2023-07-01 20:22:37
Serge Vieira, in Lyon on September 12, 2019. MAXIME JEGAT / PHOTOPQR/LE PROGRES/MAXPPP
The two-starred chef Serge Vieira, based in Cantal, succumbed to a long illness on Saturday July 1, said his relatives and the organizers of the Bocuse d’Or, a competition he won in 2005.
Aged 46, he had chaired the French Bocuse d’Or team for several years, a sort of world cup for chefs.
Born in Clermont-Ferrand into a family of Portuguese origin, Serge Vieira had won two Michelin stars for the restaurant bearing his name at the Château de Couffour, in Chaudes-Aigues, in Cantal. He was keen to “put Chaudes-Aigues and Cantal on the map of gastronomic destinations”recalls his family on Facebook.
“The Vieira Experience”
“In his contemporary vessel – stone, iron and glass – nestled in a medieval fortress, with a 360° view of the surroundings, he plays in the big leagues. His dishes, elaborated to the quarter of hair, are skilfully composed, and his technique never takes precedence over taste »comments the red guide, about his cuisine.
Serge Vieira was destined for a career as an industrial designer, before reorienting himself towards cooking. He had learned in renowned houses (Dominique Robert, Régis Marcon) before winning, at 27, the Bocuse d’Or.
The gastronomic restaurant, the hotel and the bistro Sodade “will continue to welcome” visitors “to live the ‘Vieira experience’ that was so dear to him”assure his family, friends and collaborators in an online post.
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