he grew up in the mountains and sports before choosing the stove: an apprenticeship at the Auberge de la Couronne with Claude Joseph taught him technical rigor then he honed his vision in Gray Kunz's New York workshop A bronze medal at the 2007 Bocuse d'Or - with the “Compression de volaille de Bresse aux truffes noires” - established him as the first Swiss on the competition podium.  he joined the Crissier temple - Hôtel de Ville - directed at the time by Frédy Girardet in 1995 continued under Philippe Rochat and became Benoît Violier's right-hand man; twenty-two years of collaboration would forge a brigade united like a family Giovannini took over the helm of the kitchens confirming three stars and 19/20 Gault & Millau ratings in just a few months.  His style avoids overlapping flavors: “we never mix too many flavors on the plate; the purity of the ingredient must emerge,” he explains menus that change five times a year to include an “extra-season” between spring and summer and an in-house academy open to guests testify to a philosophy of participatory hospitality but they stay for the family atmosphere,” he says emphasizing the importance of seeing smiling faces in the kitchen.  confirming the restaurant's international echo The same year he receives the 2019 Eckart for gastronomic culture and has launched a cuvée “Sélection Giovannini” with Domaine La Colombe to link vineyard and table he loves to devote himself to his wife Stéphanie and two children the “first brigade” to whom he passes on a sense of loyalty and teamwork Do you want to discover the latest news and recipes of the most renowned chefs and restaurants in the world La nostra società utilizza inoltre cookie funzionali per registrare informazioni sulle scelte dell’utente e per consentire una personalizzazione del Sito; ad esempio Questi cookie possono essere installati dalla nostra società o da Terze parti In caso di disabilitazione di questi cookie la qualità e l’esperienza di navigazione potrebbe non essere soddisfacente Questi cookie sono installati da social media per consentire la condivisione dei contenuti del presente Sito Essi sono in grado di monitorare la navigazione compiuta anche in altri siti e creano un profilo dell’utente sulla base dei suoi interessi Ciò potrebbe avere un impatto sul contenuto e messaggi visualizzati sugli altri siti visitati non sarà possibile utilizzare o visualizzare questi strumenti di condivisione per l’installazione e l’uso di tali cookie occorre il consenso dell’utente Per maggiori informazioni consulta la pagna cookies policy to take the throne as the world's best restaurant Franck Giovannini took over as head chef of the restaurant in 2016 and has spent 24 years working in the elite eatery's kitchen Giovannini changes the restaurant's menu five times each year to produce what many people have deemed the most magnificent dining experience on the planet Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville offers an 11-course tasting menu for $392 (390 CHF) per person a discovery menu starting at $317 (315 CHF) per person take a look at photos that show what it's like to dine there Source: Elite Traveler, Yahoo "The decision was to either take over after [Violier's passing] or run away and leave," Giovannini told INSIDER so I decided to stay and continue the legacy we have here." they all expect something very cold where people don't talk to you Source: Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville "Every chef who worked here did something new in his time," Giovannini said "What he created and the style that he brought was never here before." "We don't have dishes that have been here for 40 years," Giovannini said "Everything we do on the menus is always new The philosophy stays but the food evolves a lot." because it's a lot of detail," Giovannini said 20 of the restaurant's 25 chefs are designated pastry chefs I have an extra season between spring and summer," Giovannini said "All of my produce is coming from Switzerland around me you have to respect the season for the produce." "All the chefs here stay here," Giovannini told INSIDER We're open five days a week and five days a week we're here It's a very human and family way of running the restaurant." "What's great is the respect we have for everything," Giovannini said I always think to myself how difficult it is to only pick one restaurant above the others," Giovannini said it's a very unbelievable recognition for us especially this one because people vote for it so it's even more special than when it's a journalist or other chefs." Franck Giovannini was previously Violier's chef de cuisine Following the recent death of acclaimed French-Swiss chef Benoît Violier, Switzerland's three Michelin-starred Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville Crissier has appointed a new head chef to succeed him: Franck Giovannini According to Swissinfo.ch Giovannini was Violier's "number two" at Restaurant Crissier and the two had been friends and colleagues for two decades Giovannini was the first Swiss-born chef to snag a medal at the prestigious Bocuse d'Or culinary competition was found dead in his Switzerland home on January 31; police have ruled it a suicide whose restaurant was named best in the world by France's prestigious La Liste last December The freshest news from the food world every day Oops. Something went wrong. Please enter a valid email and try again. 