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Pioneering Slow Food Chef Skye Gyngell Dies at 62
Pioneering
Slow Food Chef
Skye Gyngell
Dies at 62
OBITUARY
Nov 24, 2025 5:40 AM CST

Pioneering Slow Food Chef Skye Gyngell Dies at 62

Australian chef built Michelin-star restaurant, inspired chefs worldwide

(Newser) - Skye Gyngell, the influential chef who championed the slow food movement and built a Michelin-starred restaurant in a London garden, has died at the age of 62, the Guardian reports. Gyngell, originally from Sydney, was celebrated for her dedication to local and seasonal ingredients, most notably at the acclaimed Petersham...

Cops: Celebrity Chef Knocks Over 3 Banks in a Day
Cops: Celebrity Chef
Knocks Over
3 Banks in a Day
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 20, 2025 1:00 PM CDT

Cops: Celebrity Chef Knocks Over 3 Banks in a Day

Bay Area's Valentino Luchin was also arrested in 2018 for similar crime

(Newser) - A well-known chef from the San Francisco Bay Area is in trouble with the law, seven years after being arrested in connection with a bank robbery. This time, he's accused of robbing three banks, all in one day. Per the Los Angeles Times , 62-year-old Valentino Luchin was taken into...

After Near-Disaster, Chef Takes Record With Huge Rice Dish

The 19.3K-pound pot of jollof rice buckled during weighing

(Newser) - With a record-shattering 19,346-pound pot of jollof rice, Nigerian chef Hilda Baci has cooked her way to another Guinness World Record. The record was confirmed after Baci and her team cooked up the peppery West African staple in Lagos last week—though not without drama. The massive custom-made...

Gordon Ramsay Has Advice After Skin Cancer Removal

Celebrity chef shares post-cancer photo and urges sun safety

(Newser) - Gordon Ramsay, the British celebrity chef known for his cooking shows and global restaurant empire, revealed on Instagram that he was recently treated for skin cancer, NBC News reports. Posting a photo with a bandage on his face and a line of stitches running from his earlobe to his...

Dubai Restaurant's New Chef Isn't Human

AI-powered Chef Aiman will create menus for 'dining in the future'

(Newser) - Dubai is preparing to introduce a new dining concept where artificial intelligence takes center stage, at least behind the scenes. WOOHOO, a restaurant set to open in September near the Burj Khalifa, promises "dining in the future" with the debut of its AI-powered chef , Chef Aiman. Chef Aiman...

Report: Burrell Probe Focusing on Possible Drug OD
Celebrity
Chef Took
Her Own Life
UPDATED
Jun 21, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Celebrity Chef Took Her Own Life

Anne Burrell's death is ruled a suicide

(Newser) - The death of celebrity chef Anne Burrell last month has been ruled a suicide, reports the New York Times . The chief medical examiner's office in New York City listed the 55-year-old's cause of death as "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of diphenhydramine, ethanol, cetirizine, and...

Bobby Flay Pays Tribute to Anne Burrell

We 'were just alongside for the Anne Burrell ride,' he says of Worst Cooks in America host

(Newser) - With the sudden death of celebrity chef Anne Burrell on Tuesday, Bobby Flay offered up a tip of the hat to his co-host on Worst Cooks in America, reports People . "Worst Cooks in America was the funnest show on TV. All of your co-hosts (me included) were just alongside...

She Began as a Headhunter, Ended Up as a Top Chef
She Began as
a Headhunter,
Ended Up as
a Top Chef
OBITUARY
Jun 18, 2025 6:34 AM CDT

She Began as a Headhunter, Ended Up as a Top Chef

Anne Burrell of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America has died at age 55

(Newser) - TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of Worst Cooks in America, died Tuesday at her New York home. She was 55. The Food Network, where Burrell began her two-decade television career on Iron Chef America and went on to other shows, confirmed her death....

Chef Urges Thieves to Donate $32K in Stolen Pies
2.5K Stolen Pies
Have 'Sadly Perished'
UPDATED
Dec 4, 2024 2:00 AM CST

2.5K Stolen Pies Have 'Sadly Perished'

Stolen refrigerated van is located, but pies inside couldn't be salvaged

(Newser) - They didn't do the right thing: The 2,500 pies that were inside a refrigerated van when the van was stolen "have sadly perished," per a police spokesperson in North Yorkshire. The Michelin-starred chef who made the pies had publicly pleaded with the thieves to at least...

