Top 25 Most Prestigious Food and Restaurant Awards

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• 2024 James Beard Award winners - "The Oscars of the food world - the James Beard Awards - were handed out Monday night to many chefs and restaurants reflecting cultures and regions that have long been overlooked when honoring culinary achievement in the United States."
• Denmark brings back the Bocuse d'Or 2023 - thanks to an impressive platter based on monkfish and their very convincing "Feed the kids" menu where the squash was worked from A to Z.
• How do restaurants actually get a Michelin star? - "It's one of the highest culinary honours to be bestowed on a restaurant, but for decades, the process around how they're awarded has been shrouded in secrecy."
• List of food & drink awards - Wikipedia.
• Michelin stars could be the ultimate kiss of death for restaurants - "A report says that because the accolade brings higher costs and more stress, restaurants that have been awarded stars are more likely to close than those without."
• restaurant critic: ‘It’s the best job! But it will kill you’: four restaurant critics on the battle to stay healthy - "Last week, the New York Times’s restaurant critic left his job after a worrying medical checkup. How do others keep going?"
• The world’s best pizza for 2024 isn’t in Naples - or even in Italy. Here’s where it is ... - "This week, the Italy-based 50 Top Pizza Awards came out with its 2024 worldwide list, and a Lower East Side restaurant, New York, came out on top."
• These chefs & restaurants are the 2023 James Beard Award winners - "A Philadelphia restaurant with an eight-course tasting menu, a Haitian restaurant in the Pacific Northwest and a chef who focuses on a sustainable menu of oysters and wild vegetables in Washington, D.C., were three of the big winners at the 2023 James Beard Awards, widely considered the Oscars of the food world."
• World’s largest food awards move judging panel from UK to Ireland to avoid Brexit red tape - "Due to new import controls, a judging session for the Great Taste awards is being held outside the UK for the first time in 30 years."

