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Dear Aashish Bernd Rudi Friedrich Pascale Heiderose Nunzia Pieter Michail Waseem Ursula Thomas Tatjana Theresia Franziska Nicole Ernst Wolf, Michael Sabine Winfried Schwab Immo Sascha Karl Angela Ulrich Wellhöfer Perkeo Thomas Barth Kirsten Birthe Andre Horst Dawid Dr. Karl A. Lamers Europäischer Hof Heidelberg
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Bernd Kunze we will be there, one year vita magica, congratulations Wolfgang Hampel and Rita Kocher.
Linde Lund Dearst Rita Kocher und Wolfgang Hampel Congratulations!!!! Happy Birthday Vita Magica and all the best for the future! All our love and best wishes from Linde, Astrid and Lund family
Thomas Bödigheimer i am there Linde
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Mr. Tigerli in China
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translation by Mary Holmes
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Yes Betty, either or it seems he wanted to fly only with
Singapore Airways.
Boeing or Airbus, it’s just the same
isn’t it? Aren’t they both just fat birds with 500 passengers?
Yes, but Singapore Airlines has the
most beautiful airhostesses: delicate, fine, graceful… Mr. Tigerli had looked forward to the flight
so much!
So the little man was disappointed?
You just can’t imagine how disappointed
he was.
But thank God one of the hostesses was a
pretty Chinese girl. Mr. Tigerli purred loudly but she didn’t hear him because
the purring of the Airbus 380 was even louder.
The poor cat!
You’ve said it Betty. Mr. Tigerli was
in a very bad mood and asked me for a loud speaker.
I’m sure you can get one in 1st
Class.
“”Russian Girl” had even heard you over
the roar of the Niagara Falls” I said to Mr. Tigerli. “You are a very
unfaithful cat. You wanted to get to know Asiatic girls. That’s how it is when
one leaves one’s first love”.
And what did he say to that?
“Men are hunters” was his answer.
Yes, my dear cat, a mouse hunter. And
what else did he say?
Not another word. He behaved as if he
hadn’t heard me.
The Airbus is very loud.
I told him shortly “Don’t trouble
yourself about “Chinese Girl”. There will be enough even prettier girls in
China. Wait till we land in Guilin”.
Did he understand you?
Naturally Mr. Tigerli understood me
immediately. Yes, sweetheart, don’t worry. They will find you something sweet
to eat.
And he?
He was so happy.
No problem going through the immigration
control?
Naturally! Lots of problems. How could I explain to
customs that the cat had come as a tourist to China to buy shoes?
Fur in exchange for shoes…
Don’t be so cynical Betty!
Cat meat in exchange for shoes?
He came through the pass control with
no trouble!
Is this Mr. Tigerli?
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Linda White yes,if my health allows.I have a few problems but is something I have always wanted to do,especially as I reread her books.
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Why Did the World’s Greatest Chef Just Kill Himself?
By all appearances, Benoît Violier, at 44, was on top of his profession and on top of the world. And then he pulled the trigger.
NICE, France — Why kill yourself with a shotgun one month after you’re voted the best chef in the world?
That’s the mystery that’s taken hold around the famed Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville in the picturesque Swiss village of Cressier, where 44-year-old chef Benoît Violier apparently committed suicide at home on Sunday.
He loved hunting and published just last year a book on cooking “feathered game.” (The prestigious daily Le Monde waxed ecstatic
over his snow partridge in a wine reduction with tiny Roscoff onions.)
The gun that he appears to have used to kill himself reportedly was one
of those he used for game.
Swiss police have opened an investigation into the case.
Violier’s restaurant was named the best out of 1,000 restaurants
in 48 countries in December by France’s La Liste. Such was the prestige
surrounding the award, it was presented at the French foreign ministry.
The
chef was in the prime of his life. Handsome, charismatic, said to be
calmer in temperament than most world-class cooks, he was married to a
beautiful woman, Brigitte, who left her job in cosmetics to work at his
side at their highly sought after, three-star restaurant near Lausanne
that was normally booked up four months in advance. The couple had a
12-year-old son and an equally photogenic dog, Mac Queen.
So
why did the French-born Violier, who achieved what most would consider
the pinnacle of professional and personal success in this world,
apparently take a gun and shoot himself on Sunday, blowing to bits a
self-made universe that was the envy of all who knew him?
