https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Benoît Violier, the chef of the "world's best restaurant" whose apparent suicide has thrown a spotlight on the intense pressures facing top cooks, worried that his success would not last, reports said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160202/violier-worried-that-his-success-would-not-last Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:09:02 +0100 violier-worried-that-his-success-would-not-last Tributes flowed from around the world on Monday for Benoît Violier, the French-Swiss chef named the “best in the world”, following his death by apparent suicide, while questions lingered over why he took his life. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160202/questions-linger-over-why-star-chef-took-his-life Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:40:40 +0100 questions-linger-over-why-star-chef-took-his-life Philippe Rochat, one of Switzerland’s most celebrated chefs, died after suffering a malaise while cycling near Lausanne on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150708/star-swiss-chef-dies-while-cycling-near-lausanne Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:02:05 +0200 star-swiss-chef-dies-while-cycling-near-lausanne Switzerland remains the country with the most restaurants per capita awarded a Michelin star in the world, according to the publisher of the Michelin guide books. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141126/swiss-michelin-starred-restaurants-on-the-rise Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:12:00 +0100 swiss-michelin-starred-restaurants-on-the-rise Switzerland boasts 110 Michelin star restaurants, according to the guide book’s 2014 edition, unveiled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131119/swiss-gain-new-michelin-star-eateries Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:24:00 +0100 swiss-gain-new-michelin-star-eateries