The list of winners of the World Culinary Awards 2022, which was announced in Dubai last night, features not only a wide range of restaurants, but also the best food festival and best catering on an airline.

Peru’s Mayta has been voted the World’s Best Restaurant, while fine dining in a spectacular setting helped Mezzaluna @ Lebua at State Tower to collect World’s Best Hotel Restaurant. These are just two of the winners of the 2022 edition of World Culinary Awards, a global initiative to recognise and reward excellence in the culinary industry, that were announced at a glamorous evening in Dubai.

Thanks to its tantalising range of gastronomy from across the globe, the host destination, Dubai, was named World’s Best Culinary Destination and Middle East’s Best Culinary Destination. Peru was voted Latin America’s Best Culinary Destination, France collected Europe’s Best Culinary Destination, whilst Vietnam was crowned Asia’s Best Culinary Destination. Meanwhile, Dubai’s SushiSamba was voted World’s Best New Restaurant.

According to a press statement, this year’s edition of World Culinary Awards proved a global gathering of the culinary industry, with pioneers, influencers and leading figureheads travelling from across the world attending the prize-giving evening at Onze Restaurant, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club.

The statement adds that the results follow a year-long search for the world’s leading culinary brands. Votes were cast by culinary industry professionals and the general public, with the nominee gaining the most votes in a category named as the winner.

“Our World Culinary Awards 2022 winners represent those brands pushing the boundaries of culinary excellence. My congratulations to each of them,” says Rina van Staden, Director, World Culinary Awards.

Jamaica Food & Drink Festival was named World’s Best Culinary Festival, whilst Air France lifted World’s Best Culinary Airline, adds the press statement.

Other winners include Le Cordon Bleu Paris which bagged World’s Best Culinary Training Institution, Stone Barn @ Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe Harbour that won Caribbean’s Best Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant, LPM as Abu Dhabi’s Best Restaurant, Chefs Warehouse @ Tintswalo Atlantic which won South Africa’s Best Hotel Restaurant, Ramblas Restaurant which is Eswatini’s Best Restaurant and Signatures Restaurant, Wales’ Best Restaurant.