Al Roker and His Daughter Have a New Cookbook Out
Al Roker Has a New Cookbook
Oct 15, 2024 2:05 PM CDT

Al Roker Has a New Cookbook

With no small amount of help from his daughter, chef Courtney Roker Laga

(Newser) - Al Roker remembers the moment when it became clear to him that his oldest daughter was an honest-to-goodness chef. "We were talking, and she was in the kitchen, and she's looking at me, but she's chiffonading these herbs and not looking down," he recalled recently. "...

Beloved Chef Naomi Pomeroy Drowns in Tubing Accident

The 49-year-old helped make Portland, Oregon, a culinary destination

(Newser) - James Beard award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy put Portland on the culinary map—and now the city and foodie world beyond is mourning the 49-year-old, who died in a river accident on Saturday. The New York Times reports that Pomeroy, husband Kyle Linden Webster, and a friend were floating down the...

Ramsay Accident Left Him Looking Like a 'Purple Potato'

Celebrity chef says he's OK after spill from his bike in Connecticut, advocates for helmet use

(Newser) - Gordon Ramsay doesn't tolerate spills in his kitchen, but he was well prepared for one he recently took off his bike. The 57-year-old Hell's Kitchen host put up a PSA of sorts on Saturday after a bicycle ride went awry, advocating for helmet use to prevent serious injury,...

Celebrity Chef's Aid Group in Spotlight After Fatal Strike

Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen was delivering food in Gaza when hit by Israeli forces

(Newser) - The Israeli airstrike that killed seven workers with the charity World Central Kitchen in Gaza has focused attention not just on WCK but on its high-profile founder, chef and restaurateur Jose Andres.
  • About him: The 54-year-old is a native of Spain who moved to the US at age 21 and
...

Top French Chef Quits After Alleged Hazing Incident

Kitchen hand was allegedly tied to chair naked at luxury hotel

(Newser) - A top French chef, possibly unable to handle the heat after disturbing reports of the hazing of a staff member, has gotten out of the kitchen. Aurélien Largeau, head chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant at the Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, southwest France, left his job last week, the...

He Put Avocado Toast on the Menu—and the Map
Man Who Put
Avocado Toast
on the Map Has Died
OBITUARY
Dec 27, 2023 2:40 PM CST

Man Who Put Avocado Toast on the Map Has Died

Australian chef Bill Granger was 54

(Newser) - You can find avocado toast on the menus of many, if not most, breakfast joints these days. That was not the case in 1993, when self-taught cook Bill Granger opened his first restaurant, bills. At 21, the Aussie had just dropped out of art school and was keen to share...

Chinese Chef in Hot Water Over Egg Fried Rice Video

Wang Tang accused of mocking death of Mao Zedong's eldest son in Korean War

(Newser) - A popular Sichuan chef in China has apologized for sharing a video about cooking egg fried rice—which, at this time of year, is viewed as a challenge to the Communist Party regime and an insult to the memory of Mao Zedong's eldest son. Military officer Mao Anying was...

Apolitical Guy Fieri Is Suddenly Political
Apolitical
Guy Fieri
Is Suddenly
Political
the rundown
Jul 11, 2023 10:50 AM CDT

Apolitical Guy Fieri Is Suddenly Political

Although it's unintentional, as a photo of him with Donald Trump creates a ruckus online

(Newser) - Generally speaking, celebrity chef Guy Fieri has never been one to mix politics with his food. As Matt Schimkowitz wrote for the AV Club in a 2021 profile, "the vagueness in Fieri's political beliefs has allowed fans to project whatever they want onto him." Which is part...

In Seeking Scandals, the 'Oscars of Food' Creates One

Chefs complain of secretive investigations of James Beard Award nominees

(Newser) - The James Beard Awards are known as " the Oscars of the food world ," where a win can catapult a chef's career. That's why Sam Fore, owner of pop-up restaurant Tuk Tuk in Lexington, Kentucky, was delighted to be named as a 2023 finalist for the "...

He Rose From Drug Addiction to Top of the Cooking World

Scottish chef Jock Zonfrillo dies at 46 on eve of season premiere of 'MasterChef Australia'

(Newser) - The 15th season of MasterChef Australia was set to premiere Monday, but that airing of the cooking competition program has since been postponed after its host died over the weekend. Per a statement from Network 10, Jock Zonfrillo died suddenly on Sunday in Melbourne at age 46, reports CNN . Zonfrillo'...

This Person Wasn't Supposed to Be on World Cup Field

FIFA looking into how celeb chef Nusret Gokce, aka Salt Bae, ended up celebrating with Messi, team

(Newser) - Protocol has it that only FIFA officials and the winning team are allowed to handle the World Cup trophy, but the soccer governing body has now launched an investigation after one person who wasn't supposed to be on the field Sunday after Argentina's victory had his hands all...

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