Gordon Ramsay's UK flagship restaurant has failed to make an influential list of the top 50 restaurants in the world for the first time.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London - which was last year ranked 13th - did not even feature in the S.Pellegrino World's Best Restaurants top 100 long-list.
It was the chef's first independently-owned restaurant when he opened it in 1998 long before the growth of his worldwide empire of eateries, and it has earned him three Michelin stars.
Responding to news of his departure from this list a spokeswoman said last night: "Gordon takes all these sort of surveys with a pinch of salt. As always, Gordon regards his thousands of customers as his most valued critics. They are his judge and jury."
There was better news in the poll for Heston Blumenthal whose Fat Duck restaurant retained its position at number two on the list.
The chef was forced to close for two weeks last month after a series of guests fell ill after eating there.
But he said that news that the foodie destination in Berkshire is still considered second best in the world was much needed "good news".
The top title went to El Bulli, in Catalonia, Spain, for the fourth year in a row.
More than 800 chefs, restaurant critics and industry insiders are given a vote in the poll which is organised and compiled by Restaurant Magazine.
