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Old Feb 11, 2016, 10:34 am
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No.

There can't be more than one best chef or restaurant.

There can't be even one best chef or restaurant, because
there isn't one defining palate (except perhaps mine) or
one set of criteria. Is Noma better than Astrid y Gaston, or
yet Snow's Saturday-only barbecue? Who the heck knows -
or cares?

But lexikografikly speaking, it is true that there can be
a maximum of one best in any category, and something
like "10 best" should be read as a shorthand for "10
that might be considered best" or "10 that are more
likely to yield a positive experience" or something like that.
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