La Liste

La Liste, which was initially a list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world, is privately owned and was launched in Paris in December 2015. This French ranking and restaurant guide now lists 20,000 restaurants in 195 countries by aggregating over 700 guides and publications and is often cited as the reply to the British-published gastronomic guide World's 50 Best Restaurants. La Liste guide and results are available on laliste.com and through La Liste app (iOS and Android)

The founder of La Liste, Ambassador Philippe Faure, was previously the CEO of Gault & Millau, and the former Head of the French Tourist Board.[1] He also served as the ambassador of France to Japan from 2007 to 2011, as well as to Mexico and Morocco. Corporate sponsors of La Liste include Moët Hennessy, American Express, ABInbev, Marché International de Rungis and Accor Hotels.[2]

Methodology

La Liste is compiled using a data processing algorithm. The list factors in more than 700 international dining guides, crowd-sourced sites (such as Yelp and TripAdvisor) or press reviews (New York Times, Washington Post...). Among those sources, La Liste also takes into consideration Zagat, Michelin, the James Beard Award, Gault & Millau, OpenTable.

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LA LISTE 2017

The 2017 ranking was released on December 5, 2016, in Paris. Restaurants are now rated on a Parker-style scale ranging from 80 to 100, with 0,25 increments. Japan is still in the lead with 116 restaurants in the top 1000, followed by France with 113 and China with 100. Actual number of restaurants listed is 1,076 because the score 83.25 is shared by 87 restaurants from rank 990 to 1,076.[8]

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Japan tops the list with 127[10] restaurants followed by France with 118 and the United States with 101.[11][12][13]

See also

References

  1. Our Team La Liste, retrieved 1 February 2016^
  2. Sponsors La Liste, retrieved 1 February 2016^
  3. https://www.laliste.com/lists/top-1000-restaurants^
  4. LA LISTE 2023 La Liste^
  5. LA LISTE 2023 La Liste^
  6. LA LISTE 2019 LA LISTE^
  7. WINNERS LA LISTE^
  8. Yearly ranking of world gastronomy: LA LISTE 2017 unveiled in Paris La Liste, December 7, 2016^
  9. La Liste^
  10. The number varies depending on the sources. However the actual number in the list is 127.^
  11. France's La Liste Ranks the World's Top 1000 Restaurants Forbes, December 18, 2015^
  12. France Replies to World's 50 Best Restaurants List With 1,000 of Its Own The New York Times, December 12, 2015^
  13. Gastronomy - Presentation of "La Liste" composed of the world's 1,000 best restaurants French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, December 17, 2015^
  14. Restaurants Worldwide La Liste^
  15. These Are the 10 Best Restaurants in the World Time, December 14, 2015^