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I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels Swiss chef who ran the Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier The giants of French gastronomy have paid tribute to the French-Swiss chef Benoît Violier He died of shotgun injuries in what was believed to be a suicide Violier, 44, ran the Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near Lausanne, which was named the best in the world in December by La Liste In 2013 he was named chef of the year by the influential Gault et Millau guide second only to the Michelin guide among gourmets He was due to attend the unveiling of the new Michelin guide in Paris on Monday said he was “destroyed” by news of Violier’s death “The planet has been orphaned by this exceptional chef,” Veyrat wrote on Twitter La planète est orpheline de ce Chef d'exception who was named by his peers the “biggest star chef in the world” and who has restaurants in Paris Moscow and Berlin as well as Sketch in London added: “Terribly sad news for an extremely talented chef.” Mes pensées vont à la famille de Benoît Violier Une bien triste nouvelle pour un chef extrêmement talentueux.. named “chef of the century” by Gault et Millau and the Culinary Institute of America Toutes nos pensées vont vers la famille et les proches de Benoit Violier and another three-star titan of Swiss haute cuisine who had previously run the Crissier restaurant He told the Tribune de Genève: “I can see no motive for such an act with enormous talent and an impressive work potential Violier’s death came hours before the gastronomic bible Michelin the oldest European hotel and restaurant guide whose star rating can make or break a restaurant the pressure to maintain the rating is intense the competitive world of French cuisine was shocked by the suicide of the three-star chef Bernard Loiseau who had been distraught about criticism of his restaurant La Côte d’Or in Burgundy and rumours that he would lose his third star the highly rated Auberge de l’Eridan in Annecy which had been awarded three stars since 1995 Violier had succeeded chef Philippe Rochat at the Crissier who died in July 2015 after falling ill while out cycling Benoît Violier un immense Chef une Immense tristesse, des pensées à sa famille et à ses équipes. pic.twitter.com/wPes1qIv2b In an interview with Swiss TV RTS in December 2014 Violier said the stress of haute cuisine was necessary to maintain standards Last year he was hit by the death of his father as well as his “mentor” Philippe Rochat The café at Petersham Nurseries in London received a Michelin star in 2011 but the founder and chef Skye Gyngell tried to have it removed after customers turned up expecting formal dining In the UK, the Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. Hotlines in other countries can be found here This article was amended on 1 February 2016 In an earlier version of this story we referred to “Swedish daily Blick” The reference is no longer in the updated version of the article Switzerland as the first customers arrived at the picturesque and famed Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville outside Lausanne Friday evening “Nous sommes complet comme d’habitude,” said Frederique who has worked at the three-starred restaurant She meant the dining room was packed—as it has been for years “The ambiance is convivial and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves,” Frederique Longtime restaurant manager Alessandro Egidi was busy attending to customers and “the chef,” she said whipping up some of the trademark house specialties such as oysters served warm with champagne and Imperial Oscietra Caviar—and thick slices of blue lobster from the Guernsey islands with black truffles The new head chef in the kitchen Friday night was the restaurant’s longtime sous-chef Franck Giovannini Giovannini was named Violier’s successor just a few days after Violier’s funeral on Feb among them some of the most storied names in haute cuisine Giovannini and Violier had known and then worked together for almost two decades Giovannini’s promotion, as announced on the restaurant’s website this week by Violier’s widow “Giovannini has taken over the position of Chef de Cuisine from Benoit Violier a natural transition as he is continually looking for ways to develop his capabilities.” “She is very strong,” the source told the Daily Beast “She is keeping things together for her son and the restaurant the way Benoit would have wanted.”Despite theories ranging from the pressures of being one of the world’s top chefs to financial problems due to Violier’s possible involvement in a local alleged wine scam his family in France or Swiss police have come up with a reason or motive Swiss police told the Daily Beast Friday the case was still under investigation “We still do not know and I wonder if we ever will,” Frédy Girardet the great Swiss