Finally, the list of winners of the Food & Wine 2024 Global Tastemakers Awards was announced, and once again Peru occupied an angular place on the podium of the best gastronomies on the planet, but with a peculiar proposal: it combines Peruvian and Venezuelan food.
According to the Food & Wine portal, this year, more than 180 food and tourism journalists from around the world were asked to nominate their favorite restaurants, bars, bakeries, markets, cities, hotels, airports, airlines and cruise ships around the world. world.
With this selection, the specialized media sent the comments to a panel of expert judges to classify the winners of each category.
Each category, in turn, has the best airlines and airports, bars, hotels and restaurants included, along with the best cities for coffee, bakeries and markets, so you can start planning the dream getaway you crave.
“We’re here to celebrate the culinary experiences that draw us to a destination and evoke the true flavor of the place, from those life-affirming, trip-defining meals to creatively crafted cocktails that elevate an evening with every sip and featured hotel culinary offerings to unforgettable cruise bites – the flavors we can’t wait to share with other travelers,” noted Food & Wine.
Additionally, Food & Wine takes into account “an emphasis on local, farm-to-table or foraged ingredients, natural wines, and an eye toward sustainability. Many of these restaurants delve into the culinary traditions of the region in which they serve.” they find each other”. Peru could not be off the list like that.
Merito wins the Global Tastemakers Awards – Food & Wine 2024
It’s about the restaurant Merit from Barranco, directed by chef Juan Luis Martínez, which combines Peruvian and Venezuelan gastronomy. The restaurant’s strategic location and its fusion menu ended up convincing the strict jury of the Global Tastemakers Awards – Food & Wine 2024.
“Thank you Lima for embracing us as you have done. We feel very lucky to be part of your gastronomic culture, being part of your evolutionary path is a privilege! Thank you Barranco for inspiring us to be authentic as you are,” highlighted the Mérito restaurant on their social networks.
Among the dishes offered by Mérito are glazed bacon and arepas; grilled corn; fish, green tomato, huacatay and ripened cheese; corn, coffee, lucuma and macambo, among others.
Mérito de Barranco achieved its first place in a list of 20 restaurants:
- Merit (Lima, Peru)
- Petermen (Sydney, Australia)
- SodaBottleOpenerWala (Mumbai, India)
- Cucina Villana (Ruvo di Puglia, Italy)
- Soil (Athens, Greece)
- Celele (Cartagena, Colombia)
- The Smoke Kitchen (Oaxaca, Mexico)
- Indigo (Arequipa, Peru)
- Farm (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Emazulwini Restaurant (Cape Town, South Africa)
- L’Evo (Toyama, Japan)
- Teté Neighborhood Kitchen (Guadalajara, Mexico)
- Wana Yook (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Beba (Montreal, Canada)
- Two Pebrots (Barcelona, Spain)
- Sait (Istanbul, Türkiye)
- Pizzeria I Masanielli (Caserta, Italy)
- Kotaro Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan)
- BiBi (London, United Kingdom)
- Note (Dublin, Ireland)
Source: Larepublica
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