Spain’s El Bulli Restaurant bagged the much coveted title of Best Restaurant in the World for the third year running in the prestigious S.Pelligrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards on Tuesday night, held at the Freemanson’s Hall in London.

The annual gastronomic chart show, published by UK’s Restaurant magazine, has grown into an influential and credible benchmark among restaurateurs, Michelin stars-decorated chefs and the restaurant industry since its inception in 2002.

Voting was divided into regions, with Germany a new addition this year, and each region comprises a judging panel which will short-list five restaurants for consideration. The judges and panel members were drawn from a list of restaurateurs, chefs and food critics, hence ensuring its objectiveness and global representation.

A total of 3,410 votes were counted from 682 judges, before the top 100 list was birthed.

The top ten list of gastronomic havens reads like this:

1. El Bulli, Spain 2. The Fat Duck, UK 3. Pierre Gagnaire, France 4. Mugaritz, Spain 5. The French Laundry, USA 6. Per Se, USA 7. Bras, France 8. Arzak, Spain 9. Tetsuya’s, Australia 10. Noma, Denmark

Asia was represented by India’s Bukhara restaurant, which bagged the Best in Asia award but narrowly missed out on the top 50, coming in at 55.