chef who first opened the Crissier restaurant in 1971 and ran it until 1996 Brigitte Violier told the Swiss media outlet L‘Illustré after Violier’s funeral that she was shocked and confounded by her husband’s suicide and said there was no “rational explanation.” “He had everything—we had everything,” she told the Swiss weekly She said she saw no signs of strange behavior from her husband prior to his death Mrs. Violier called the Bilan report “100 percent false.” She said the report was “one hundred percent false in substance and 100 percent false in the details.” She said the restaurant’s financial statust was solid She also said she had no intention of quitting the restaurant “We built this project together,” she said Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here who also writes for the The New York Times Acclaimed French-Swiss chef Benoit Violier whose restaurant was rated in December as the world's finest was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide in his home in Crissier The 44-year-old Violier's death shocked the culinary world His Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville with its specialty of game cuisine had earned three Michelin stars the finest of 1,000 across 48 countries reviewed by France's "La Liste." The hotel is located in Crissier near the city of Lausanne in southwestern Switzerland "We are shocked by the death of Benoit Violier Our thoughts go to his family and to his teams," the Michelin guide tweeted Sunday His suicide is not the first within the highly competitive world of culinary artists where reputations rise or fall on the opinions of vaunted rating guides Renowned chef Bernard Loiseau was found dead in his home of an apparent suicide in 2003 after his restaurant received a lower rating by the authoritative Gault & Millau guide The New York Times reported that Violier had recently been upset over a small demotion in the same guide that might cause the loss of a Michelin star took over operation of the Crissier restaurant in 2012 This ranking will only motivate our team more," according to Agence France-Presse Violier was named Chef of the Year in 2013 by Gault & Millau He was a hunter by avocation and his gastronomic specialty became the preparation of game Dishes served by his restaurant included saddle of Pyrenean young lamb and crispy Landes duck foie gras Though authorities have not yet confirmed the exact cause Violier had presided over the three Michelin-starred Restaurant Crissier in Crissier first as chef de cuisine and then as executive chef and a proclivity to perfectionism were blamed for the chef's untimely death at 52 Début de la conférence de presse avec une minute de silence pour Benoît Violier. pic.twitter.com/Ut2EftdEcI as did his mentor and "second father," the chef who promoted him to chef de cuisine Philippe Rochat; Violier took over Restaurant Crissier after Rochat's death Violier told Swiss TV RTS that stress was essential to maintain perfection: "It's my life Based in the U.S.? Here is a local suicide prevention hotline the leading lights of gastronomy paid tribute to a ‘brilliant man who gave the impression of being perfect’ the star French-Swiss chef found dead at his home on Sunday He was recognised and respected by his peers and at 44 – relatively young in the world of haute cuisine – already a restaurateur of world renown Last December, his three Michelin-starred Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville in Crissier was named the world’s best restaurant by La Liste, a French-led listing based on a compilation of food guides and reviews. The influential Gault et Millau restaurant guide named him chef of the year. Le Figaro declared him the “world’s best chef”, a distinction he received with modesty. Read more“You can set up all the listings in the world … what’s important in the end is the customer,” he said at the time preparing and cooking wild fowl was published to critical acclaim with one veteran chef describing it as the “bible” of its subject But Swiss police believe Violier shot himself with his hunting rifle at the weekend with France’s leading lights of gastronomy lining up to pay tribute Marc Veyrat, a celebrated three-star chef, said he was “destroyed” by news of Violier’s death. “The planet has been left orphaned by this exceptional chef,” Veyrat wrote on Twitter In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Le Matin Veyrat added: “I met him several times and he seemed happy He’d just done a magnificent book on hunting Veyrat added: “Cooking is a high-pressured job It’s one of the few jobs where one is judged and marked all the time What other profession would accept being constantly evaluated?” who was named by his peers as the “biggest star chef in the world” and who has restaurants in Paris named “chef of the century” by the food guide Gault et Millau and the Culinary Institute of America and another three-star titan of Swiss haute cuisine who had previously run the restaurant in Crissier Flowers and a note reading ‘The angels will really enjoy themselves with you .. But I have lost a friend’ outside Benoît Violier’s restaurant in Crissier Photograph: Cyril