Alexei Zimin, a famous Russian chef who has lived in London for several years, was found dead in Belgrade, according to several sources including a message posted Wednesday on the Instagram account of Zima, a restaurant he co-founded in the British capital.
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“Alexei Zimin, chef of the ZIMA restaurant has died. During a remarkable life, Alexei achieved a lot: he was deputy editor-in-chief of Afisha magazine, founded Afisha.Food, and also worked as editor-in-chief of Afisha World, GQ and 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 published messages on social networks opposing the war in Ukraine.
The chef was in Belgrade for a few days to promote his book, Anglomania.
According to a source close to the investigation at AFP, his 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 Belgrade police to the 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 BBC, adding that there were “no suspicious circumstances” surrounding the death and that “the apartment was closed from the interior”.
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.
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