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Peruano Maido, best restaurant in the world, with 2 Mexicans in the ’50 Best ‘• News • Forbes Mexico

20 June 2025

The Maido Restaurant, in Lima, of chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura, was considered this Thursday the best restaurant in the world and Spanish Asador Etxebarri, by Bittor Arguinzoniz, the second, according to the list ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’, which includes 10 Latin Americans and four Spaniards.

In the gala held in Turin (Italy) of the 23rd edition of these awards granted by the British magazine Restaurant, the Spanish -American cuisine came out very reinforced with two Latin Americans -Maido and Quintonil- and two Spaniards -Etxebarri and Diverxo- in the top 5 of the list, which closes the Danish Alchemist, of Rasmus Mock, which in 2024 was the eighth.

Maido, who in 2024 was fifth, took first place, thus breaking the tradition of recent years, in which the restaurant in second position was the winner in the next edition.

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The second place last year was for the Asador Etxebarri, which remains in the same position, while the third was for the Mexican Quintonil, by Jorge Vallejo, seventh in 2024, and the room for Diverxo, the Madrid restaurant of Dabiz Muñoz, which repeats classification.

In the sixth place was Gaggan, in Bangkok, who wins three positions with respect to 2024; in the seventh Sabanne, in Tokyo (last year he was in 15); Eighth Table by Bruno Verjus, in Paris, which descends five positions; Ninth Kjolle, in Lima, who goes up seven, and in the tenth Don Julio, in Buenos Aires, which remains the same.

Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura thanked the prestigious award for his team and his family and said that “it is a dream to be able to make happy people and that hospitality and gastronomy can do surprising things can make dreams come true and can solve many problems”

“At this time we have differences the gastronomy industry is an example that as being together. I think we are an example what can be done together with the power of food,” added the chef of the maido.

Maido, who occupied the 5th position on list 2024, “is a master class for Nikkei gastronomy, which combines meticulous Japanese techniques with delicious Peruvian ingredients to create a culturally rich and innovative gastronomic experience at the same time,” explain the organizers.

The rest of the Latin Americans in the list of the 50 best were Boragó, of Santiago, Chile, in 23; Merit, in Lima (26); Lasai, in Rio de Janeiro (28); Mayta, in Lima (39); Rosetta, in Mexico City (46) and Celele, in Cartagena, in 48, which also received the substantable Award Restaurant in recognition of its firm commitment to sustainability and preservation of the Caribbean culinary heritage.

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While in Spain they appear in the Elkano list, in Getaria, in position 24 and Enigma, in Barcelona, at number 34, with chef Albert Adrià at the head, which also won the Damm chefs star ‘Choice Award 2025, the only award voted for the rest of his colleagues.

The most represented city in the list is Bangkok, with six restaurants (Gaggan -6-, Potong -13-, SORN -17-, Sühring -22-, Lu -30- and Nusara-35-).

The voters of this prestigious award are journalists, chefs, industry experts and also fans, all members of the Academy of the 50 best restaurants in the world: 540 women and many other men.

They come from 27 countries, must maintain anonymity and can vote for a minimum of six and a maximum of ten restaurants (in order of preference) that have visited in the last 18 months and only six of their geographical area.

They must document the visit -with a photo is enough -and they can vote for the restaurant they prefer, which does not necessarily have to be famous or have stars: the choice is totally personal.