The Los Angeles culinary group mourned well-known chef and restaurateur Mark Peel, who died on Sunday on the age of 66.
Peel, who helped put Los Angeles on the culinary map, was solely just lately identified with an aggressive type of most cancers. He leaves behind 5 youngsters, together with three along with his former spouse, Nancy Silverton, additionally a famend cook dinner and restaurateur.
He leaves behind his spouse, TV presenter and comic Daphne Brogdon, with whom he had two youngsters.
Peel started his profession within the trade in 1975 at Ma Maison, the restaurant the place Wolfgang Puck stepped into the nationwide highlight. Peel later helped Puck open the unique Spago in West Hollywood. Earlier than that, nevertheless, Peel labored at Michael’s in Santa Monica, the place he met his future spouse and enterprise associate, Silverton, and in addition frolicked within the kitchen of Alice Waters’ well-known Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California.
As the top chef at Spago, Peel insisted that Puck rent Silverton as a pastry chef. The couple later married, moved briefly to New York to direct Maxwell’s Plum, after which returned to Spago. They quickly opened their very own enterprise collectively: Restaurant Campanile, which was thought-about the most effective eating places in LA for 20 years earlier than it closed in 2012.
Throughout their keep on the Campanile, Peel and Silverton began the La Brea Bakery, which they later offered.
The couple divorced and Silverton began their Mozza empire. Peel’s newest idea was the fast-casual prawn at Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles, which serves contemporary seafood cooked in broth from steam kettles.
Peel additionally appeared within the Bravo collection “Prime Chef” as a visitor choose and head chef candidate.
Described as a “head chef” who generously supported the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels program, Peel’s loss has been famous by cooks throughout the nation.
We’re very unhappy to listen to of Chef Mark Peel’s demise. He has been a part of the St. Vincent Meals on Wheels household for a few years. We’re so extremely grateful for his love and compassion for our valuable seniors.
Relaxation in peace @ChefMarkPeel we’ll all the time keep in mind you pic.twitter.com/9adjt7Q157
– SVMOW (@stvmow) June 21, 2021
I’m very sorry to listen to of Chef Mark Peel’s demise, my condolences to his household and restaurant household. He will likely be missed. REST IN PEACE
– Tom Colicchio (@tomcolicchio) June 22, 2021
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