Just Announced: The World’s Best Restaurants 2009 according to S. Pellegrino and other sponsors put together by Restaurant Magazine & William Reed Business Media Ltd. (all copyrighted material belongs to their respective owners).

Changes of Note: (1) The Fat Duck, in all probability, lost the No. 1 seat to El Bulli, due to the sickening of scores of it clients due to what was later found to be Norovirus Winter Vomiting Disease by health officials. (2) Marcus Wareing’s Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley placed No. 52 in the site of the former Ramsay owned Petrus. It also won the Breakthrough Restaurant award, meaning, it is most likely to enter the Top 50 next year.
Charlie Trotter’s which was on the list in 2008 at #38 has slipped off the list as have all of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants skidded into obscurity. Chez Panisse fell to position #59 down from #37 last year and there were a great deal of position changing this year.

1 El Bulli Spain  www.elbulli.com
2 The Fat Duck UK  www.fatduck.co.uk
3 Noma Denmark www.noma.dk
4 Mugaritz Spain www.mugaritz.com
5 El Celler de Can Roca Spain  www.cellercanroca.com
6 Per Se USA  www.perseny.com
7 Bras France  www.michel-bras.com
8 Arzak Spain (=) www.arzak.es
9 Pierre Gagnaire France www.pierre-gagnaire.com
10 Alinea USA  www.alinea-restaurant.com
11 L’Astrance France  www.lastrance.abemadi.com
12 The French Laundry USA  www.frenchlaundry.com
13 Osteria Francescana Italy (New Entry) www.osteriafrancescana.it
14 St John UK (2)  www.stjohnrestaurant.co.uk
15 Le Bernardin USA (5) www.le-bernardin.com
16 Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville Switzerland  www.philippe-rochat.ch
17 Tetsuya’s Australia  www.tetsuyas.com
18 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon France  www.joel-robouchon.com
19 Jean Georges USA  www.jean-georges.com
20 Les Créations de Narisawa Japan (New Entry) www.narisawa-yoshihiro.com
21 Chez Dominique Finland  www.chezdominique.fi
22 Ristorante Cracco  Italy  www.ristorantecracco.it
23 Die Schwarzwaldstube Germany  www.traube-tonbach.de
24 D.O.M. Brazil
25 Vendôme Germany
26 Hof van Cleve Belgium
27 Masa USA (re-entry) www.masanyc.com
28 Gambero Rosso Italy  Tel +39 (0)56570 1021
29 Oud Sluis Netherlands  www.oudsluis.nl
30 Steirereck Austria (New Entry) www.steirereck.at
31 Momofuku Ssäm Bar USA (New Entry) www.momofuku.com
32 Oaxen Skärgårdskrog Sweden  www.oaxenkrog.se
33 Martin Berasategui Spain  www.martinberasategui.com
34 Nobu UK  www.noburestaurants.com
35 Mirazur France (New Entry) www.mirazur.fr
36 Hakkasan UK  www.hakkasan.com
37 Le Quartier Français South Africa  www.lequartier.co.za
38 La Colombe South Africa (re-entry) www.constantia-uitsig.com
39 Asador Etxebarri Spain  www.asadoretxebarri.com
40 Le Chateaubriand France (New Entry)  tel +33 (0)1 43574595
41 Daniel USA www.danielnyc.com
42 Combal Zero Italy (re-entry) www.combal.org
43 Le Louis XV France  www.alain-ducasse.com
44 Tantris Germany  www.tantris.de
45 Iggy’s Singapore (New Entry) www.iggys.com.sg
46 Quay Australia (New Entry) www.quay.com.au
47 Les Ambassadeurs France www.crillon.com
48 Dal Pescatore Italy  www.dalpescatore.com
49 Le Calandre Italy  www.calandre.com
50 Mathias Dahlgren Sweden (New Entry) www.mathiasdahlgren.com