KOREA
Chef Mingoo Kang

Chef Mingoo Kang (Finn Partners Box Asia)

Mingles in Seoul was named to the top 50 World’s Best Restaurant 2025 list, ranking 29th.

The restaurant, owned by chef Kang Mingoo, was named a Michelin three-star earlier this year.

Kang was also the recipient of the 2021 Inedit Damm Chefs’ Choice Award which was voted by his fellow chefs on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list — an award that acknowledges Chef Kang’s contributions to Asia’s culinary scene

Maido in Lima, Peru was named the top restaurant in the world.

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