text: Two of Heston Blumenthal's restaurants have made it into a list of the top 100 restaurants in the world - scooping both eighth and 25th place. The celebrity chef's iconic Fat Duck was named the eighth best restaurant in the world in the annual poll by luxury magazine Elite Traveler. And his London eatery, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, also scraped through into the top 25. Scroll down for video . Heston Blumenthal's (left) The Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire (right) has been crowned the eighth best restaurant in the world in the annual poll by luxury travel magazine Elite Traveler . Snail Porridge at The Fat Duck Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire . Alinea, run by the uber-talented Grant Achatz has retained its crown for the fourth year running as the best restaurant in the world, the Elite Traveller list revealed. Experimental chef Heston's restaurants join six other British establishments in the list which includes The Ledbury, which serves contemporary French cuisine at 12; sophisticated Indian restaurant Amaya, coming in at 92. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie in Scotland’s famous Gleneagles Hotel just scraped in the list at 98th place. Other celebrity-helmed UK eateries to make it into the top 100 include Raymond Blanc’s Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, at number 61 and Michel Roux Jr's Le Gavroche at number 93. Restaurant Gordon Ramsey run by Clare Smyth came in at a respectable  32nd place. Chicago’s only three-Michelin-starred restaurant is the brainchild of culinary prodigy Grant Achatz and features taffy balloons, edible tablecloths and cinnamon bark chopsticks. Country retreat: Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons was also honoured on the list . The US has 19 of the best restaurants in the world, followed by France which boasts 14 and the UK, which has a mere eight. Young talent: Chef Grant Achatz has three Michelin stars for his Chicago restaurant Alinea . Spain has eight in the list while Italy has seven and Australia had five. Germany, Japan and China have six restaurants respectively which made it into the top hundred. These include Mizai in Kyoto, Japan which placed at number 15, Aqua in Wolsberg, Germany, which came in at number 21 and Hong Kong's Amber. Switzerland, Mexico, Belgium, Singapore and Brazil all had two restaurants each in the list. Three restaurants in South Africa -  The Test Kitchen, Cape Town (44); Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek (85), and Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch (87) - were considered the best in the country. Denmark, Austria, Norway, Ireland, Monaco, India, Canada and the UAE all had one restaurant in the top 100 list. The awards also awarded its chef of the year accolade, which this year went to Swiss chef Daniel Humm, chef and co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which came in a fourth in the list and The NoMad in New York City, which placed 89th. Both Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal were shortlisted. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park came in at number 25 on the list . Young chef of the year went to three Michelin-starred Eneko Atxa who runs third-best restaurant in the world, Azurmendi in Spain. Head Chef of San Francisco’s Saison Joshua Skenes, and American Southern cuisine specialist Sean Brock were both shortlisted for the accolade. Each year Elite Traveler readers are open polled for their favorite restaurants, producing a top 100 list driven by thousands of votes of paying customers. In 2015 readers were asked to vote on their favorite restaurants, chefs, young chefs and which culinary maestro deserves the lifetime Elite Traveler achievement award. With the average Elite Traveler reader taking 41 private jet trips a year and eating in the world's finest restaurants this really is the guide that leads the global fine dining conversation. 1. Alinea, Chicago, USA . 2. El Celler de Can Roca, Spain . 3. Azurmendi, Spain . 4. Eleven Madison Park, New York . 5. The Fat Duck, Bray, UK . 6. Robuchon au Dome. Macau . 7. Per Se. New York . 8. La Pergola, Rome . 9. Le Bernardin, New York . 10. Osteria Francescana, Italy . 11. Daniel, New York, USA . 12. The Ledbury, London, UK . 13. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France, . 14. DOM, Sao Paolo, Brazil . 15. Mizai, Kyoto, Japan . 16. The Restaurant at Meadowood, St Helena, USA . 17. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico . 18. Restaurant Vendome, Cologne, Germany . 19. Hof Van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium . 20. La Vague d'Or, Saint Tropez, France . 21. Aqua, Wolsberg, Germany . 22. Restaurant Guy Savoy, Paris, France . 23. Da Vittoria, Bergamo, Italy . 24. Le Calandre, Padua, Italy . 25. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London, UK . 26. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo, Japan . 27 Jean-Georges, New York, USA . 28. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain . 29. 7 Chome Kyoboshi, Tokyo, Japan . 30. Villa Crespi, Novara, Italy . 31. Amber, Hong Kong, China . 32. Restaurant Gordon Ramsey, London, UK . 33. Le Louis XV-Alain Ducasse, Monte Carlo, Monaco . 34. Restaurant Schwarwaldstube, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany . 35. Made in China, Beijing, China . 36. Biko, Mexico City, Mexico . 37. Waku Ghin, Singapore, Singapore . 38. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark . 39. Quique Dacosta, Alicante, Spain . 40. Mr & Mrs Bund, Shanghai, China, . 41. Taillevent, Paris, France . 42. Astrance, Paris, France . 43. L'Ambroisie, Paris, France . 44. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa . 45. La Maison Troisgros, Roanne, France . 46. Maison Pic, Valence, France . 47. Next, Chicago, USA . 48. Victor's Gourmet-Restaurant Schloss Berg, Perl, Germany . 49. Maaemo, Oslo, Norway . 50. Manresa, Los Gatos, USA . 51. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan . 52. The French Laundry, Yountville, USA . 53. Al Sorriso, Novara, Italy . 54. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York . 55. Bras, Laguoile, France . 56. Auberge du Vieux Puits, France . 57. Restaurant De L'Hotel De Ville, Lausanne, Switzerland . 58. Sainson, San Francisco, USA . 59. Roberta Sudbrack, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . 60. Ledoyen, Paris, France . 61. Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxford, UK . 62. Diver XO, Madrid, Spain . 63. Martin Berasategui, San Sebastian, Spain . 64. Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia . 65. Coi, San Franciso, USA . 66. L'Aperge, Paris, France . 67. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain . 68. Tantris, Munich, Germany . 69. Sushi Saito, Tokyo, Japan . 70. Toque, Montreal, Canada . 71. Dal Pescatore, Mantua, Italy . 72. Attica, Melbourne, Australia . 73. Les Pres, d'Eugenie, France . 74. Restaurant Patrick Guilband, Dublin, Ireland . 75. Restaurant Andre, Singapore, Singapore . 76. Schloss Schauenstein, Switzerland . 77. Benu, San Francisco, USA . 78. Kitcho, Kyoto, Japan . 79. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria . 80. Marque, Sydney, Australia . 81. Vue de Monde, Melbourne, Australia . 82. De Karmeliet, Bruges, Belgium . 83. Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain . 84. Marea, New York, USA . 85. Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek, South Africa . 86. Melisse, Santa Monica, USA . 87. Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch, South Africa . 88. Caprice, Hong Kong, China . 89. The NoMad, New York, USA . 90. Le Cinq, Paris, France . 91. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China . 92. Amaya, London, UK . 93. Le Gavroche, London, UK . 94. La Petite Maison Dubai, Dubai, UAE . 95. Restaurant Amador, Mannheim, Germany . 96. Husk, Charleston, USA . 97. Quay, Sydney, Australia . 98. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Auchterarder, UK . 99. Momofuku Ko, New York, USA . 100. Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, India .
target: The Fat Duck in Bray named as the eighth best restaurant in the world .
  Dinner by Heston at London's Mandarin Oriental hotel makes it to top 25 .
  Best restaurant in the world is Grant Achatz's Alinea, Chicago .
  The awards are voted for by readers of Elite Traveler magazine .