Best restaurant in Latin America in 2023 is in Peru; check out!

If you are one of those who love to travel to eat, the lists prepared by The World’s 50 Best are a complete treat. This Tuesday (28), another one was released. This time, we know the 50 best restaurants in Latin America in 2023. The party moved the capital of Rio and, in 2024, it will take place again in the city. On the night of celebration at Copacabana Palace, the best restaurant in Latin America and the other 49 that make up the list were announced.

Once again, the top 1 in the ranking went to a Peruvian restaurant. This year, Maido (Lima) rose to the highest position on the list and was voted the best restaurant in Latin America. The restaurant, which won the title from 2017 to 2019 and now leads the ranking again, is led by chef Mitsuhara Tsumara and features Nikkei cuisine, which combines Japanese culinary techniques with Peruvian ingredients – highlighting those that come from the Amazon.

In addition to eating well, you will certainly have a good pairing experience at home. After all, Maido’s sommelier, Florencia Rey, was also awarded on Tuesday. Florencia received the title of best sommelier in Latin America. Once again, the highlight is local products. Florencia has a strong relationship with Peruvian beverage producers and makes interesting pairings using the country’s production.

Along with Maido, seven other Peruvian restaurants also appear on the list. The first place in the World 50 Best, Central, cannot be voted. According to the award rules, all houses that receive the top 1 in the world enter the Best of the Best and are no longer eligible.

Mexico leads ranking of award-winning restaurants

Although it has the best restaurant in Latin America and the world, Peru is not the country with the largest number of restaurants awarded in 2023 by Latam 50 Best. This year, this highlight was Mexico – which hosted the awards in 2023. The list includes 11 restaurants in the country. Most of them are in Mexico City, but there are also options in Guadalajara and Cancún, for example.

The best restaurant in the country was Fauna, by chef David Castro Hussong, located in Valle de Guadalupe. In fifth place on the list, Fauna has an uncomplicated kitchen, with à la carte and sharing dishes. It is part of a development that also includes stays and a vineyard.

Brazil, which this year hosted the Latam 50 Best party for the first time, added eight restaurants to the 50 best in the world. Casa do Porco, by Jefferson Rueda and Janaína Torres, came in fourth place, being the best placed in the country. Restaurant Manu, by Curitiba chef Manu Buffara, was the only Brazilian restaurant outside the Rio-São Paulo axis to enter the ranking. The Paraná native rose 11 positions compared to 2022 and, this year, occupied position 35.

Brazil has eight restaurants among the best in Latin America

Manu also received the title of Sustainable Restaurant in this edition of Latam 50 Best. The individual and special Award is granted by the organizer to restaurants that promote social and environmental sustainability actions in their regions. On the menu, Manu values ​​the use of vegetables and in the kitchen ingredients come from local producers. Also noteworthy is the work carried out in urban gardens and the actions promoted by the Manu Buffara Institute with needy communities in the capital.

In addition to A Casa do Porco and Manu, other Brazilians on the list are: Maní (RJ/34), Evvai (SP/22), Nelita (SP/21), Oteque (RJ/20), Metzi (SP/18) , Lasai (RJ/14). The expectation for next year is that the number of Brazilian winners will increase.

To check the complete list of Latam 50 Best, visit the awards website

This would be a reflection of the movement of chefs, specialized journalists and gourmands caused by the awards in Rio de Janeiro. The World’s 50 Best lists are formed through voting by a panel of judges invited by the awards and are distributed precisely between these three groups: chefs, specialized journalists and gourmands. Votes are secret. Each guest must indicate up to 10 houses that they have visited in the last 18 months – only 6 of which can be from their country of origin.

At the opening of the event, in which he announced the 2024 edition also in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, highlighted the importance for the city’s gastronomic scene, and the country, of being able to bring together so many lovers and experts in gastronomy. “This inspires our city to increasingly develop our cuisine, which has to do with Rio’s vocation of being the city of encounter, of being with others and celebrating life.”