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Asador Etxebarri, Bittor Arguinzoniz's restaurant in the Basque village of Atxondo, Spain, took No. 1 at The 50 Best Restaurants 2026, announced Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Teatro Municipal de Lima, the first time the global awards were held in Peru. It was No. 2 last year. Arguinzoniz cooks over custom-built grills, from red prawns and beef chops to the milk ice cream that ends the meal.

The rest of the top five, per CNN: Gaggan (Bangkok), Alchemist (Copenhagen), Quintonil (Mexico City) and Wing (Hong Kong). New York's Atomix placed 11th, the top U.S. entry, and its chef Junghyun "JP" Park won the Chefs' Choice Award. Jessica Rosval of Al Gatto Verde in Modena was named the World's Best Female Chef and Naar in Kasauli, India, won the Sustainable Restaurant Award.

The list (formerly The World's 50 Best Restaurants) comes from votes by more than 1,100 industry experts, who must have eaten at the places they nominate within the previous 18 months. Past No. 1s, including last year's winner Maido in Lima, are no longer eligible. The 51-100 list came out Oct. 21.

The Michelin Guide revealed its new Swiss selection on Monday, Nov. 2, at a ceremony in the Andermatt concert hall. The one new three-star restaurant is The Japanese Restaurant at The Chedi Andermatt, run by identical twins Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon, who have cooked there together since May 2023. That makes five Swiss three-star restaurants, alongside Memories (Bad Ragaz), Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl (Basel), the Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville (Crissier) and Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau).

Tageskarte, citing Gault&Millau, reports that the brothers cut the restaurant from 17 tables to 12 and that revenue still rose. No new two-star restaurants were named; Switzerland has 22. Seven restaurants earned a first star, including rémy in Zürich, ad lib in Zermatt and Schlüssel by Tanja Grandits in Oberwil, and 11 new Bib Gourmands were added. Tageskarte counts 133 starred restaurants in all (Cuisine Helvetica says 132); last year's guide had 145, according to Keystone-SDA.

The World's 50 Best Restaurants published its 2026 extended list (Nos. 51-100) on October 21, ahead of the main ceremony in Lima, Peru, on November 4. The list spans six continents and 25 territories and is compiled from votes by more than 1,100 chefs, food writers and other experts, Restaurant Online reports.

The highest new entry is Ling Long in Shanghai at No. 53, followed by new entries including Nelita in São Paulo (54), Seroja in Singapore (64), Eatanic Garden in Seoul (72), Baan Tepa in Bangkok (90) and Lamdre in Beijing (92), per Cape Town Etc. London's The Ledbury, run by Brett Graham, re-enters at No. 83 for the first time since 2019; KOL fell from 49 to 70. Cape Town's Fyn (65) and Salsify at the Roundhouse (71) each rose 17 places, and Giza's Khufu's is at 97.