So
far, no one has any idea. ”Late in the afternoon, police went to
Cressier where they discovered at his home the body of Mr. Benoît
Violier,” Swiss police said in a cryptic statement.
Violier,
who obtained Swiss citizenship two years ago, had been expected in
Paris on Monday for the unveiling of the latest Michelin guide where, as
expected, his restaurant retained its three stars, or, as the French
call them, its three macarons.
Even when he talked about his childhood, Violier gave no hint of unhappiness. In an interview with the Swiss website Illustre in September 2015, Violiet described his idyllic upbringing near the seaside city of La Rochelle in France, and how his mother encouraged her kids to stay away from the TV and enjoy nature. Violiet didn't even take his first train ride until he was 17.
“To this day, when I have free time, I walk in the forest with my springer spaniel Mac Queen,” Violier said.
“Sometimes I would tell my mother that Sharon Stone or the king of Spain would come to my restaurant. She didn’t exactly understand who they were but she was very proud.”
Even when he talked about his childhood, Violier gave no hint of unhappiness. In an interview with the Swiss website Illustre in September 2015, Violiet described his idyllic upbringing near the seaside city of La Rochelle in France, and how his mother encouraged her kids to stay away from the TV and enjoy nature. Violiet didn't even take his first train ride until he was 17.
“To this day, when I have free time, I walk in the forest with my springer spaniel Mac Queen,” Violier said.
“Sometimes I would tell my mother that Sharon Stone or the king of Spain would come to my restaurant. She didn’t exactly understand who they were but she was very proud.”
“I go to sleep with cooking, I wake up to cooking,” Violier said during an interview with the Swiss TV network RTS
in December 2014. But he also said that customers were surprised at how
calm his kitchen was and he attributed part of that to modern chefs not
using or drinking as much alcohol as they had in the past.
The
only hints that all was not well in Violier’s seemingly perfect world
were the mentions he made more than once last year about losing his
biological father as well as his mentor, Philippe Rochat, who was the
second of only three chefs at l’Hôtel de Ville de Crissier. Violier had taken over running the restaurant from Rochat in 2012.
Rochat
died after reportedly “fainting” while riding a bicycle on July 8,
2015. Violier said he had, in effect, lost “two fathers” in 2015. (In an
odd twist, Rochat’s wife, Franziska Rochat-Moser, a world-class runner
who won the New York City marathon in 1997, had died at the age of 35
during an avalanche in the Swiss Alps while skiing in 2002.)
On
Monday, Twitter was awash in heartbroken tweets by some of the world’s
most famous chefs. Paul Bocuse, Pierre Gagnaire, Jean Francois Piege
were just a few who remembered Violier’s talent and charm. “A great
chef, a great man, a gigantic talent,” Bocuse tweeted. Three-star chef
Marc Veyrat tweeted that he was “destroyed” by the news of Violier’s
death, saying the “planet has been orphaned by this exceptional chef.”
But
some of the most poignant sentiments came from recent customers, so
thrilled to have just met their hero and flabbergasted to hear of his
sudden, inexplicable death.
“We were just there for a birthday lunch on Friday,” Ursula Kappeler, owner of the Swiss-based Sense of Delight
epicurean service, told The Daily Beast on Monday, “We met him and his
wife. They were both such a lovely couple. You could not see a thing
wrong. They seemed on top of the world. Maybe there was pressure on him
but he was just named the best chef. He seemed in very good shape
physically. We are still so in shock.”
Littli
Kewkacha of the Japanese dessert cafe Kyo Roll En in Bangkok was one of
many chefs and foodies who traversed the globe for a dinner at the
Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville Cressier and said the memory of his visit
still thrills him.
“Benoît really
took time and effort to invite me into his kitchen because he knew I
came all the way from Bangkok and was a keen foodie,” Kewkacha told The
Daily Beast. “He spent almost an hour explaining the history, the
philosophy of his cooking, even with his limited English. I remember the
day I went, his young sous-chef just won a cooking award and he was
genuinely happy and celebrating the success of his team. The mood inside
the grand kitchen was jovial and warm. He really struck me as a family
man, who loved, and was loved by, everyone around him.”
