And while the top 10 includes familiar picks like Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester in London and Guy Savoy in Paris, it also includes surprises like Aqua in Wolfsburg, Germany and JB in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Another of the best food festivals you can attend in this country, it will be held May 10-13, 2012 for the sixth consecutive year, spanning multiple resort venues in Vegas and featuring a star-studded A-list of chefs, like Todd English, Nobu Matsuhisa, Michael Mina, Rick Moonen, and a quartet of revered Michelin 3-star chefs: Alain Ducasse, Guy Savoy, Julian Serrano and Jean Georges Vongerichten.

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