The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Hits Vegas This Summer — Here’s How to Eat, Drink, and Party

Wynn Las Vegas. | Wynn Las Vegas Here are some of the ways you can eat the World’s Best Food This summer, some of the most lauded chefs in the world are descending on Las Vegas for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants event. The annual awards ceremony crowns 50 winners from around the world and has selected Las Vegas as its host city for 2024. There is no criteria that a restaurant has to meet to be selected — the voting panel is assigned no pre-determined checklist of criteria or definition for what makes a restaurant the “best” — so they just...go off of vibes, maybe? Still, being a host is an exciting recognition for Las Vegas as a city that needs to be taken more seriously for its culinary diversity and talent. And as a town that knows how to party, one can expect Vegas to go all out once in the company of big-name chefs from around the world. For five days, the World’s 50 Best will stage events, collaborative dinners, master classes, and a big-ticket food festival. It culminates in an award ceremony at the Wynn on June 5, 2024. Here are some of the ways you can get involved. Check back often as this guide will be updated as further events are announced and details like timing and pricing are made available. Sunday, June 2 The 50 Best Signature Sessions, which take place across Las Vegas, kick off with Sparrow and Wolf x Hiša Franko. Chef Brian Howard of Sparrow and Wolf will collaborate with the former holder of the World’s Best Female Chef title, Hiša Franko in Kobarid, Slovenia. The dinner will combine regional European and modern American elements across a special five-course menu. Monday, June 3 As part of the 50 Best Signature Sessions, London-based chef Tomos Parry brings his fire-cooking skills to Las Vegas for a lunchtime feast at chef James Trees’s restaurant, Esther’s Kitchen for Esther’s Kitchen XBrat/Mountain. Chef Tetsuya Wakuda joins forces with Enrique Olvera, the chef behind Pujol in Mexico — which earned a Number 13 on last year’s list — for Wakuda X Pujol/Cosme at Wakuda at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The Wynn Las Vegas will host two collaborative dinners with resident chefs and chefs who have previously earned a 50 Best chef title. Chef Sarah Thompson of Casa Playa will host a dinner with chef Elena Reygadas from Mexico City. Reygadas was named the World’s Best Female Chef 2023. The dinner at Casa Playa will only be open to about 85 people. Chef Jeff Ramsey of Mizumi will host a dinner at Mizumi with chef Thitid ‘Ton’ Tassanakajohn. The Thailand-based chef recently led his first Bangkok restaurant, Le Du, to the first position in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023. Details including timing and pricing will be announced in the coming weeks. Casa Playa Casa Playa. Tuesday, June 4 Italy’s Enrico Crippa joins Sinatra executive chef Theo Schoenegger for a lunch of art-inspired dishes with Sinatra X Piazza Duomo at Sinatra. Chef and humanitarian José Andrés — former winner of the Icon Award from the World’s 50 Best Restaurants — teams up with chef Quique Dacosta of Dénia — the Spanish restaurant ranked Number 20 last year. The two Spanish-born greats go back decades and will present an Iberian feast for the times at Bazaar Meat by José Andrés X Quique Dacosta inside Bazaar Meat at the Sahara. Wednesday, June 5 Wednesday will mark the kick-off to Revelry, the Wynn’s four-day culinary festival taking place Wednesday, June 5 through Saturday, June 8, at the Las Vegas Strip Resort. Several chefs will collaborate for an “East Meets Best” dinner at Wing Lei. Chef Xian Ming Yu from Wing Lei at Wynn Las Vegas will join chef Andre Chiang of Sichuan Moon at Wynn Palace, chef Tam Kwok Fung of Chef Tam’s Seasons at Wynn Palace, chef Henry Zhang of Golden Flower at Wynn Macau, and Chef Jen Yee, the executive pastry chef at Wynn Las Vegas, to prepare the chefs’ takes on haute Chinese cooking. Tickets are $425 per person. Wing Lei Las Vegas Wing Lei Las Vegas. Thursday, June 6 Resorts World will host Indulge, a week-long dining series. The first event is A Night with ¡VIVA! x Brezza. Chef Ray Garcia of ¡VIVA! and chef Nicole Brisson of Brezza and Bar Zazu will collaborate for a special dinner by combining Garcia’s culinary history of Mexican flavors and Brisson’s modern Italian influence on classic dishes. The intimate, six-course dinner will accompany tableside moments and a wine pairing. Camphor, led by chefs Max Boonthanakit and Lijo George, will host Camphor Presents Steak Frites at RedTail on Thursday and Friday. Hosted by musicians, entertainers, and designers, the Steak Frites Indulge event at RedTail is a night of good music, good food, and good company. The Icons Dinner is a 50 Best Signature Series event and part of Revelry. It brings together some of the biggest names in culinary to host one dinner at Lakeside — and it has a steep ticket price to match. The lineup includes chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park,