The world's 50 best restaurants

The world's 50 best restaurants named for 2012

In the UK, Heston Blumenthal’s newest gastronomic endevour, Dinner, located at the Mandarin Oriental in London, made it into the top 10 at number nine. His signature restaurant in Bray, The Fat Duck, claimed 13th place, with the Ledbury of London coming in at 14.

However, having just three restaurants is the joint-lowest number for the UK in the list's decade-long history – and for the first time ever, not one of the restaurants made it into the top five.

Surprisingly, no French restaurants made into the top 10, while Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca, Murgaritz and Arzak claimed second, third and eighth place, respectively.

The US didn’t disappoint with Per Se, Alinea and Eleven Madison Park claiming the sixth, seventh and tenth spots on the list, which is organised by Restaurant magazine and compiles the opinions of 800 international restaurant industry experts.

See the full list of 'The World's 50 Best Restaurants' below:

1.    Noma,  Copenhagen, Denmark  - no change
2.    El Celler de Can Roca, Girona – Spain -  no change
3.    Mugaritz, San Sebastian – Spain – no change
4.    D.O.M – Soa Paolo, Brazil – up three spots
5.    Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy -  down one spot
6.    Per Se, New York, USA – up four spots
7.    Alinea, Chicago, USA – down one spot
8.    Arzak, San Sebastian , Spain – no change
9.    Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London, England – new entry
10.    Eleven Madison Park, New York, USA – up 14 spots
11.    Steirereck, Vienna, Austria – up 11 spots
12.    L'Atelier Saint-Germain de Joel Robuchon, Paris, France – up 11 spots
13.    The Fat Duck, Bray, England – down eight spots
14.    The Ledbury, London, England – up 20 spots
15.    Le Chateaubriand, Paris, France – down six spots
16.    L’Arpege, Paris, France – up three spots
17.    Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France – down one spot
18.    L’Astrance, Paris, France – down five spots
19.    Le Bernardin, New York, USA – down one spot
20.    Frantzen/Lindeberg, Stockhold, Sweden – new entry
21.    Oud Sluis, Sluis, Netherlands – down four spots
22.    Aqua, Wolfsburg, Germany – up three spots
23.    Vendome, Bergich Gladbach, Germany  - down two spots
24.    Mirazur, Menton, France – re-entry from 2009, was at 35
25.    Daniel, New York, USA – down 14 spots
26.    Iggy’s, Singapore – up one spot
27.    Narisawa, Tokya, Japan – down 15 spots
28.    Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo Japan, down eight spots
29.    Quay, Sydney, Australia – down three spots
30.    Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau, Switzerland – down two spots
31.    Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain – up 19 spots
32.    Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy – no change
33.    De Librige, Zwolle, Netherlands – up 13 spots
34.    Faviken, Jarpen, Sweden – new entry
35.    Astrid y Gaston, Lima Peru – up seven spots
36.    Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico – up 13 spots
37.    Momofuku Ssam Bar, New York, USA – up three spots
38.    Biko, Mexico City, Mexico – down seven spots
39.    Waku Ghin, Singapore – new entry
40.    Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain – new entry
41.    Mathias Dahlgren, Stockholm, Sweden – re-entry from 2009, was at 50
42.    Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium – down 27 spots
43.    The French Laundry, Yountville, USA – re-entry 2010, was at 32
44.    Amber, Hong Kong, China – down seven spots
45.    Vila Joya, Albuferia, Portugal – new entry
46.    Il Canto, Siena, Italy – down seven spots
47.    Bras, Languiole, France – down 17 spots
48.    Manresa, Los Gatos, USA – re-entry 2006, was at 38
49.    Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark – new entry
50.    Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand – new entry