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What is your educated guess - What will the Top 5 on the World's Top 50 list will look like 2011?

How about stirring things up a bit (in more or less uneducated fashion):

1. Noma
2. Bras
3. El Bulli
4. The Fat Duck
5. Alinea

San Pellegrino World's top 50 restaurants 2010 list can be found here: http://www.theworlds50best.com/awards/1-50-winners

And I'm gonna be even more daring and tell you what the list will look like 2011:

1. Alinea
2. Noma
3. The Fat Duck
4. Osteria Francescana
5. Quay

Are we really sure we wanna let me have the last word in this matter?!

Here is someone who might surprise:
Josean Martínez Alija - Guggenheim Bilbao

EDIT * EDIT * EDIT * To my last list - now THIS is more like it:


1. Noma
2. Alinea
3. Celler de Can Roca
4. Fat Duck
5. Mugaritz


Let's see in 6 days!

Respect! - I guess you were close enough to the in-crowd to make that educated bet Congrats!

For those who missed the show - here's the San Pellegrino rating for the World's 50 Best Restaurants:


1 — Noma Denmark The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Europe
2 Up 2 El Celler De Can Roca Spain
3 Up 2 Mugaritz Spain
4 Up 2 Osteria Francescana Italy The Chefs' Choice sponsored by Electrolux
5 Down 2 The Fat Duck UK
6 Up 1 Alinea USA The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In North America
7 Up 11 D.O.M Brazil The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In South America
8 Up 1 Arzak Spain
9 Up 2 Le Chateaubriand France
10 — Per Se USA
11 Down 3 Daniel USA
12 Up 12 Les Creations de Narisawa Japan The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In Asia
13 Up 3 L'Astrance France
14 Up 15 L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon France
15 Up 2 Hof van Cleve Belgium
16 Down 3 Pierre Gagnaire France
17 Up 2 Oud Sluis Netherlands
18 Down 3 Le Bernardin USA
19 Re-Entry L'Arpege France
20 Up 28 Nihonryori RyuGin Japan Highest Climber Sponsored by Lavazza
21 Up 1 Vendome Germany
22 Down 1 Steirereck Austria
23 Up 7 Schloss Schauenstein Switzerland
24 Up 26 Eleven Madison Park USA
25 Up 9 Aqua Germany
26 Up 1 Quay Australia The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In Australasia
27 Up 1 Iggy's Singapore
28 Up 7 Combal Zero Italy
29 Up 4 Martin Berasategui Spain
30 Re-Entry Bras France
31 Up 15 Biko Mexico
32 Down 12 Le Calandre Italy
33 Re-Entry Cracco Italy
34 New Entry The Ledbury UK Highest New Entry Sponsored by Silestone
35 Down 12 Chez Dominique Finland
36 Down 5 Le Quartier Francais South Africa The Acqua Panna Best Restaurant In The Middle East and Africa
37 New Entry Amber Hong Kong
38 Down 2 Dal Pescatore Italy
39 Up 1 Il Canto Italy
40 Down 14 Momofuku Ssam Bar USA
41 Up 2 St John UK
42 New Entry Astrid Y Gaston Peru
43 Up 6 Hibiscus UK
44 — Maison Troisgros France
45 Down 4 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee France
46 Down 9 De Librije Netherlands
47 Down 33 Restaurant de l'Hotel De Ville Switzerland
48 New Entry Varvary Russia
49 New Entry Pujol Mexico
50 Re-Entry Asador Etxebarri Spain

the in-crowd to make that educated