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...detail, to perfection on a plate. And like the other markets for dreams and happiness--films, say, or fashion or narcotics--it was a brutal pursuit. Loiseau had not taken a vacation in four years. He had planned one for this winter, but last week another French restaurant guide, GaultMillau, inexplicably reduced his ranking for the first time in his career, lowering his restaurant from 19 to 17 out of a possible 20 points. He canceled his trip...
...police have ruled Loiseau's death, at 52, a suicide. But in France, the killer is still considered at large. Last week Loiseau's fellow chefs accused the guidebooks of murder. "Bravo, GaultMillau. You have won," declared Paul Bocuse, the famous dean of French chefs. Bocuse, who spoke to Loiseau the day before he died, says his friend had been deeply affected by the rankings demotion and by newspaper articles speculating that he might lose one of his three Michelin stars, which turned out to be untrue. "He was very anxious. He felt out of breath," Bocuse says. "You know...
...money did not kill Loiseau, insists Bernard Fabre, his financial director. "All of that is completely false. The restaurants were doing quite well." The guidebooks are denying guilt as well. "It's not a bad score or one less star that killed him," said GaultMillau head Patrick Mayenobe. "This great chef must have had other worries." A Michelin representative would only express sadness at Loiseau's death and confirm that his stars are safe--for this year, at least...
DIED. BERNARD LOISEAU, 52, perfectionist French chef whose Burgundy restaurant, La Cote d'Or, had recently seen its rating reduced by the powerful gastronomic guide GaultMillau; a suicide; at his home in Saulieu, France. (See page...
...detail, to perfection on a plate. And like the other markets for dreams and happiness - films, say, or fashion or narcotics - it was a brutal pursuit. Loiseau had not taken a vacation in four years. He had planned one for this winter, but last week another French restaurant guide, GaultMillau, inexplicably reduced his ranking for the first time in his career. And he canceled his trip. On Monday, after presiding over the lunch service, Loiseau went to his bedroom for his customary nap. Soon after, he shot himself in the mouth with his hunting rifle. He left no note, only...