Chefs, restaurateurs, international media and gastronomes descended on Bangkok last month for the annual food Oscars: Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016. We compiled our favourite Instagram shots to capture the essence of the event. Enjoy!
1. The 50 Best family
Chef Gaggan Anand from Gaggan (No.1 on the list) feels the international love...
2. Pre-party bites
Gennady Jozefavichus, Special Correspondent for Condé Nast Traveller Russia, took this snap at the pre-awards garden party at Issaya Siamese Club (No.19 on the list).
3. Photobomb
Our social media ambassador, The Foodalist, couldn't resist jumping into this snap with all the Japanese chefs.
4. #DessertPorn
Chocolate dessert at the Chefs' Feast, courtesy of Andrés Lara, Cacao Barry's Regional Chef for Asia Pacific.
5. Chef collage
How many can you name?
6. A feast fit for a king at Nahm
Thai street food at Diners Club Lifetime Achievement Award winner David Thompson’s Nahm (No.8 on the list).
7. A fish-eye view
The Asia's 50 Best winners on stage.
8. Feel the Philippines love!
Asia's Best Female Chef Margarita Forés with Chef Chele Gonzalez of Gallery Vask (No.39).
9. Pre-awards nibbles
Rashmi Uday Singh, 50 Best Academy Chair for India, Central Asia & Subcontinent, made this collage of the food offering at the awards.
10. Team Bangkok
Chefs Tim Butler of Eat Me (No.23); Gaggan Anand of Gaggan (No.1); Prin Polsuk of Nahm (No.8) and Ian Kittichai of Issaya Siamese Club (No.19).
11. Tippling Club love
A successful night and a successful year for chef Ryan Clift of Tippling Club (=No.31) and his partner Chloe.
12. Namaste!
Chef Shinobu Namae of L’Effervescence (No.16).
13. Goh!
First timer from Fukuoka, Japan: Chef Takeshi Fukuyama of La Maison De La Nature Goh (=No.31).
14. Japan's Best Chef cooks naan breads
Chef Narisawa-san of Narisawa (No.2) oversees the naan bread station at Gaggan's After Party.
15. Meanwhile, over in Tokyo...
Sushi Saito (No.26)'s Chef Takashi Saito was working too hard to attend the awards, but he sent us this special shout out.
16. Team50Best
Thank you from the team behind Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2016: Group Managing Director Charles Reed, Hospitality Managing Director Tim Brooke-Webb, 50 Best Director Hélène Pietrini, Head of Global Partnerships Vasu Read, Senior Events Manager Maria Olite, Group Editor William Drew, Content Editor Laura Price and Social Media Manager Emer Schlosser, and our Asia Academy Chairs: Boris Yu, Evelyn Chen, Mason Florence, Rashmi Uday Singh, Susan Jung and Takanori Nakamura.
