Alinea, the avant-garde Chicago restaurant owned and run by chef Grant Achatz, came out on top, after Elite Traveler sought the views of "high net worth individuals" to produce the top 100. Simon Hodson at Elite Traveler World's Top Restaurants, said: "We wanted to discover the restaurants most enjoyed by high net worths, as these are the people who have the world's best dining at their fingertips." The USA is the country with most restaurants in the top 100, with 20 entries, followed by France with 18 and the UK with 15. The world's top 10 restaurants: Alinea, Chicago, USA The Fat Duck, Bray, UK Per Se, New York, USA Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France Daniel, New York, USA Le Bernardin, New York, USA El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain Le Louis XV, Monte Carlo, Monaco Mugaritz, Gipuzkoa, Spain Hof Van Cleve, Brussels, Belgium UK entries in the top 100: The Fat Duck The Ledbury Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester Nobu Amaya Zuma Locanda Locatelli Le Gavroche The Waterside Inn Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley The River Café Restaurant Andrew Fairlie Hibiscus