two of heston blumenthal's restaurants have made it into a list of the top 100 restaurants in the world   scooping both eighth and 25th place the celebrity chef's iconic fat duck was named the eighth best restaurant in the world in the annual poll by luxury magazine elite traveler and his london eatery, dinner by heston blumenthal, at the mandarin oriental hotel, also scraped through into the top 25 scroll down for video  heston blumenthal's (left) the fat duck restaurant in bray, berkshire (right) has been crowned the eighth best restaurant in the world in the annual poll by luxury travel magazine elite traveler  snail porridge at the fat duck restaurant in bray, berkshire  alinea, run by the uber talented grant achatz has retained its crown for the fourth year running as the best restaurant in the world, the elite traveller list revealed experimental chef heston's restaurants join six other british establishments in the list which includes the ledbury, which serves contemporary french cuisine at 12; sophisticated indian restaurant amaya, coming in at 92 restaurant andrew fairlie in scotland’s famous gleneagles hotel just scraped in the list at 98th place other celebrity helmed uk eateries to make it into the top 100 include raymond blanc’s belmond le manoir aux quat’saisons, at number 61 and michel roux jr's le gavroche at number 93 restaurant gordon ramsey run by clare smyth came in at a respectable  32nd place chicago’s only three michelin starred restaurant is the brainchild of culinary prodigy grant achatz and features taffy balloons, edible tablecloths and cinnamon bark chopsticks country retreat: raymond blanc's le manoir aux quat' saisons was also honoured on the list  the us has 19 of the best restaurants in the world, followed by france which boasts 14 and the uk, which has a mere eight young talent: chef grant achatz has three michelin stars for his chicago restaurant alinea  spain has eight in the list while italy has seven and australia had five germany, japan and china have six restaurants respectively which made it into the top hundred these include mizai in kyoto, japan which placed at number 15, aqua in wolsberg, germany, which came in at number 21 and hong kong's amber switzerland, mexico, belgium, singapore and brazil all had two restaurants each in the list three restaurants in south africa    the test kitchen, cape town (44); tasting room at le quartier francais, franschhoek (85), and rust en vrede, stellenbosch (87)   were considered the best in the country denmark, austria, norway, ireland, monaco, india, canada and the uae all had one restaurant in the top 100 list the awards also awarded its chef of the year accolade, which this year went to swiss chef daniel humm, chef and co owner of eleven madison park, which came in a fourth in the list and the nomad in new york city, which placed 89th both grant achatz and heston blumenthal were shortlisted dinner by heston blumenthal mandarin oriental hyde park came in at number 25 on the list  young chef of the year went to three michelin starred eneko atxa who runs third best restaurant in the world, azurmendi in spain head chef of san francisco’s saison joshua skenes, and american southern cuisine specialist sean brock were both shortlisted for the accolade each year elite traveler readers are open polled for their favorite restaurants, producing a top 100 list driven by thousands of votes of paying customers in 2015 readers were asked to vote on their favorite restaurants, chefs, young chefs and which culinary maestro deserves the lifetime elite traveler achievement award with the average elite traveler reader taking 41 private jet trips a year and eating in the world's finest restaurants this really is the guide that leads the global fine dining conversation 1 alinea, chicago, usa  2 el celler de can roca, spain  3 azurmendi, spain  4 eleven madison park, new york  5 the fat duck, bray, uk  6 robuchon au dome macau  7 per se new york  8 la pergola, rome  9 le bernardin, new york  10 osteria francescana, italy  11 daniel, new york, usa  12 the ledbury, london, uk  13 pierre gagnaire, paris, france,  14 dom, sao paolo, brazil  15 mizai, kyoto, japan  16 the restaurant at meadowood, st helena, usa  17 pujol, mexico city, mexico  18 restaurant vendome, cologne, germany  19 hof van cleve, kruishoutem, belgium  20 la vague d'or, saint tropez, france  21 aqua, wolsberg, germany  22 restaurant guy savoy, paris, france  23 da vittoria, bergamo, italy  24 le calandre, padua, italy  25 dinner by heston blumenthal, london, uk  26 nihonryori ryugin, tokyo, japan  27 jean georges, new york, usa  28 mugaritz, san sebastian, spain  29 7 chome kyoboshi, tokyo, japan  30 villa crespi, novara, italy  31 amber, hong kong, china  32 restaurant gordon ramsey, london, uk  33 le louis xv alain ducasse, monte carlo, monaco  34 restaurant schwarwaldstube, baden wurttemberg, germany  35 made in china, beijing, china  36 biko, mexico city, mexico  37 waku ghin, singapore, singapore  38 noma, copenhagen, denmark  39 quique dacosta, alicante, spain  40 mr & mrs bund, shanghai, china,  41 taillevent, paris, france  42 astrance, paris, france  43 l'ambroisie, paris, france  44 the test kitchen, cape town, south africa  45 la maison troisgros, roanne, france  46 maison pic, valence, france  47 next, chicago, usa  48 victor's gourmet restaurant schloss berg, perl, germany  49 maaemo, oslo, norway  50 manresa, los gatos, usa  51 narisawa, tokyo, japan  52 the french laundry, yountville, usa  53 al sorriso, novara, italy  54 chef's table at brooklyn fare, new york  55 bras, laguoile, france  56 auberge du vieux puits, france  57 restaurant de l'hotel de ville, lausanne, switzerland  58 sainson, san francisco, usa  59 roberta sudbrack, rio de janeiro, brazil  60 ledoyen, paris, france  61 belmond le manoir aux quat'saisons, oxford, uk  62 diver xo, madrid, spain  63 martin berasategui, san sebastian, spain  64 tetsuya's, sydney, australia  65 coi, san franciso, usa  66 l'aperge, paris, france  67 arzak, san sebastian, spain  68 tantris, munich, germany  69 sushi saito, tokyo, japan  70 toque, montreal, canada  71 dal pescatore, mantua, italy  72 attica, melbourne, australia  73 les pres, d'eugenie, france  74 restaurant patrick guilband, dublin, ireland  75 restaurant andre, singapore, singapore  76 schloss schauenstein, switzerland  77 benu, san francisco, usa  78 kitcho, kyoto, japan  79 steirereck, vienna, austria  80 marque, sydney, australia  81 vue de monde, melbourne, australia  82 de karmeliet, bruges, belgium  83 sant pau, barcelona, spain  84 marea, new york, usa  85 tasting room at le quartier francais, franschhoek, south africa  86 melisse, santa monica, usa  87 rust en vrede, stellenbosch, south africa  88 caprice, hong kong, china  89 the nomad, new york, usa  90 le cinq, paris, france  91 ultraviolet, shanghai, china  92 amaya, london, uk  93 le gavroche, london, uk  94 la petite maison dubai, dubai, uae  95 restaurant amador, mannheim, germany  96 husk, charleston, usa  97 quay, sydney, australia  98 restaurant andrew fairlie, auchterarder, uk  99 momofuku ko, new york, usa  100 falaknuma palace, hyderabad, india 
elite traveler eighth chicago grant achatz's alinea bray london mandarin oriental heston
the fat duck in bray named as the eighth best restaurant in the world  dinner by heston at london's mandarin oriental hotel makes it to top 25  best restaurant in the world is grant achatz's alinea, chicago  the awards are voted for by readers of elite traveler magazine 