Monaco may be filled with Michelin star restaurants, but the title of ‘world’s best’ has just been clinched by Mirazur in Menton.
Located less than 10 kilometres from the Principality, Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur has always been a favourite for people in Monaco. Now, it has taken top spot as ‘best restaurant in the world’ 2019, announced on Tuesday at a ceremony in Singapore.
Steadily ascending The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list since its debut at No.35 in 2009, Mirazur celebrates 10 years in the ranking by rising to No.1. The accolade coincides with the restaurant finally achieving the coveted three Michelin stars, as well as the beginning of a three-year renovation project involving a new dining room, extensions to the vegetable gardens and a more immersive dining experience.
The annual list is compiled by World’s 50 Best, an organisation that has been ranking restaurants across the globe since it was created in 2002.
For 2019, the rules were revised so that previous number one restaurants are not eligible to be considered again, for any spot on the list, instead going into the newly created Best of the Best category.
After undergoing a complete redesign and moving locations, Noma 2.0 was able to take second position on the list, despite the original restaurant holding top spot in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
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Johnny Depp has been having trouble selling his 15-hectare luxury property between Saint-Tropez and Cannes. Originally offered at €50 million, the estate is now being offered for €23 million.
The Plan-de-la-Tour domain boasts a veritable village, complete with a restaurant-bar, a fitness centre, several guest houses for invited friends, housing for employees, a children’s play room and, perhaps most surprising of all, a chapel.
Depp has been in the news most recently because of his court battle with his former business managers. While Depp, who has a reputation for lavish, if not reckless, spending, has accused his former money managers of incompetence and mismanagement, while the opposing side claims that their former client overspent to such an extent that he ran into serious financial problems.
He was also accused by his former wife, Amber, of violent behaviour. The couple split in 2015.
Depp’s problems go further back. In 2003, in the early days of Depp’s Hollywood career, his former business partner in a Hollywood nightclub notorious for its drugs culture, Tony Fox, vanished just days before a court case was due to be heard in which Fox, the 49-percent shareholder, alleged gross mismanagement, a legal fight he was expected to win.
Although there is no evidence that Depp was involved, the disappearance has never been solved, despite the opening of a murder enquiry. Depp later signed over his share in the Sunset Strip nightclub to Fox’s daughter and by then he was living in France with his girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis.
[caption id="attachment_25172" align="alignnone" width="640"] Jean Castellini awards the Prince's Government Prize to Robert Boisbouvier. Photo: Manuel Vitali /DC[/caption]
At the closing of the Monaco Business expo on Tuesday, November 14, Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy, presented the Prince's Government Prize to the winner of the 22nd edition of the Business Creation Competition organised by the Junior Economic Chamber of Monaco (JCEM).
The annual event is sponsored by Athos Partners, Manpower, Cabinet MMA Pierre Brière, Crédit Agricole Monaco et Monaco Telecom.
This year, the Jury – made up of representatives of the private and public sectors – awarded the Prince's Government Prize, which amounts to €40,000, to Robert Boisbouvier for his newly created PAPYRUS company. The young Monegasque has set up an online platform that connects graduate students and younger students, to enable them to benefit from personalised sessions of academic and professional guidance.
[caption id="attachment_25200" align="alignnone" width="640"] Winners of the 2017 Business Creation Competition organised by the Junior Economic Chamber of Monaco. Photo: JCEM[/caption]
The second prize, awarded by JCEM, and amounting to €21,000, was this year awarded to another young Monegasque, Sacha Savoca, for the company he also created in 2017. "Link Your Leisure" is a digital application aimed at facilitating the organisation of and access to leisure in a given region, highlighting the tourism and leisure stakeholders concerned. This young company was also chosen by the Monaco Tech Jury during its last selection round.
Finally, the Jury also decided to support the project of the young Melahat Zorlu by awarding her the "Athos Partners" Coup de Coeur Award for its "Sign Me Up" project, whose objective is to promote training and services in sign language in the Principality.
[caption id="attachment_25171" align="alignnone" width="640"] Jury and winners of the 22nd Business Creation Competition organised by the Junior Chamber Economic of Monaco. Photo: Manuel Vitali /DC[/caption]
Minister Castellini praised all the candidates and praised the work done by the JCEM, whose teams work with professionalism and enthusiasm to organise many activities throughout the year in favour of entrepreneurship and youth in the Principality. He also congratulated Kevin Hin, the first Monegasque to be appointed Executive Vice-President of the Junior Chamber International.
“There is no shame in failure,” the Minister concluded in his speech. “It will lead you to your next success.”