World's Top Chef Found Dead in Apparent Suicide By Notable Life By Notable LifeView Author|February 1, 2016|Celebrities,View Celebrities PeopleView People Today, we woke to news that one of the world’s most celebrated chefs, Benoît Violier, had taken his own life. The 44-year-old shot himself just one month after he was voted the best chef in the world. In December, Violier’s famed... View this article.