Maido has been named the best restaurant in the world at the unveiling of The World’s 50 Restaurants list sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna in Turin.
The restaurant, located in Lima, Peru and headed up by chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura, is a proponent of Nikkei cuisine, the fusion of Japanese and Peruvian flavours and recently celebrated its 15th birthday. It’s previously topped the Latin America’s 50 Restaurants list four times.
An ecstatic Tsumura and team took to the stage in Turin to riotous applause and once he had composed himself, telling the still standing audience that it was “difficult to speak”, Tsumura spoke about the “dream of making people happy, of hospitality” that had driven him since opening Maido.
Urging the industry to think more about human as well as environmental sustainability, he added, poignantly, that the gastronomic industry “is an example of how we can get together” at a time when the world is increasingly divided.
Maido will now join all the previous winners, including 2024's number one, Disfrutar, in the Best of the Best – a hall of fame of restaurants no longer eligible for the list.
Special Awards
A series of special awards were announced on the night, including World’s Best Pastry Chef for Maxime Frédéric of Cheval Blanc in Paris, World’s Best Sommelier, which was awarded to Mohamed Benabdallah of Asador Etxebarri in the Basque Country (number two on the list), and the Chef’s Choice Award, which went to Albert Adrià, whose Enigma restaurant in Barcelona sits at number 34.
The Icon Award was given to Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore of Osteria Francescana – a popular choice on a successful night for Italy, which was hosting the event for the first time and had six restaurants in the top 50, including two in the top 20.
Further awards had been announced ahead of the event, including the One to Watch award for Egypt’s Khufu’s, which offers astounding views of the pyramids at Giza, the World’s Best Female Chef, awarded to Pichaya ‘Pam’ Soontornyanakij of Bangkok’s Potong (this year’s Highest New Entry), and the Art of Hospitality Award, which went to chef Vicky Cheng’s Wing, in Hong Kong.
London’s Ikoyi had a spectacular rise from number 42 last year to number 15, making it the Highest Climber this year. The only other UK restaurant on the list, Kol, dropped out of the top 20, down to 49.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025
1. Maido, Lima (Best Restaurant in South America)
2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
3. Quintonil, Mexico City (Best Restaurant in North America)
4. DiverXO, Madrid
5. Alchemist, Copenhagen
6. Gaggan, Bangkok (Best Restaurant in Asia)
7. Sézanne, Tokyo
8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris
9. Kjolle, Lima
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
11. Wing, Hong Kong
12. Atomix, New York City
13. Potong, Bangkok (Highest New Entry)
14. Plenitude, Paris
15. Ikoyi, London (Highest Climber)
16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy
17. Sorn, Bangkok
18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy
19. The Chairman, Hong Kong
20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy
21. Narisawa, Tokyo
22. Sühring, Bangkok
23. Boragó, Santiago de Chile
24. Elkano, Getaria, Spain
25. Odette, Singapore
26. Mérito, Lima
27. Trèsind Studio, Dubai (Best Restaurant in the Middle East)
28. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro
29. Mingles, Seoul
30. Le Du, Bangkok
31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
33. Steirereck, Vienna
34. Enigma, Barcelona
35. Nusara, Bangkok
36. Florilège, Tokyo
37. Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai
38. Frantzén, Stockholm
39. Mayta, Lima
40. Septime, Paris
41. Kadeau, Copenhagen
42. Belcanto, Lisbon
43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy
44. La Cime, Osaka
45. Arpège, Paris
46. Rosetta, Mexico City
47. Vyn, Skillinge, Sweden
48. Celele, Cartagena, Colombia
49. Kol, London
50. Restaurant Jan, Munich
