Last I checked 7 of the 50 best restaurants in the world were in the US. The number Down Under? Zero....the top 100 is 16-1...
Jud,
The World's Top 50 Best by San Pellegrino is the truly global guide, and has relevancy.
http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners#t1-50I don't think 7 - 1 is too bad for our little part of the world down under.
BUT - compare the chefs in the top 50: 3 to 3 - that looks like the swimming in the Olympics.
: )
Heading to get some Nashville Chicken this week in Melbourne - excited....
#4 - - Eleven Madison Park - New york - Daniel Humm - Swiss
#9 - Alinea - Chicago - Grant Achatz - American
#10 - The Ledbury - London - Brett Graham - Aussie
#13 - Nahm - Bangkok - David Thompson - Aussie
#21 - Le Bernadin - New York - Eric Ripert - French
#32 - Attica (almost in the Sandbelt) Melbourne - Ben Shewry (Kiwi and we claim him, lives here on the coast)
#30 - Per Se - New York - Thomas Keller - American
#40 - Daniel - New York - Daniel Boulud - French
#44 - French Laundry - Napa, CA - Thomas Keller - American
#49 - Coi - San Francisco - Daniel Patterson - American
But not as excited as I am about finally getting a hit down at Cape Wickham - a really ambitious project for the region, I just hope the team down there gets the right growing conditions to achieve the results they are hoping for.