But no one doubts that the globally known prestigious gastronomic brands are here to stay.
She has hosted the prestigious and globally important Mo Ibrahim Foundation's Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in both Alexandria, Egypt and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
"It would mean the loss of a globally-recognised and highly prestigious British brand - The British Antarctic Survey - that's brought enormous benefits to this country," he said.
The study, an analysis of global trends in illegal drugs and their effect on public health published in The Lancet, a prestigious journal, found that Australia and neighboring New Zealand topped the lists globally for consumption of both marijuana and amphetamines, a category of drugs whose use the study found to be growing rapidly around the world.
To a growing extent, academic reward structures favour individuals who publish in the world's most prestigious scientific journals, with the highest scientific impact, where their papers are more globally visible to the scientific community.
Europol, the European Union's police intelligence agency, said last year that there were 680 suspicious matches played globally from 2008 to 2011, including World Cup qualifying matches and games in some of Europe's most prestigious leagues and tournaments.
For G4S, which employs 660,000 people globally and is one of the world's biggest private employers, winning the contract to manage Olympic security had been prestigious.
Prestigious, leafy, wealthy Oxford.
Prestigious summer plans?
