One of the world’s most respected chefs, Benoit Violier, whose 3-star restaurant in Switzerland recently topped the list of world’s best 1,000 restaurants, has been found dead at his home in an apparent suicide, police said on Monday.
The 44-year-old ran the 3-star Michelin eaterie Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near lausanne in Switzerland.
In a statement, Swiss police said, “late in the afternoon, police... Went to Crissier (Violier’s home) where they discovered the body of Violier.”
The statement added that it appeared Violier had shot himself with a firearm. Violier’s restaurant was last year crowned the “world’s best restaurant” by France’s la liste ranking, which named 1,000 top establishments in 48 countries.