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World's best chef who committed suicide was 'the victim of a £1million wine scam'
- Benoit Violier, 44, ran the Michelin-starred Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville
- Found dead in his home last week and laid to rest in France on Saturday
- It is claimed his restaurant suffered losses up to £1.37m due to the scam
- Company allegedly sold wine costing up to £27k then failed to deliver it
The
'world's best chef', who was found dead in his home last week, was the
victim of a huge wine scam that put him in considerable financial
trouble, according to reports.
Benoit
Violier, 44, whose Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville was awarded three
Michelin stars, committed suicide last Sunday, leaving no note.
But
it is now claimed he was in significant financial trouble, despite the
apparent success of his restaurant in Crissier, near Lausanne in
Switzerland.
According
to reports, the renowned chef fell victim to a scheme where rare wines
priced from £14,000 up to £27,500 were sold to restaurants - but never
delivered.
Benoit Violier,
44, whose Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville was awarded three Michelin
stars, committed suicide last Sunday. The chef is pictured here posing
with his trophy for the best restaurant of the World in December 2015
Benoit Violier
and his wife Brigitte, who found her husband's body at their home
following a call from a concerned friend. It has been claimed he fell
victim to a scam allegedly masterminded by Swiss wine comany Private
Finance Partners
Swiss financial magazine Bilan claims he was the victim of a vast scam allegedly masterminded by Private Finance Partners, a Swiss wine company based in Sion.
In
2015, the company trading in rare wines sold expensive bottles that
fetched thousands of pounds to a number of restaurants, including
Violier's, but allegedly failed to deliver them.
The same bottles, priced between £14,000 and £27,500, were allegedly sold three or four times to various unsuspecting buyers.
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According to Bilan, Violier's restaurant suffered losses due to the scam of between £554,700 and £1.37 million.
Private Finance Partners was declared bankrupt on November 30 last year.
The magazine claimed that one of the brokers, who remained anonymous in the article, was taken into custody in October.
It said: 'The last months of the famous chef were quite troubled.'
It has been reported the talented chef was the victim of a huge wine scam that put him in considerable financial trouble
Violier (pictured
with his wife Brigitte) had been due to fly to Paris for a Michelin
Guide awards ceremony, however concerns were raised when his friend
arrived to collect him and there was no answer
Violier
was laid to rest on Saturday in France. A service was also held on
Friday in Lausanne, Switzerland, where 1500 people attended.
He
was buried in Montils, a town in the region of Charente-Maritime in
France, where he was born and where his mother and one of his six
siblings still live.
Violier's
death came just weeks after his Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville was
crowned the best of 1,000 top eateries across 48 countries ranked by
France's La Liste.
The
ranking was seen as the French foreign ministry's answer to the
Britain-based World's 50 Best Restaurants. Some saw it as launched out
of pique after not a single French eatery reached the top ten of the
UK-based table.
Violier said at the time: 'It's wonderful, it's exceptional for us. This ranking will only motivate our team more.'
The renowned chef was laid to rest on
Saturday in France and some 1500 peope attended a service held on Friday
in Lausanne, Switzerland (pictured)
Known as a keen hunter, the Gallic chef was famed for his game dishes, including ibex or chamois.
Opened nearly 40 years ago, the restaurant offers menus starting at £134.
Louis Villeneuve, his maître d'hôtel, who has been in his post for four decades, was one of the last people to see Violier.
It was 11pm on Saturday night when the restaurant was closing for the usual two-day period of Sunday and Monday.
His final words to Villeneuve, as he said goodbye, were: 'See you Tuesday.'
On Sunday, Violier's wife and son Romain, 12, left the apartment at noon for lunch with friends.
Violier was due to fly to Paris later in the day for a Michelin Guide awards ceremony.
When his friend arrived to collect him there was no answer at the door or on his phone.
He called Brigitte who immediately made her way home. The pair then made the grim discovery.
Some 1500 mourners gathered to pay
tribute to Violier during his funeral ceremony at the Cathedral of
Lausanne in western Switzerland on February 5
The married father-of-one was found
dead with a hunting rifle by his side at his home on Sunday. He leaves
his wife Brigitte and their 12-year-old son Romain
Tributes and floral wreaths filled the
cathedral. Switzerland's best-known chefs, including Frédy Girardet,
whose family started the Hôtel de Ville, and Anton Mosimann, were in
attendance at the cathedral
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