This country has more of the top 50 restaurants in the world than any other.

You wouldn't be far off if you guessed that Italy or France are the countries with the most restaurants in this year's "50 Best in the World" list than any other.

But no, that award goes to Spain, where six restaurants received awards on the 2023 list this summer. (Italy had five and France four, as did Peru, where the capital Lima ranks first.)

Spain has a rich and deep culinary heritage and a decades-long history with the distinction of “Best in the World”.Famous restaurant El Bulli, which closed in 2011, made it to number one five times, starting in 2002 when the list first appeared.

Several of the chefs from the Spanish restaurants that won this year's awards - in which Spain came 2nd, 3rd and 4th, in addition to three others in the top 50 - trained at El Bulli under Ferran Adrià, the pioneer of molecular gastronomy ( or avant-garde). garde cuisine, as Adrià prefers to call it).

Adrià's education and influence reached far beyond the borders of Spain.

chef José Andrés, who was instrumental in introducing Spanish cuisine to American diners, trained at El Bulli for three years before a misunderstanding with Adrià led him to travel to New York in 1991 and eventually join in Washington, D.C. to settle down. , where he founded his own group of restaurants, including the two-Michelin-starred Minibar.

Andrés recently returned to Spain with his three American-born daughters Carlota, Inés and Lucía for the six-part Discovery+ series “José Andrés y su familia en España,” airing Sundays on CNN starting September 24.

In the series, Andrés visits what is now the El Bulli Museum in Roses with his mentor and friend, and he and two of his daughters dine at Enjoy Barcelona, ​​ranked number 2 on the list of the 50 best restaurants in the world. World and voted best restaurant. in Europe.

Here you will find more information about the six restaurants in Spain that are among the 50 best in the world.The tables are very popular. So plan your visit well in advance.

Disfrutar | Barcelona

(No. 2 among World’s 50 Best and Best Restaurant in Europe)

DiverXO | Madrid(

(No. 3 among the World’s 50 Best)

Asador Etxebarri | Atxondo

(No. 4 among the World’s 50 Best)

Quique Dacosta | Dénia

(No. 20 among World’s 50 Best)

Elkano | Getaria

(No. 22 among the World’s 50 Best)

Mugaritz | San Sebastian

(No. 31 among the World’s 50 Best)