Table by Bruno Verjus in Paris named World's Best Restaurant 2025

Table by Bruno Verjus, a small restaurant in Paris's 12th arrondissement, was named the best restaurant in the world on 19 June 2025. The announcement came at the awards ceremony for The World's 50 Best Restaurants, held in Turin, Italy.

The restaurant is run by Bruno Verjus, a self-taught chef who came to cooking late after a career in business and as a food writer and broadcaster. His cooking is built around ingredients from small producers, fishers and farmers, often prepared simply over fire or with minimal intervention, and the menu changes with what is available.

The win was seen as a notable moment for French dining, which had not produced the top-ranked restaurant in the list's history for many years, and for a chef with an unconventional route to the top. The ranking is compiled from votes by a panel of chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and well-travelled diners, and is separate from the Michelin Guide's star system. Table's victory set the benchmark that the 2026 list would later follow.