Khufu’s in Cairo was named the winner of the Resy One To Watch Award, as part of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 Awards.
Named after the ancient Pharaoh Khufu, who was the visionary behind Egypt’s Great Pyramids, Khufu’s restaurant reawakens the Nile Valley’s forgotten flavors and techniques. Chef @mostafa_seif and his team have been reclaiming culinary history through dishes that resurrect ancient grains, herbs, and rituals.
In the diaspora, 2 Michelin starred London restaurant Ikoyi, co-founded by Lagos-born Iré Hassan-Odukale, continued its ascent from 42nd place last year to 15th place on this year’s highly covered top 50 rankings. Ikoyi were the first to spotlight West African ingredients on a global gastronomic stage when they first opened in 2017 and over the years has proven to be a pioneering restaurant in constant evolution: a true form of global modernism – placeless, free, unfixed and personal – whilst symbolising the energy of its international city home.
And out of Cape Town, South Africa, emerged three restaurants featured on the extended Top 100 list. At No. 55 on the top 100 list is Cape Town’s La Colombe, a long-reigning icon where French technique meets Cape terroir.
FYN was founded in November 2018 by Chef Peter Tempelhoff and earned a coveted spot at No.82 “To be recognised by the World’s 50 Best for the fifth time in a row is an extraordinary honour,” says Tempelhoff.
The restaurant continues to be a Cape Town favourite for its minimalist design which converges with maximalist flavours – expect uniquely unexpected Japanese–African unions.
Meanwhile, Salsify at The Roundhouse features in the 88th spot thanks to its inventive, poetic dining setting inside a historic 18th-century Roundhouse.
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Her editorial eye has graced various mastheads; from a legacy print title, an innovative digital magazine to a pan African luxury platform. Today, as inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Robb Report Africa, Ntokozo curates a world where African excellence meets global luxury, telling the stories of the continent’s most remarkable people, places, and creations with precision, wit, and unapologetic style.
