World's Top 50 Restaurants - What do you think?

Any list of the World's top restaurants can't avoid being controversial, and the Restaurant Magazine San Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants in the World is no exception. This year's biggest news is the complete exclusion of Gordon Ramsay. Based on OTM's own experience and what we hear "on the street" this seems more like vengeance, but everyone's entitled to their opinion. We're delighted to note that 5 of the top 10 and 9 of the top 20 Chefs/Owners have appeared at On the Menu, and we've actually sampled 6 of the top 10 and 12 of the top 20, just didn't get to interview at a couple of them. So we extend our congratulations to The Fat Duck, Mugaritz, Per Se & The French Laundry, Arzak, Alinea, Osteria Francescana, St. John, Le Bernadin, Tetsuya's & L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon Paris, and of course all the others which we're sure to get to eventually. Special congratulations to Massimo Bottura at Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, entering the list for the first time at No. 13, the highest new entry , and we're not the least surprised, Bravo Massimo!! Check out all the interviews in OTM's Audio Archive & OTM Highlights at www.onthemenuradio.com.