Restaurant Andre Clinches #32 on World’s 50 Best Restaurants list

It’s awards season in the culinary scene – we just wrapped up the G Restaurant Awards 2016 which named the best restaurants in Singapore. Hours later, the much-watched World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 list was announced. The ceremony was held at Cipriani Wall Street, New York, USA and this year featured 23 countries across six continents.

2016’s list brings about a new #1 not only in restaurant but also in cuisine - for the first time, an Italian restaurant topped the list – Osteria Francescana. Helmed by chef Massimo Bottura in Modena, Italy, it moves up from the second spot it held in 2015, trading places with last year’s #1, El Celler de Can Roca, the Roca brothers’ Spanish establishment in Girona, Spain.

And how did Singapore fare in the global scene? We compare the results with last year’s world list and the Asian list, which was released in March this year.

(RELATED: Catch our video highlights of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016.)

• Restaurant Andre remains Singapore's only top 50 placement this year, but moves up 14 spots from #46 to #32, the sixth consecutive time Andre Chiang’s restaurant has made the list. In a thank you letter to his guests, Chiang notes the many accolades his dining establishment has received this year, including a third spot on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016. Restaurant Andre received an Award of Excellence during the G Restaurant Awards 2016.

Andre Chiang himself penned How I See the World as Guest Editor of Gourmet & Travel.

• Beyond the top 50, new entrant Burnt Ends comes in at #70, helmed by chef David Pynt and also owned by Chiang. In the Asian list, the Australian BBQ joint made a 16-place leap from #30 to #14.

• With a freshly-minted chef de cuisine in Kirk Westaway, former #74 Jaan did not appear on this year’s list, but reined in a respectable #29 in Asia, with plenty of room to grow. Waku Ghin, which placed #70 in the world last year, also dropped off the list, but remains highly placed in Asia at #6. Both Waku Ghin and Jaan received Awards of Excellence during the G Restaurant Awards 2016.

The complete list of World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016

01: OSTERIA FRANCESCANA, Modena, Italy

02: EL CELLAR DE CAN ROCA, Girona, Spain

03: ELEVEN MADISON PARK, New York, USA

04: CENTRAL, Lima, Peru

05: NOMA, Copenhagen, Denmark

06: MIRAZUR, Menton, France

07: MUGARITZ, San Sebastian, Spain

08: NARISAWA, Tokyo, Japan

09: STEIRERECK, Vienna, Austria

10: ASADOR ETXEBARRI, Axpe, Spain

11: D.O.M., Sao Paulo, Brazil

12: QUINTONIL, Mexico City, Mexico

13: MAIDO, Lima, Peru

14: THE LEDBURY, London, UK

15: ALINEA, Chicago, USA

16: AZURMENDI, Larrabetzu, Spain

17: PIAZZA DUOMO, Alba, Italy

18: WHITE RABBIT, Moscow, Russia

19: ARPEGE, Paris, France

20: AMBER, Hong Kong, China

21: ARZAK, San Sebastian, Spain

22: THE TEST KITCHEN, Cape Town, South Africa

23: GAGGAN, Bangkok, Thailand

24: LE BERNARDIN, New York, USA

25: PUJOL, Mexico City, Mexico

26: THE CLOVE CLUB, London, UK

27: SAISON, San Francisco, USA

28: GERANIUM, Copenhagen, Denmark

29: TICKETS, Barcelona, Spain

30: ASTRID Y GASTON, Lima, Peru

31: NIHONRYORI RYUGIN, Tokyo, Japan

32: RESTAURANT ANDRE, Singapore

33: ATTICA, Melbourne, Australia

34: RESTAURANT TIM RAUE, Berlin, Germany

35: VENDOME, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

36: BORAGO, Santiago, Chile

37: NAHM, Bangkok, Thailand

38: DE LIBRIJE, Zwolle, Netherlands

40: RELAE, Copenhagen, Denmark

41: FAVIKEN, Jarpen, Sweden

42: ULTRAVIOLET BY PAUL PAIRET, Shanghai, China

43: BIKO, Mexico City, Mexico

44: ESTELA, New York, USA

45: DINNER BY HESTON BLUMENTHAL, London, UK

46: COMBAL ZERO, Rivoli, Italy

47: SCHLOSS SCHAUENSTEIN, Furstenau, Switzerland

48: BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS, Pocantico Hills, USA

49: QUIQUE DACOSTA, Denia, Spain

50: SEPTIME, Paris, France