Top French chef Marc Veyrat has vowed ' I 'll be back ' after a fire tore through his Alpine restaurant . The fire broke out Tuesday at the celebrity chef 's La Maison du Bois , a wooden chalet 6,000 feet up in the French Alps near the Swiss border , causing substantial damage . Firefighters had extinguished the blaze inside the restaurant by mid-morning but were still battling to bring it under control as it ravaged the roof of the wooden structure . Inside the remains : Chef Marc Veyrat points to his fire-damaged La Maison du Bois restaurant . Authorities believe the blaze started in the kitchen . Charred remains : The fire ripped through the roof of the Alpine restaurant after starting in the kitchen . Authorities said it appeared to have started in the kitchens and spread rapidly to the dining area , where several pieces of antique furniture were destroyed . Veyrat , considered by some to be the finest chef in the world with six Michelin stars to his name , said a piece of 'cultural history ' had been destroyed . 'This is a life and a piece of French cultural history that has just gone up in flames , ' he said . Blaze : Fire appliances at top chef Marc Veyrat 's restaurant after a fire broke out in the Alpine restaurant on Tuesday . Emergency : Firefighters , their faces covered in soot , walk away from the snow-flanked Alpine restaurant . Snowy conditions : Firefighters shovel snow from a chalet roof to cool the flames at the Alpine restaurant . Gutted : Marc Veyrat looks devastated as he stands in what remains of La Maison du Bois following a fire in the French chalet restaurant . Damage : Michelin-starred chef Veyrat points to the fire-ravaged roof beams in the chalet restaurant in the Alps , where the fire took hold . 'It 's not just a restaurant but also a museum of popular art showing several pieces of furniture from the region . It 's sad , but I 'm a fighter . I 'll be back . ' Known as much for roaming the countryside seeking wild herbs for his top-of-the-range dishes as for his trademark black hat , Veyrat has already suffered a forced break in his career . In 2009 , he stopped work , saying he could no longer bear the physical strains of the kitchen after a serious ski accident . 6 Michelin stars : A meal prepared by the top chef at one of his other award-winning restaurants . High altitude : Firemen work on the heavily damaged roof , surrounded by snow in the French Alps . Recovery : Veyrat opened La Maison Des Bois after taking a break from his culinary ventures following a skiing accident . He handed back the six Michelin stars he had won for two separate three-star restaurants and only re-entered the kitchen in 2013 , opening his Alpine restaurant . Veyrat specialises in traditional dishes , with lots of wild herbs and a little 'molecular gastronomy ' , chemistry-inspired recipes that produce new textures such as emulsions in cuisine . But such Michelin-starred genius does not come cheap . According to his website , the top 12-course tasting menu at La Maison du Bois would set the diner back £225 . Smoldering : Firefighters step over the remains of Veyrat 's Alpine restaurant which was damaged by fire .
Fire believed to have started in kitchen of La Maison du Bois . Spread through dining room and caused damage to wooden roof . Artworks destroyed in fire which Veyrat called 'museum of popular art ' The French government has launched an investigation into the cause of a blaze that broke out at Le Louvre Museum on Friday night.