Floyd Cardoz, a well-known Indian chef in New York, died of coronavirus on March 25, 2020 in a New Jersey hospital.
Wiki/Biography
Freud was born on Sunday, October 2, 1960, in Mumbai (aged 59 at the time of his death). His star sign was Libra. He graduated from St. Andrews High School, Mumbai and St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. He then studied at the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai. He later completed a course at Les Roches Bluche in Switzerland.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 7″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: gray and white
Family, Caste and Wife
His mother’s name is Beryl Cardoz. He is married to Barkha Cardos, who is also his business partner. They have two sons, Peter Cardoz and Justin Cardoz.
Floyd Cardoz with his father and wife
Floyd Cardoz and his mother
Floyd Cardoz wedding photos
An old photo of Floyd Cardoz and his family
Floyd Cardoz and family
Profession
He started his career as a Departmental Chef (Station Chef) at the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Mumbai.
An old photo of Floyd Cardoz
He then worked as a sous chef at the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai. Later, he moved to New York and started working as a departmental chef at Beech & Bamboo in New York. In 1997, he partnered with restaurateur Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group to open a restaurant in New York called “Tabla”. In 2010, the restaurant closed down after failing to attract more customers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQst0lg5Ng
In 2011, he participated in the third season of Top Chef Masters as a contestant and won the championship. In 2012, he partnered with Mayer to open a restaurant in New York City, “North End Grill”. It was one of the most popular restaurants in Manhattan, New York, and after nearly six years, the restaurant closed. He co-founded the hospitality company “Hunger Inc” with Samir Seth and Thomas Zacharias. In 2016, he opened the famous restaurant “Paowalla”, which was later renamed “Bombay Bread Bar”. He opened his own restaurants in Mumbai named “The Bombay Canteen”, “Bombay Sweet Shop” and “O Pedro”.
Floyd Cardoz RestaurantPaowalla
die
On March 8, 2020, he flew from Mumbai to New York via Frankfurt Airport. After arriving in New York, he developed a fever and was later diagnosed with COVID-19. He was admitted to the Hillside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey. He died on March 25, 2020, 15 days after contracting COVID-19.
Floyd Cardoz’s last Instagram post
Facts/Trivia
- He is the author of the books Once Spice, Two Spice and Flavorwalla.
- He has been nominated four times for the James Beard Foundation Award.
- After winning the third season of Top Chef Masters in 2011, he used his $110,000 prize money to fund a young scientist cancer research fund at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
- In a 2017 interview, he shared why he chose to be a chef as a career, saying,
I wanted to be a biochemist. Then I read Arthur Haley’s Inn. It’s funny because I loved food as a kid. Then I started cooking and realized I was really good at it.”
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