Zingaro/EPAIf it is confirmed that Violier killed himself he will not be the first to have cracked under the demands of maintaining the gastronomic excellence demanded by powerful restaurant guides such as Michelin and Gault et Millau A Michelin star or three – the maximum that can be awarded – or a 20/20 from the Gault et Millau can bring international glory but the pressure to maintain the rating can be intense the food world was shocked by the suicide of Bernard Loiseau a three-star chef who was reportedly distraught about criticism of his restaurant Violier’s death came hours before the French gastronomic bible Violier had retained his three stars when the latest Swiss edition of the guide was announced in November those gathered stood for a minute’s silence in honour of Violier but there were echoes of the earlier tragedy when it was revealed that Loiseau’s restaurant run by his wife Dominique since his death 13 years ago the three-star Auberge de l’Eridan in Annecy said he did not blame influential guides such as Michelin for the pressure Benoît Violier was found dead at his home on Sunday Photograph: JG Barthélémy/Rex“We are happy to have three stars I gave up the evaluations and gave back my stars when I opened my last restaurant but when it reopens I want to go chasing stars again the son of a wine grower from the Charente-Maritime departement in south-west France joined the kitchen team at the Crissier restaurant in 1996 the chef Philippe Rochat took over the restaurant and in 1998 was awarded three Michelin stars Violier and his wife then took over running the restaurant The two men were close; Violier regarded Rochat as his mentor and a second father He was doubly devastated when his father died in April last year died three months later after falling ill while out cycling “It’s like a curse,” Veyrat said of the Crissier There are some super chefs in Benoît Violier’s establishment He knew how to create a strong human environment which will continue to live … I remember having youngsters who’d worked for him come to me so enthusiastic to work for a great chef.” In an interview in December 2014 with the Swiss television channel RTS a smiling Violier said the stress of haute cuisine was “necessary” to maintain standards From chefs and food writers to inventors and founders In remembrance of those in the food world that we lost this year In January, French-Swiss chef Benoît Violier of the Michelin-starred Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville Crissier was found dead in his home in Crissier, Switzerland (45 minutes Northeast of Geneva) at age 44 and many suspected that pressures related to the Michelin guide were a cause In February, a sudden skiing accident left Sam Beall, proprietor of award-winning farm, hotel, and restaurant Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tenn. The restaurant community poured out their support and condolences on Twitter A very sad day as mourn the loss of @_TFL_ alum Sam Beall @blackberryfrm Our thoughts are with his family At the end of the summer legendary French chef Michel Richard died of complications related to a stroke He is remembered for building a catalogue of restaurants that blended American and French cuisine including his flagship fine-dining American eatery D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood and later Central Michel Richard he was named Outstanding Chef by the James Beard Foundation in 2007 How do you mourn an internet sensation? Francis, a dog known for co-hosting the long-running “Cooking With Dog” YouTube series im just watching cooking with dog and sobbing i love you francis..... In April William Rice, longtime food and wine writer who spent time working at publications such as the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, and Food & Wine, died of a brain disorder At the end of November, noted British food critic A A Gill revealed, within a startling restaurant review, that he had cancer. By mid-December Gill’s death was announced by the Times. Very sad to hear the news about the passing of the brilliant AA Gill Renato Bialetti, the man credited with popularizing the an iconic stovetop espresso maker, died in February He was cremated and his remains were sealed in a Moka pot Peter Mondavi, brother of the late Robert Mondavi and longtime owner of the Mondavi family's Charles Krug Winery, died at the age of 101 this past February Dorothy Cann Hamilton, founder of the International Culinary Center (formerly the French Culinary Institute), died suddenly in September in a fatal car accident ICC president Erik Murnighan called Hamilton’s death “a tragic loss for her family and friends and for all of us in the culinary community who she inspired.” She was 67 years old At the end of November the world learned the name Michael “Jim” Delligatti, who died just after Thanksgiving He was best known as the inventor of the Big Mac Peng Chang-Kuei, a chef widely credited with inventing General Tso’s chicken, died at 98 in early December The dish inspired an innumerable number of copies and Peng watched the mass proliferation of his dish occur from afar He didn’t approve of the Americanized versions