Floyd Cardoz

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Floyd Cardoz (2011)

Floyd Cardoz (born October 2, 1960 in Mumbai , † March 24, 2020 in Montclair , New Jersey ) was an Indian-American chef and multi-restaurateur.

Life

Cardoz grew up in Mumbai, India, and trained at the Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Crans-Montana in the Swiss canton of Valais . From 1988 he worked in New York. In 1998 he founded the Indian restaurant Tabla with Danny Meyer (USHG) and took over the management of Meyer's North End Grill , later also the Pao Walla in New York's trendy Soho district and the Bombay Bread Bar . In Mumbai he ran the Bombay Canteen , the O Pedro or the Bombay Sweet Shop .

He also became internationally known through his appearance in the Netflix cult series Ugly Delicious by David Chang . In 2011, he was the winner of the Top Chef Masters TV cooking show . He has been nominated five times for the James Beard Foundation Award , an award for the best chef in the United States.

He died in March 2020 at the age of 59 during the COVID-19 pandemic at Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey, of complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Corona virus: TV chef and multi-restaurateur Floyd Cardoz died" on rollingpin.de from March 26, 2020
  2. ↑ Julia Moskin: Floyd Cardoz, 59, Dies; Gave American Fine Dining to Indian Flavor , New York Times, March 25, 2020, accessed April 5, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Cardoz, Floyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian-American chef and multi-caterer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Mumbai , India
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2020
Place of death Montclair , New Jersey