Benoît Violier (French pronunciation: ?[b?nwa vj?lje]; 22 August 1971 – 31 January 2016) was a French-Swiss chef .
Violier owned the three Michelin star Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville in a suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland from 2012 to his death.
The establishment topped the first La Liste in December 2015.