Food & Wine Nepal – July 2019

(26) Hospitality, Food & Wine, Monthly

International

RISE AND FALL

A week ago, ahead of the awards

ceremony the organization exposed

the first cut of restaurants in this year’s

special 120 winners list. These top 50

come on the heels of the preceding

the stretched rankings, which now

count 120 restaurants. On the long list,

Thomas Keller’s Per Se fell from No.

81 to (No. 115), yonder the possibility

of the unique prolonged list. New

York’s Momofuku Ko dropped from

Formerly this year, 50 Best also

publicised that, moving forward,

restaurants which have been titled no.

1 in the list in the list’s past are no

longer eligible for the annual ranking,

and will in its place enter a hall of

fame as ‘The

Best of the Best’!

El Bulli (2002, 2006-2009)

The French Laundry (2003-2004)

The Fat Duck (2005)

Noma – original location (2010-

2012, 2014)

El Celler de Can Roca (2013, 2015)

Osteria Francescana (2016, 2018)

Eleven Madison Park (2017).

Akanksha Dean: With a backgroudn in Culinary Arts & the first Indian to have staged at the best

restaurant in the world aka Osteria Francescana gives her an edge over any other food & travel writer. A

young, intelligent & hardworking yung adult, she has been on various Travels in search of food & culture

to various destinations like France, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Ireland, Srilanka, Nepal,

Canada, Maldives, Greece, Spain, Morocco and host of other countries (read 16) and many Indian

cities too. 22 years of age Akanksha Dean is also a keen Photographer and her photographs have been

used in most of her articles as well. Her blog is very popular where she writes her experience. http://

akankshatravellingapron.blogspot.in/?m=1

Rupali Dean: She has a passion for all things good in life- be it travel, food, watching plays & films,

photography, drinking champagne or just getting pampered in a Spa. And very smartly she has converted this

passion into a profession. Luckily being a Hotel Management graduate, an ex-chef, nutritionist and a journalist

she is eminently qualified to do it, too. Imagine having your cake, eating it and then writing about it and making

money? No wonder we envy her, big time!

About the Authors

Chef Alex and Vimal of Hyatt

Chef Julien Royer of Singapore’s

Odette, which grips the No.1

position on the Asia’s 50 Best

Restaurant list is at No 18

Rupali, Luca, Akanksha

No. 62 to No. (72), and Chef’s Table

at Brooklyn Fare fell from No. 69 to

(No. 77). The Korean Atomix, debuted,

just sliding in at (No. 119) — so close!

Indian Accent climbs up to (No. 60) and

retains being India’s best.