Actor Gene Wilder died over the summer He will live on in our hearts as the original Willy Wonka a genius candy inventor with a knack for song and dance • All Year in Eater [E] has been found dead in his home in an apparent suicide case of the three Michelin stars Restaurant l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier was found dead at his home on Sunday 31 January Violier was named the world’s best chef by France-based ‘La Liste’ in 2015 – a global guide to restaurants published by the French foreign ministry The news sent shockwaves through the culinary world with many chefs swiftly paying tribute to Violier on social media News of Violier’s death also came 24 hours before the latest Michelin Guide was due to be announced in Paris Swiss police in the Vaud province said in a brief statement that Violier was already dead when they arrived at his home late afternoon on Sunday Police added that it appeared as if Violier shot himself the official cause of death will have to be confirmed by an inquiry Police asked that the privacy of Violier’s family be respected Violier succeeded Philippe Rochat at l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier in 2012 He had trained in Paris with some of the most renowned chefs including Joel Robuchon and Benoit Guichard Rochat was believed to be something of a mentor to Violier promoting him at l’Hotel de Ville after arriving at the restaurant in the late 1990s Rochat himself died last year after a cycling accident in Switzerland Director of restaurant whose chef apparently killed himself says suggestions that it could have lost up to £1.4m in alleged fraud are ‘a tissue of lies’ Benoît Violier, the French-Swiss chef dubbed “the best in the world” who died in an apparent suicide last week may have been the victim of a £1m wine fraud The Swiss magazine Bilan reported that Violier’s Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville, which had three Michelin stars and topped a list last year of the world’s top 1,000 eateries could have suffered losses of between SFr800,000 and 2m (£555,000-£1.4m) in the scam a representative of the restaurant called the claims “a tissue of lies” and a prosecutor involved in the fraud case said he was not aware of any link Citing unnamed sources including a top German chef the magazine said Violier was one of several leading restaurateurs taken in by the alleged fraud orchestrated by Private Finance Partners an hour’s drive from Violier’s restaurant in Crissier run by two associates identified as B and E reportedly sold the same bottles of wine between two and four times including some of the very finest Bordeaux and Burgundy grands crus bought at auction were sold for SFr20,000-40,000 (£14,000-28,000) a bottle the alleged fraudsters pocketed as much as SFr10m (£7m) in illegitimate profits It quoted one source as saying there was “no possible doubt” that Violier had bought at least some of the wines noting that B – who after four months in prison was reportedly released on bail on 14 January two weeks before the chef died – was well known to Violier having celebrated his 40th birthday at the Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville and racked up a bill of nearly £350,000 André Kudelski, a member of the restaurant’s board of directors, vehemently denied that it had been caught up in the scam. “All insinuations that the restaurant or the Violier family were involved in all this are just a tissue of lies,” he told the Swiss broadcaster RTS which uncovered PFP’s alleged fraudulent activities last year “The restaurant is doing better than ever before; we are in a record year Its financial foundations are completely solid.” Both B’s lawyer and the regional public prosecutor, Nicolas Dubuis, told Le Temps that Violier’s name had not so far cropped up in the continuing investigation into the alleged scam Some 1,500 people, including Michelin-starred chefs such as Marc Veyrat and Joël Robuchon, attended a commemorative service for Violier at Lausanne Cathedral on Friday The following day Violier was laid to rest in his home village of Montils in the Charente-Maritime region of south-west France Violier had suffered two recent bereavements, including the loss of his father, but his death invited comparison with the suicide of another star chef, Bernard Loiseau, in 2003, and was said to highlight once more the intense stress of running a top restaurant. The Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville, ranked the best in the world by France’s La Liste last year, was famed for its game dishes; menus started at about £135. Following a staff meeting, it reopened on 2 February, two days after Violier’s death. Violier died hours before he had been due to fly to Paris for the presentation of the French version of the 2016 Michelin guide. Last October, Violier’s restaurant retained the three stars it had held in the Swiss guide for nearly 20 years. You don't have permission to access the page you requested. What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed. 2015 9:54 AM [ET] | Originally published: December 12 What’s the greatest restaurant in the world Top chefs and those who