The Chef Amazing Charts · November 2026
The Playlist charts
Three charts of 25, every month: the playlists the world's best restaurants actually play, the best ones for a holiday party, and the best for a dinner party. Each one is live on Spotify, says who made it and where we found it, and plays right here.
Restaurant playlists · November 2026
The 25 best restaurant playlists in the world
What the best dining rooms play, from Crown Shy, Dishoom and MoSuke to the Paris chefs who made playlists for Le Fooding. Then book the real thing.
No. 1 Crown ShyNew York
No. 2 Charlie BirdNew York
No. 4 MoSukeParis
No. 5 Osteria FrancescanaModenaHoliday party playlists · November 2026
The 25 best playlists for a holiday party
From the first doorbell to the last glass: the Times' ten-hour party, the cocktail-hour jazz, and the dance playlists people save by the tens of thousands.
No. 2 Holiday PartySpotify
No. 3 Christmas PartySpotify
No. 4 Christmas Cocktail JazzSpotify
No. 5 Holiday Cocktail and Christmas Dinner PartyfdguillouxDinner party playlists · November 2026
The 25 best playlists for a dinner party
Music that holds a table without taking it over: a T Magazine dinner, goop's outdoor party, the jazz for the drinks before.
No. 2 Dinner with FriendsSpotify
No. 4 Dinner MusicSpotify
No. 5 Ina Garten Dinner PartyClaudia Anne Williams
No. 6 Dinner JazzSpotifyHow Chef picks
Every playlist here was named by someone we can point to: the restaurant itself, a critic or magazine, Spotify's own editors, or tens of thousands of people saving it. Each card says where we found it. We left out playlists made by AI, Spotify's automatic mixes, fan-made playlists that only borrow a restaurant's name, and any restaurant that has closed. The order is ours: how well it does its job on the night, then how much people use it.
On the 1st of every month Chef re-reads every playlist. One that has gone private or been deleted comes off, and the next one moves up; save counts and covers update.
Covers are each playlist's own, from Spotify. Chef Amazing isn't connected to Spotify or paid by anyone on these charts.
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