Top Tables 2019: Bangkok's 100 best restaurants

[Taa_Saparot]

Top Tables 2019 is officially out! On Mar 27 at House No. 1, we announced Bangkok’s 100 best restaurants during our annual Top Tables Awards night . A crowd of over 400 chefs, restaurateurs, food industry professionals and media partners gathered at the Charoenkrung Road address to hear the announcement.

Winning the top spot for the third consecutive year was German fine dining restaurant Sühring. Twin chefs Thomas and Mathias Sühring have redefined their nation’s cuisine with meticulously presented German tasting menus that are now recognized around the globe. In second position comes Gaa, the unconventional and inventive new-Asian restaurant of chef Garima Arora, followed by her neighbor and former boss Gaggan (headed by legendary chef Gaggan Anand) at no. 3.

This year’s Top Tables Top 10 also had a Thai flavor, with Bo.lan (no. 5), Paste (no. 7), Le Du (no. 9) and Sorn (no. 10) all collecting top honors. Bo.lan also collected 2019’s Best Thai Fine Dining Award for its uncompromising approach to authentic and ethical culinary practices, while the Best Debut Restaurant Award went to southern Thai cuisine specialist Sorn.

Now in its 12th edition, Top Tables remains Bangkok’s most trusted local guide to fine dining. Each restaurant in the guide is selected by a panel of 30 foodies, bloggers, journalists and F&B professionals free from affiliation with restaurants in the guide. Each panelist must vote on 200 restaurants, and only the highest-ranked 100 places make the Official Selection.

The Top Tables 2019 guide comes free with the Mar 29 issue of BK Magazine. For your nearest distribution point, visit bkmagazine.com/distribution. You can also get your free copy of Top Tables 2019 online at bit.ly/2HDanr6 (PDF download) or visit bktoptables.com for all the latest Top Tables news.

http://asia-city.com/newsletters/Toptable/Toptables_2019_web.pdf

[wadman]

So, who is actually on the voting panel that came up with this list?  Anyone know?  I couldn't find it anywhere in the PDF file, or their website.

[basket case]

So, who is actually on the voting panel that came up with this list?  Anyone know?  I couldn't find it anywhere in the PDF file, or their website.

Pretty much in the description.....

"Each restaurant in the guide is selected by a panel of 30 foodies, bloggers, journalists and F&B professionals free from affiliation with restaurants in the guide. Each panelist must vote on 200 restaurants, and only the highest-ranked 100 places make the Official Selection."

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[wadman]

1 hour ago, basket case said:

Pretty much in the description.....

"Each restaurant in the guide is selected by a panel of 30 foodies, bloggers, journalists and F&B professionals free from affiliation with restaurants in the guide. Each panelist must vote on 200 restaurants, and only the highest-ranked 100 places make the Official Selection."

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Yes, I know that, I have read that paragraph too. But nowhere can I find a list of who those 30 great experts are. As in, a list of names of those 30 people. 

[basket case]

I rather doubt the actual names would mean anything to you.

Some truly great restaurants on the list. Of the ones I've been to, I would have a hard time arguing that they didn't belong there.

Added a couple to my to-do list.

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[basket case]

Further info from BK Magazine re. Anonymous Reviewers:

Why are your reviewers anonymous?

On occasion, they’ve been threatened. Some of our reviewers are foreigners, which makes them even more vulnerable to powerful people. And powerful people love owning restaurants (or their kids do). Also, our reviews are meant to be unannounced and incognito to get the same service anyone else would. This magazine has an editor, though, who is ultimately responsible for everything printed in the magazine. In that sense, the review is not completely anonymous. You have someone you can talk to if you want to discuss the review. We take responsibility for our words.

 

[Taa_Saparot]

Here they are, all the big Top Tables 2019 special awards

https://bk.asia-city.com/restaurants/news/here-they-are-all-big-top-tables-2019-special-awards