“Alexei Zimin, chef of the ZIMA restaurant has died. During a remarkable life, Alexei achieved a lot: he served as deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Posterfounded Afisha.Food and also worked as editor-in-chief ofAfisha World, GQ et Gourmet. He has hosted several cooking shows, written numerous books and launched several successful restaurants,” we can read on the restaurant’s Instagram account.
Facing the camera, behind his dark-rimmed glasses and his red beard sprinkled with white, he regularly posted messages on social networks opposing the war in Ukraine.
The 52-year-old chef had been in Belgrade for a few days to promote his book, “Anglomania”. According to a source close to the investigationAFPhis body was found in the Vracar district on Tuesday evening around 10 p.m. and an autopsy must take place. He was found dead by the owner of the apartment he rented in the Serbian capital, according to a statement from the Belgrade prosecutor’s office. BBC.
“The police entered the apartment and noticed the death. The prosecutor ordered an autopsy with toxicology to determine the exact cause of death,” according to the prosecution cited by the BBCadding that there were “no suspicious circumstances” surrounding the death and that “the apartment was locked from the inside.”
Born in Russia in 1971, Alexei Zimin opened a gourmet restaurant in Moscow, “Ragout”, as well as several other establishments in the Russian capital, which he left after the invasion of Crimea in 2014.
