People
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Nathan Garnett
Director – The World’s 50 Best
Nathan has been working in the food and drink events business for over 10 years. In his previous role, Nathan was Event Director for the BBC Good Food Show, the UK’s largest consumer food show – a role that stoked a passion for food and drink, and allowed him to work with Gordon Ramsay Holdings, staging the Gordon Ramsay Scholarship, and Jamie Oliver to bring his hit TV show “Jamie at Home” to the live stage, along with a host of other well know chefs. Nathan took on the role of running The World’s 50 Best in 2008, and would like to make it clear, he does not get to visit all of the 50 Best Restaurants.
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Mark Durden-Smith
Awards Night Presenter
Mark Durden-Smith is one of Britain’s most versatile presenters, and will present the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony at the Guildhall in 2010. He has presented the awards very successfully in recent years, in what is often a challenging task of keeping people entertained while they wait eagerly for that Number 1 to be announced. Mark’s interests and background in travel and a keen interest in restaurants means he shares our passion for celebrating the best in global gastronomy.
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Nigel Barden
The Interviewer
Nigel Barden is a food & drink journalist & broadcaster, working with Chris Evans & Simon Mayo on their Radio 2 shows & is the food correspondent for BBC London. He specialises in promoting British ingredients & artisan producers. He’s chairman of The Great Taste Awards & in a former life was a Yorkshire wine merchant, having previously studied land agency at Cirencester’s Royal Agricultural College. He grew up on a farm in Lancashire, married a Sicilian & has 3 boys under 10. Nigel’s also a BBC rugby commentator.
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The Academy
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy
The Academy is comprised of 806 members, each selected for their expert opinion of the international restaurant scene.
To create the Academy, and give it a fair representation of the global restaurant scene, we divide the world up into 26 geographical regions. Each region has a chairperson appointed for their knowledge of their part of the restaurant world. These chairs each selected a voting panel of 30 – ensuring a balanced selection of chefs, restaurateurs, food/restaurant journalists and gourmands.