fork over their fortunes to eat their food are fascinated with the question Now a new ranking has emerged to provide some extra fodder to the debate a group convened by the France’s Foreign Minister and supported by the country’s tourism board the top restaurant in the world is the Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville in Crissier New York City’s Per Se has grabbed the number two spot The ranking’s creators shared their global top 10 and top 100 American restaurants with TIME RANK LA LISTE SCORE RESTAURANT LOCATION 1 82.35 Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville Switzerland Fürstenau 6 81.17 El Celler de Can Roca Spain Roanne 9 79.80 Auberge du Vieux Puits France Fontjoncouse 10 79.77 Joël Robuchon Japan Devoted five-star diners will note that only one restaurant in La Liste’s top 10 can be found on the current leading ranking of top restaurants No French restaurant has broken into the top 10 of that list La Liste featured three French restaurants in its top ten France’s exclusion from the upper rungs of the World’s 50 Best has angered leading French cultural figures proud of their country’s culinary tradition French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius launched the new initiative to promote French tourism and fine dining “The angle was not to promote French [restaurants] per se,” says La Liste’s Antoine Ribaut because we trust we have the good fine dining.” Ribaut says the World’s 50 Best list is not objective Several media outlets have pointed out that the lack of transparency does raise questions about how that list “Given that this list is based on personal experiences it can never be definitive, but we believe it is an honourable survey of current tastes and a credible indicator of the best places to eat around the globe,” the World’s 50 Best says on the organization’s web site “The thing with 50 Best is that the French were underrepresented “but the reason why they were underrepresented was because there was a murky financial pressure for restaurants.” The funding for La Liste came largely from private French cultural institutions Swiss food giant Nestle is also a supporter which is drawn from private surveys of chefs and those who frequent leading restaurants La Liste is sourced from publicly available data aggregating scores from 200 food guides and online review sites to produce what it hopes will be seen as an accurate The ranking is based on scores and reviews from a wide range of international sources: Michelin stars but also New York Times and Washington Post reviews Forbes and AAA travel guides and James Beard awards in the U.S. plus the cultural equivalents of these institutions in other countries (with help from foreign advisers) Ribaut and his team then created an algorithm to assign these scores a value on a scale of 100; food factored in as 80% of the score décor and wine combined factored in as 20% If there was a positive review that didn’t include a numeric score The full list of 1000 restaurants will be released Thursday at LaListe.com Correction: An earlier version of this article misidentified the location of Manresa; it is in Los Gatos Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism France – The Swiss restaurant named the best in the world last year remained in the top 10 of the La Liste ranking Monday December 5 despite the tragic loss of its star chef who killed himself weeks after lifting the honor The Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville at Crissier near Lausanne came joint fourth in the latest French-based guides aggregator which claims to be more “more scientific and reliable” than its British-based rival Sublime Homard Bleu Breton mijoté doucement aux cœurs de poireaux. #lobster #gastronomy #gaultmillau #mof shot himself in January seven weeks after receiving the award but his widow Brigitte vowed that the restaurant would remain open La carte d’Automne 2016, élaborée par Chef Franck Giovannin #guidemichelin #gaultmillau #laliste #crissier #vaud #suisse #mof # #grandestablessuisse #grandestablesdumonde # It has also since retained its maximum 3-star Michelin Guide rating Pour un moment privilégié… #vaud #suisse #3etoiles # While French chef Guy Savoy topped this year’s rankings for his Paris restaurant in la Monnaie Japanese restaurants came out on top overall Two Tokyo institutions made the top 10: the minuscule Kyo Aji whose sushi is renowned for being both “extraordinary and reasonably priced” Two New York restaurants were up there alongside them double Emmy-award-winning US television chef Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin fish restaurant – which came joint second – and Jean-Georges in Trump Tower Italy’s Osteria Francescana in Modena – which topped the 50 Best rankings – came joint third in La Liste which praised not only its inventive use of the local Parmigiano Reggiano cheese but also “its deep commitment to fighting food waste” Restaurants in Italy also came out best overall for value for money La Liste bills itself as a “guide of the guides” pulling together reviews from almost 400 guidebooks newspapers and online sites from TripAdvisor to the New