<P> The World's 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled from the votes of the "World's 50 Best Restaurants Academy", a group of 27 panels established to make the ranking . The world is divided into regions, with a chairperson in each region appointed for their knowledge of their part of the restaurant world . These chairs each selected a voting panel of 35 members, who cast a total of 5,859 votes . </P> <P> There is no list of nominees; each member of the international voting panel votes for their own personal choice of seven restaurants . To ensure that there are winners from many regions, judges are encouraged to vote for up to three restaurants in their own region, with the rest cast outside their home region . No voting member is allowed to vote for their own restaurant, or one in which they have an economic interest, and voters must have eaten in the restaurants they nominate within the past 18 months--although it is not possible to ensure that they have . </P> <P> The criteria are different from those of the Michelin Guide or other guides, which has allowed restaurants like Momofuku Ssam Bar, Asador Etxebarri and St. John to hold their own among the molecular or traditional cuisine of restaurants such as The Fat Duck, Les Ambassadeurs or The French Laundry . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> World's Best Restaurant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> 1st </Th> <Th> 2nd </Th> <Th> 3rd </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> Gordon Ramsay </Td> <Td> The French Laundry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> The French Laundry </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> Le Louis XV </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The French Laundry </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> The French Laundry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> <Td> Pierre Gagnaire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> <Td> Pierre Gagnaire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> <Td> Pierre Gagnaire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> <Td> elBulli </Td> <Td> The Fat Duck </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> <Td> Mugaritz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> <Td> Mugaritz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> <Td> Osteria Francescana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> <Td> Osteria Francescana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> <Td> Osteria Francescana </Td> <Td> Noma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Osteria Francescana </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> <Td> Eleven Madison Park </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Eleven Madison Park </Td> <Td> Osteria Francescana </Td> <Td> El Celler de Can Roca </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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