Benoît Violier Explained

Benoît Violier
Birth Date:22 August 1971
Birth Place:Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
Death Place:Crissier, Switzerland
Death Cause:Suicide
Occupation:chef
Spouse:Brigitte Violier
Children:1

Benoît Violier (in French pronounced as /bənwa vjɔlje/; 22 August 1971 – 31 January 2016) was a French-Swiss chef .

Violier owned the three Michelin star Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville in a suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland from 2012 to his death.[1] The establishment topped the first La Liste in December 2015.[2]

Biography

Born in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France,[3] he went to Paris in 1991 to study with Joël Robuchon, Benoît Guichard and others. Violier moved to Switzerland in 1996 to work with Philippe Rochat.[4] Upon Rochat's retirement in 2012, Violier began running the restaurant.[5] He applied for Swiss citizenship in 2014.[6] He specialised in cooking game.

Death

Violier died at home in Crissier, Switzerland, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 31 January 2016, aged 44.[7] [8] Violier's suicide prompted shock and confusion, as Violier's restaurant Le Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville had been crowned by the French government as the best restaurant in the world only a month before, leading the media to hail Violier as "the world's best chef." It also drew attention to the high-pressure world of haute cuisine.[9]

Swiss media subsequently reported that Violier may have been a victim of a fraud in which individual bottles of wine were sold several times; however, the management of his restaurant denied that Violier had any connection with the fraud.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Severson. Kim. The Death of a Star Swiss Chef Underscores the Profession's Stress. 3 February 2016. The New York Times. 2 February 2016.
  2. News: Samuel. Henry. French chefs take fight to British with new best restaurants list. 1 February 2016. The Daily Telegraph. 12 December 2015.
  3. News: fr. Benoit-Godet. Stéphane. Le chef Benoît Violier a mis fin à ses jours. 1 February 2016. Le Temps. 31 January 2016. 2 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202180522/http://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2016/01/31/chef-benoit-violier-mis-fin-jours. dead.
  4. News: Jenkins. Nash. Chef Benoit Violier of One of the World's Top Restaurants Found Dead in Apparent Suicide. 1 February 2016. Time. 31 January 2016.
  5. News: Benoit Violier 'world's best chef' dies at age 44. 1 February 2016. The Daily Telegraph. Agence France Presse. 31 January 2016.
  6. News: 'World's best chef' Benoit Violier found dead. 1 February 2016. The Guardian. Agence France Presse. 31 January 2015.
  7. News: 'World's best chef' Benoit Violier dies aged 44. 1 February 2016. BBC News. 31 January 2015.
  8. News: Bilefsky. Dan. Benoît Violier, Top French-Swiss Chef, Dies at 44. 1 February 2016. The New York Times. 1 February 2016.
  9. News: Suspected suicide of 'world's best chef' highlights pressure-cooker of haute cuisine. Michael. Miller. February 1, 2016. February 1, 2016. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204013911/http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/dining/suspected-suicide-of-world-s-best-chef-highlights-pressure-cooker/article_b1965c07-f12e-5782-8bd7-179e4f17f069.html. February 4, 2016.
  10. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/08/chef-benoit-violier-possible-victim-wine-scam-report Star chef Benoît Violier may have been victim of wine scam, report claims

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