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Updated March 25th, 2020 at 20:55 IST

Chef Floyd Cardoz dies of coronavirus; Rishi Kapoor pens a heartfelt note

Noted chef Floyd Cardoz has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, family sources said on Wednesday. Cardoz, 59, died of COVID-19 infection.

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Noted chef Floyd Cardoz has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, family sources said on Wednesday. Cardoz, 59, died of COVID-19 infection in a hospital in New York, the sources said.

He was the co-owner of two popular restaurants in Mumbai, Bombay Canteen and O Pedro, and had recently launched his third venture, the Bombay Sweet Shop. Cardoz had been in Mumbai, where he was born, till March 8 and had informed on social media on March 18 that he had admitted himself to hospital in New York, where he lived, as he felt feverish.

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Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor took to his Twitter handle to express grief and remembered the meal he made for them.

He had trained as a biochemist before he discovered his real passion - in a restaurant kitchen and had moved to New York after attending culinary school in Switzerland. 

(With PTI inputs) 

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Published March 25th, 2020 at 20:55 IST

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