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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">The 50 announces that the sixth edition of The 50 Best Restaurants Middle East &amp; North Africa will be revealed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 26 January 2027, in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi). The 2027 edition follows the launch of The 50, the new unified master brand for 50 Best, bringing&nbsp;together its globally recognised rankings, awards, content and The 50 Discovery platform under one&nbsp;identity.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">The 2026 edition of Middle East &amp; North Africa&rsquo;s 50 Best Restaurants saw Khufu&rsquo;s in Giza take the No.1&nbsp;spot, becoming the first restaurant from Egypt to be named The Best Restaurant in the Middle East &amp;&nbsp;North Africa. The restaurant climbed from No.4 in 2025 to claim the top spot at the awards ceremony in&nbsp;Abu Dhabi.</span></p>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Bebas Neue';">What to expect at the The 50 Best Restaurants MENA Award Ceremony?</span></strong></h2>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Highlights from the programme in Abu Dhabi will include The 50 Best Talks, the brand&rsquo;s thought-&nbsp;leadership forum; Flavours of The 50, an evening brunch featuring dishes from some of the world&rsquo;s&nbsp;leading chefs; and an extensive series of The 50 Signature Sessions, collaborative dining events featuring leading local and regional talent. Key events in the programme will be open to food-loving&nbsp;consumers on a ticketed basis.&nbsp;A number of special awards announcements will precede the live programme, including the Champions&nbsp;of Change Award, the Art of Hospitality Award and the One to Watch Award.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">The list is compiled by The 50 Best Restaurants Middle East &amp; North Africa Academy, an influential group&nbsp;of 250 experts from 19 countries across the entire region, each selected for their valued opinion of the&nbsp;Middle East and North Africa&rsquo;s restaurant scenes. The Academy is divided into six regions: the Gulf;&nbsp;Saudi Arabia; Levant-plus; Israel; North Africa (East) and North Africa (West). Each region has its own&nbsp;panel of members, including a chairperson, called the Academy Chair, to head it up. The panel&nbsp;comprises food writers, critics, chefs, restaurateurs and well-travelled gourmets. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">For the 2027 list, each MENA Academy member votes for up to 10 restaurants, with at least four located outside the country where they are based. All restaurants across the MENA region are eligible. To be included in the ranking, establishments must receive votes from a minimum of two countries in the region.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';"><img src="https://production-dubainight-frankfurt.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/region_abudhabi/misc/T50BRMENA26_DL_1080x1080_v2.webp-1428-2026-10-28.webp" alt="The 50 Best Restaurants Middle East &amp; North Africa 2027" width="800" height="800"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Rikki Tidball, Managing Director of Events, The 50 Best Restaurants Middle East &amp; North Africa, says: &ldquo;As&nbsp;we look ahead to the sixth edition of The 50 Best Restaurants Middle East &amp; North Africa, the depth and&nbsp;diversity of the region&rsquo;s dining scene continue to grow, driven by extraordinary chefs, restaurateurs and&nbsp;hospitality talent across MENA. We are delighted to return to Abu Dhabi in January and bring this&nbsp;community together once again, celebrating the restaurants and people shaping the region today. This&nbsp;year also marks a new chapter for us under The 50, with a new identity but the same commitment to&nbsp;recognising and championing exceptional hospitality.&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">The 50 Best Restaurants Middle East &amp; North Africa Award Ceremony, 27 January, 2027,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #843fa1;"><a style="color: #843fa1; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.the50.com/restaurants/best-in-middle-east-and-north-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the50.com</a></span></span></em></p>

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