El Bulli World's Best? Bull!
You know, I kinda wondered about it when S. Pellegrino released its 50 Best Restaurants in the World listing this year—you know, the fact that the top dog three years running was El Bulli in ol' España. But I figured, well, Michael Jordan and the Bulls did a threepeat. And the Forbes richest dudes list seems to be pretty static. But Terry Durack in The Independent calls BS on the El Bulli win:
As El Bulli only opens for only six months of the year, and all seats are booked on the day they are released, I'm amazed that so many judges were able to get in. I was a judge, and I couldn't. So I suspect that some judges found it easier to go along with their peers' existing endorsement of El Bulli rather than actually get out there and find a challenger. If so, that casts serious doubt on the validity of the awards.
Related: World's 50 Best Restaurants [S. Pellegrino]
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2 Comments:
That story from the Independent made me think of this one from the Guardian published right around the same time.
Karen Resta at 11:38AM on 05/03/08
I have been in "El Bulli" and I can assure you that it's a marvelous experience.
icoico at 11:39AM on 05/05/08