We honor the world's most iconic dishes and the iconic chefs behind them.
A restaurant earns the honor, but a person earns it first, and the honor travels with them when they move kitchens.
Every honoree receives the seal. Honors accumulate year over year rather than resetting, so a restaurant that keeps earning it builds visible standing.
Meet the honored chefsEach city is judged on its own dishes, so no city is ranked against another. New cities are announced with each year's honorees.

The rankings are one part of it. The rest is film, television, music, books, and the places they came from.