Top 25 Most Prestigious Food & Restaurant Awards

• 50 Next - Meet the people of shaping the future of gastronomy 2022 - "Meet the class of 2022." Discover the inaugural 50 Next list.
• 2023 World's 50 Best Restaurants: the list in pictures - "Voted No.1 in this year's list, Central is crowned The World's Best Restaurant 2023. The highly anticipated list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, was revealed on Tuesday 20th June at a live awards ceremony held at Valencia’s stunning City of Arts and Sciences, with the world’s best chefs, esteemed food media and leading foodies in attendance. The 21st edition of the annual ranking features restaurants across 24 territories in five continents and 12 brand-new entries. Explore the list in 50 photos and find out which venue has been crowned No.1, taking home the trophy for The World’s Best Restaurant 2023."
• And the award for 'Restaurant of the Year' goes to .... - "Paris hosts inaugural World Restaurant Awards."
• BOCUSE D'OR - the Concours mondial de la cuisine, World Cuisine Contest is a biennial world chef championship since 1987. Named for the chef Paul Bocuse, the event takes place during two days near the end of January in Lyon, France at the SIRHA International Hotel, Catering and Food Trade Exhibition, and is one of the world's most prestigious cooking competitions.
• BOCUSE D'OR FINAL 2023 - "The Bocuse d'Or goes to the French team led by DAVY TISSOT, the Bocuse d'Argent goes to the Danish team led by RONNI VEXØE MORTENSEN and the Bocuse de Bronze goes to the Norwegian team led by CHRISTIAN ANDRE PETTERSEN."
• CHEF'S CHOICE AWARD - The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
• Gourmand International - founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau. It is free competition and open to publishers in all languages and countries. The Gourmand Awards celebrate global cookbook and wine book publishing and feature many world renowned chefs each year. It is sometimes described as the "Oscars of food awards in Paris".
• Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards 2021 - "The awards are the Oscars of the Australian food and wine world, and are our longest-running national restaurant awards, beginning back in 1981."
• Great Taste Awards - since 1992. "Great Taste is the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink accreditation scheme. Putting your food or drink to the test with our panel of over 500 experts is a quick way to get honest, straightforward and impartial feedback from chefs, buyers, food writers and retailers. Whether your product receives a 1-, 2- or 3-star accolade, Great Taste stars are highly respected seals of approval."
• INTERNATIONAL DINING AWARDS 2021 - since 2018. "The Most Prestigious Restaurant Awards in the World."
• INTERNATIONAL STAR DIAMOND AWARDS - since 1949. By American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. Prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality, gastronomy, attitude, quality, cleanliness and above all service.
• JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARDS - since 1990. "The James Beard Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind America’s food culture and champion a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability. " Often called "The Oscars of Food."
• Lifetime Achievement Award - by Restaurant Magazine | The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
• LUXURY RESTAURANT AWARDS 2023 - since 2015. "The World Luxury Restaurant Awards is a recognized global organization which inspires excellence, ignites healthy competition in the luxury restaurant industry, and provides restaurants with the recognition they deserve."
• Mediterranean diet named best diet for 2022 - "It's a winning streak that just won't quit. For the fifth year in a row, the Mediterranean diet was first across the finish line in the annual race for best diet, according to ratings announced Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. Coming in a close second, in a tie: The DASH diet, which stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension and emphasizes reducing salt intake; and the flexitarian diet, which encourages being a vegetarian most of the time - but is flexible enough to allow a burger once in a while."
• MICHELIN GUIDE AWARDS - since 1900. The guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality.
• NATIONAL RESTAURANT AWARDS - since 2007. "The largest gathering of chefs and restaurateurs in the UK, the event will also include the inaugural Estrella Damm Gastronomy Congress with Restaurant magazine, which will feature cooking demonstrations from Michelin-starred chefs from around the world."
• Observer Food Monthly Awards - since 2003. Reward the best in British food and drink.
• Opinionated About Dining - the lists 2023 - since 2004. "Opinionated About Dining is the only dining survey that factors experience into its rating system. Our 2019 results are based on over 200,000 reviews contributed by more than 6,000 people who registered for the survey."
• SCOTTISH RESTAURANT AWARDS 2023 - "The 99 Edinburgh venues named as finalists at prestigious annual food awards." Awards celebrate the best restaurants and culinary talent in Scotland.
• Superyacht Chef Competition 2024 - "At the Yacht Club de Monaco. Organised by the YCM in partnership with Bluewater, it takes place on April 4 under the aegis of YCM’s La Belle Classe Academy training centre."
• SUSHI AWARDS - by Eat-Japan.
• That’s Beijing 2021 Food & Drink Awards Winners List Out Now! - "Is it really that time of year again? The annual That's Beijing Food & Drink Awards is back for 2021!"
• Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards 2023 - "The best restaurants, cafés, brunches and pubs in Dubai in 2023."
• Time Out New York’s 2021 Best of the City award winners - "The greatest events, parties, restaurants, bars and cultural institutions in New York this year."
• Tripadvisor's Best Fine Dining Restaurants 2023 - World - "We award Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best to restaurants with a high volume of above-and-beyond reviews and opinions from our community over a 12-month period. Each winner has passed our rigorous trust and safety standards. Fewer than 1% of Tripadvisor’s 8 million listings are awarded Best of the Best, signifying the highest level of excellence in travel."
• White Guide Global Gastronomy Award - "Best Restaurants in the Nordics."
• Wine Spectator Reveals 2022 Restaurant Award Winners - "Nearly 3,200 restaurants around the world earned honors for their ambitious wine programs, bolstering their lists and cellars now that dining out has resumed."
• World Culinary Nominees 2022 - since 1994. "World's Best Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant 2022."
• World cup of baking - since 1992. "Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie."
• WORLD SUSHI CUP JAPAN 2022 - since 2014. Comprises of two events: the individual competition and the restaurant competition.
• World Travel Awards Nominees 2023 - since 1994. "World's Leading Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant 2019"
• World's 50 Best Restaurants 2023 | The best restaurants in the world - "Geranium, Copenhagen. The World's Best Restaurant 2022."
• World's best restaurants honored in culinary awards - "In travel news this week: epic continental trips by bike and bus, new airline routes making transatlantic trips easier and the world’s top restaurants, from Asia to the United States to the Middle East."
• WSJ Innovation Awards 2022 - "Launched in 2011, WSJ. Magazine’s Innovator Awards recognizes groundbreaking talents from a range of disciplines, including fashion, art, entertainment, architecture, design, technology, the performing arts, philanthropy, food, literature and more. As an annual event, it has blossomed into one of the Wall Street Journal’s signature franchises; the combination of special-edition print issue, red-carpet gala and multiple digital extensions reaches WSJ.’s largest global audience every year."