CHICAGO—Chef Homaro Cantu, one of the renowned chefs who artfully merged science and fine dining at his Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant, was found dead Tuesday. 
(Photo was taken as Chef Homaro Cantu poses at his restaurant in Chicago, Nov. 7, 2013)
Medical examiners from the Cook County reported the death of the chef was a suicide saying that Cantu hanged himself. Cantu was supposed to open his brewery this summer at on the city’s northwest side where his body was found.
The 38-year-old chef was famous as he turned cooking into experiment with molecular gastronomy in his restaurant. He served carbonated fruit and fish dish which was cooked in a tabletop polymer box, among others at Moto, the restaurant he led in the city’s West Loop neighborhood.
H/T: Inquirer.net
