D.O.M., Niko Romito’s Reale, Arzak in Spain, Maemmo in Oslo, the Ledbury in London and Nihonryori RyuGin in Tokyo.

This year’s World 50 Best Restaurants list which will be unveiled next week will not feature the likes of Massimo Bottura, Daniel Humm and Joan Roca. The chefs of Osteria Francescana, Eleven Madison Park and Celler de Can Roca are no longer eligible to feature in the list and will instead go into a ‘hall of fame’. It still has to be seen what the impact on the top 10 will be.

It is the first time that the ‘back list’ or the list from 51-100 is extended to 120. The organisation said this was due to the fact that their sponsor is celebrating the 120th anniversary. Whether that means that next year’s will include 121 restaurants remains to be seen.

Only 6 women head restaurants in the 70-long list including Clare Smyth’s Core which features in 66th place. It is the first time that Core features in the list after the British chef was named Female chef of the year last year.

While the Italian press focused on Niko Romito’s drop from the top list (to 51st place) when they were expecting him to rise further, they had reason to be cheerful as Lido 84, Uliassi, St Hubertus and Il Ristorante Luca Fantin (albeit in Tokyo) made it to the list for the first time. The restaurant Lido 84 was also named the one to watch.

Germany consolidated its position at the back with the entry of Berlin restaurant Ernst into the list.

Belgium has two restaurants in the top 120. These are The Jane in Antwerp and Chambree Separee in Gent. This is the second time that Kobe Desramaults features in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. He previously made it with his restaurant In de Wulfe in Dranouter.

• 51. Reale, Castel del Sangro, Italy
• 52. Mikla, Istanbul, Turkey
• 53. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain
• 54. D.O.M. Sao Paolo, Brazil
• 55. Maeemo, Oslo, Norway
• 56. Relae, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 57. Nobelhart and Schmutzig, Berlin, Germany
• 58. Sud 777, Mexico City, Mexico
• 59. Burnt Ends, Singapore
• 60. Indian Accent, New Delhi
• 61. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy
• 62. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo, Japan
• 63. Florilege, Tokyo, Japan
• 64. The Ledbury, London
• 65. Selfie, Moscow,
• 66. Core by Clare Smyth, London
• 67. Astrid y Gaston, Lima, Peru
• 68. Faviken, Jarpen, Sween
• 69. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
• 70. Saison, San Francisco
• 71. Single Thread, Healdsburg, USA
• 72. Aqua, Wolfsburg, Germany
• 73. Mani, Sao Paolo, Brazil
• 74. Lasai, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
• 75. Diverxo, Madrid, Spain
• 76. Momofuku Ko, New York, United States
• 77. Chef’s table at Brooklyn Fare, New York, United States
• 78. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy
• 79. Mingles, Seoul, Korea
• 80. Estela, New York, United States
• 81. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain
• 82. Enigma, Barcelona
• 83. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
• 84. Attica, Melbourne, Australia
• 85. Amass, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 86. Tegui, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 87. Martin Berasategui, Lasarte-Oria, Spain
• 88. Lun King Heen, Hong Kong
• 89. 108, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 90. Alo, Toronto, Canada
• 91. Sushi Saito, Tokyo, Japan
• 92. Harvest, St Petersburg, Russia
• 93. La Cime, Osaka, Japan
• 94. Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
• 95. Gaa, Bangkok, Thailand
• 96. Belon, Hongkong,
• 97. Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
• 98. Anne-Sophie Pic, Valence, France
• 99. The Jane, Antwerp, Belgium
• 100. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 101. Brae, Birregurra, Australia
• 102. Amber, Hong Kong
• 103. Jade Dragon, Macau
• 104. Cococo, St Petersburg, Russia
• 105. Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 106. Restaurant David Toutain, Paris, France
• 107. Il Ristorante Luca Fantin, Tokyo, Japan
• 108. L’Astrance, Paris, France
• 109. Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico
• 110. Neolokal, Istanbul, Turkey
• 111. Chambre Separee, Ghent, Belgium
• 112. St John, London, UK
• 113. Vea, Hong Kong
• 114. La Colombe, Cape Town, South Africa
• 115. Per Se, New York, United States
• 116. St. Hubertus, San Cassiano, Italy
• 117. Epicure, Paris, France
• 118. Ernst, Berlin, Germany
• 119. Atomix, New York, United States
• 120, Sugalabo, Tokyo, Japan