York Times and the prestigious Michelin rankings its list of the 1,000 top-rated restaurants in the world is modelled on the world tennis rankings the Shanghai Ranking for universities – and film reviews website Rotten Tomatoes This year it has added a smartphone application for the 10,000 eateries which its analysis found to be the best value for money 01/02/2016 By He was supposed to be in Paris this Monday for the launch of this year’s Michelin Guide but never arrived The head of one of three 3 Michelin starred restaurants in Switzerland the Frenchman Benoît Violier was found dead on Sunday morning appears to have taken his own life with a hunting rifle Celebrated chef Benoit Violier – Source: Twitter In 2013 Benoît Violier was awarded chef of the year and in 2015 his restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville de Crissier was awarded the title of the world’s best restaurant by La Liste he took over the restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville de Crissier from Philippe Rochat The restaurant had already been made famous by celebrated Vaud chef Frédy Girardet who retired in 1996 considered by Violier to be his spiritual father died suddenly in 2015 in a cycling accident while suffering from cancer “It’s a tragedy for his family for the Hôtel de Ville and for Crissier” the town’s mayor Michel Tendon told 24 Heures Vaud state councillor Pascal Broulis expressed his deep sadness to the family while praising everything the chef had done for the canton Originally from Charente-Maritime in France Violier had just finished a 1,000 page encyclopedia on hunting wild birds Voted chef of the year in 2013 by Gault et Millau he was given the title of the world’s best chef when the Paris based restaurant guide of guides La Liste designated his restaurant the best in the world in 2015 Read full 20 Minute article (in French) – Take a 5 minute French test now For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter By subscribing you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy Previous Newsletters Copyright © Le News Sàrl 2014-2022 / Company number: CH-550.1.129.786-5 / VAT number: CHE-193.843.357 TVA By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy 06/10/2016 By He was supposed to be in Paris for the launch of the 2016 Michelin Guide but never arrived had taken his own life with a hunting rifle After Benoît Violier’s death, the remaining team, including his wife Brigitte Violier, and second in command, Franck Giovannini decided to forge on and try to maintain the restaurant’s world-class status Franck Giovannini – Source: Facebook recently confirmed their success by maintaining the restaurant’s three star rating a distinction awarded to only around a hundred restaurants globally The restaurant, which serves classic French food, has a long had a reputation for world class dining, and has held three Michelin stars since 1998.  The 2017 guide describes the food as “toujours magistrales” Dining there costs from CHF 174 to CHF 380 Giovannini is the fourth of the restaurant’s chefs to gain Michelin’s highest seal of approval, along with Benoît Violier, and former culinary stars Frédy Girardet and Philippe Rochat who both ran the restaurant Giovannini told local newspaper 24 Heures: “It’s great for the team who worked so hard this year We are continuing an adventure that has made us the first restaurant in the world to maintain three stars through a succession of four chefs Of course we don’t work to please guides It is incredible how many diners stuck with us despite the death of  Benoît Bookings are at the same level as last year.” Dish at Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville – Source: Facebook Franck Giovannini started his training at the Auberge de la Couronne he returned to Switzerland in 1995 to work under Frédy Girardet at the Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville he met Benoît Violier and they became good friends In 1999 and 2000 he worked as a sous-chef at the Stonehedge Inn Restaurant convinced him to come and work as his sous-chef at the Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville The same three Swiss restaurants that made the three-star list in 2016, complete the list in the 2017 guide: The Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville, Schloss Schauenstein in Graubünden, and the Cheval Blanc in Basel all kept Michelin’s most coveted status Switzerland maintains its position as the nation with the highest number of Michelin-starred restaurants per capita Filed Under: Dining Tagged With: , , Just two months ago Benoit Violier's Swiss restaurant, Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near Lausanne, was named the world's best restaurant by La Liste produced by the French tourism board using an algorithm based on all the other awards lists in the world the culinary world is mourning his loss after Violier appeared to take his own life at home the day before he was due to attend the release of 2016 French Michelin Guide in Paris named chef of the year by Gault et Millau in 2013 took over the kitchen four years ago after Philippe Rochat Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville