Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants celebrated its fourth annual edition last week in Mexico City.
Here are the highlights according to Instagram.
Tweet #LatAm50Best
1. Viva Mexico
The 50 Best festivities returned to Mexico City for a second – and final – year. (Stay tuned to find out where we're moving to in 2017.)
2. #50BestTalks: Latin Liquids
Mexico's own Enrique Olvera was among the brilliant speakers at our 10th #50BestTalks event, focusing on national drinks from across Latin America.
3. #50BestEats
Chef de cuisine Olivier Deboise Mendez hit the spot with great canapés during #50BestTalks at J&G Grill at The St Regis Mexico City.
4. Chefs’ Feast
An outdoor photo call during a downpour in the middle of Mexico City did nothing to dampen spirits at the annual celebratory banquet.
5. Pin me
50 Best chefs on the list received a badge of honour at the awards ceremony.
6. Ciro's sombrero
Ciro Watanabe from Osaka, Santiago, brought a bit of humour to the awards ceremony.
7. Red Carpet
Panama celebrates its first restaurant on the Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants list with Maito.
8. Tastemakers
We were so happy to celebrate with some of our 50 Best Tastemakers – aren’t they a good-looking bunch?
9. Kicking things off
50 Best's Group Editor William Drew opened the awards ceremony with a cracking multilingual intro speech.
10. All the chefs please stand up
The winners gathered on stage for the annual victory shot.
11. Mexican chefs together
The chefs and restaurateurs of our official host country got together for a group shot.
12. Viva Chile!
The Santiago contingent posed for a pic.
13. Party time
Daniela Soto-Innes of Cosme gets snap-happy with Carlos García of Alto and friends.
14. Tacos and trophies
Guillermo Gonzalez Beristain celebrates his Chefs' Choice Award, sponsored by Modelo, with a snack.
15. Academy Chairs
Thank you to our Academy Chairs, the people who select the voting panels that form the Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants list. From left to right: Diego Salazar, Pablo Baños, Raquel Rosemberg and Josimar Melo.