had the top accolade in the Swiss edition of the Michelin guide Violier also ran his own cooking school His unexpected death drew tributes from some of France's culinary greats All our thoughts are with the family and friends of Benoit Violier." owner of the eponymous Paris three start restaurant one of the pioneers of modern French food and the 2015 best chef in the world recipient said "My thoughts go out to the family of Benoît Violier Very sad news about an extremely talented chef." Violier trained under 'chef of the century" Joël Robuchon as well as his mentor His death has reminded the culinary world of the suicide of another three-star chef Bernard Loiseau Even three-star chef Marc Veyrat made a rare excursion onto Twitter to say “The planet has been orphaned by this exceptional chef After Violier took control of Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville Fine Dining Lovers made the following video about his restaurant and career: Read more posts on Business Insider Australia » 2022 - 1:20amOne of the most hotly-debated and acclaimed restaurant ranking lists has been released for 2023 La Liste, devised by French businessman Phillip Faure is a ranking system which uses a complicated algorithm to find the best restaurants in the world It scores restaurants out of a total score of 100 based on online reviews chef opinions and a "trustworthiness" scale with 19 Australian eateries making the top-thousand list The highest ranking Aussie restaurant was Oncore by Clare Smith with La Liste giving it a score of 97.50 out of 100 9Honey Kitchen takes a look at the top 10 list For a daily dose of 9Honey, subscribe to our newsletter here a fine-dining restaurant in a posh villa hotel It tied at number four with five other restaurants with a rating of 98.50 out of 100 Just one of the delicate Italian dishes served at this award-winning restaurant a popular Sushi restaurant located in the heart of Tokyo Sushi Saito serves traditional Japanese sushi in Minatu-ku Switzerland was awarded 99 out of 100 on La Liste's ranking Hôtel de Ville serves Swiss seasonal cuisine and is described as a "distinguished" venue located in the town's former city hall a Swisse restaurant owned by chef by Peter Knogl This riverside eatery is located in the the Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois and boasts refined and innovative French dishes however it is inspired by French fine dining La Liste also rated this eatery 99 out of 100. Cheval Blanc in St-Tropez is a fine-dining restaurant located in a plush restaurant on the southern coast of France It was also given the nod by La Liste with an impressive score of 99 out of 100. The luxury waterfront restaurant is described as a "three star restaurant that invites guests on a magical journey between land and sea" This Tinqueux-based eatery was founded over 40 years ago and is curated by chef Arnaud Lallement This three Michelin-starred restaurant is a gastronomic journey with a menu that changes with the seasons Its signature dishes include caviar priced at $225 per serving a French-inspired restaurant which specialises in seafood La Liste awarded this eatery 99.5 out of 100. La Bernardin was founded in 1972 and serves a three-course menu for $291 You can order seafood dishes such as lobster crudo and caviar at this top-ranking eatery a Parisian restaurant owned by the chef of the same name also tied first place with a rating of 98.50 This restaurant offers "high-concept" dining for customers and is ranked amongst the very best in almost any gastronomic guide of France One of the fine-dining dishes on the menu at Guy Savoy is a creel-caught giant langoustine with bouillon gras a Swedish-cross-Japanese fusion restaurant in Stockholm tied with Guy Savoy and La Bernardin as number one It was also named in the world's best 50 restaurants. Frantzén only seats 23 people at any given time and has a set menu price of $598 per person Quartier Oassis has been created on the site of a former Coop depot in Crissier The 35,700 sqm site is owned by Patrimonium Swiss Real Estate Fund Patrimonium Investment Foundation and a vessel for active investors which until then had been characterized by urban sprawl and turn it into an attractive place to live and work on the outskirts of Lausanne The master plan for this was designed by Bauart for Losinger Marazzi and Patrimonium The result is a development divided into five units 100 senior apartments and commercial units for offices a medical center and a crèche were created Two residential buildings with 207 apartments 1,000 square meters of commercial space on the first floor and an underground parking garage were designed by the KCAP office Areas for urban gardening are available at almost all buildings; the buildings were completely executed in BIM and are characterized by Minergie energy efficiency Yesterday activists blocked another road – the autoroute exit at Crissier near Lausanne It started at 08:10 yesterday morning and lasted for around an hour The group says there are obvious solutions that can be taken which will benefit everyone.  Vaud police say some of the activists were arrested.