Food Network star and celebrity chef Carl Ruiz has died... according to his closest friends in the biz. He was a lovely man who I got to know well over the years, particularly while filming countless episodes of MasterChef. How lucky were those that knew and fed you.’. Speaking on Strictly spin-off show, It Takes Two, presenter Zoe Ball paid tribute to the late star, saying "our love and thoughts go out to Gary's family and friends". Food Network star and New York City chef Carl Ruiz died suddenly Saturday. The French cook was with his family in Bray, Berks, when he passed away peacefully. We did sometimes wonder when he lowered himself gently down into a sofa in the green room and then exerted a little pleasurable moan, whether we’d manage to get him up back again in time for filming. In a message posted by her dance studio, Hardy said she was "truly speechless and lost for words". His daughter Ashley tweeted: ‘Sadly my father Charles Campion passed away on the 23rd December 2020. The TV cook, who became a household name in the UK after becoming a finalist on MasterChef in 1993, died on July 17 in his home nation following … 1/2 I’m deeply shocked and hugely saddened to hear the tragic news about Gary Rhodes. Michel Trempont, 92, Belgian opera singer. Critic and writer Jay Rayner added: ‘Charles Campion was a great and lovely man, with a brilliantly droll sense of humour. Campion wrote columns, articles and restaurant reviews for The Times, The Independent and the Evening Standard during his career as a critic, after leaving his job in advertising. Read about our approach to external linking. Campion’s family confirmed the sad news on social media, … Trump quits Screen Actors Guild3, What Biden's foreign policy 'reset' really means5, Scrapped GoldenEye 007 game 'remaster' leaks online6, Myanmar teachers join growing anti-coup protests7, US missionary jailed for sex crimes in Kenya8, Midnight Train to Georgia songwriter dies aged 779. Chef Floyd Cardoz, who competed on "Top Chef" and won "Top Chef Masters," died of complications from the coronavirus. ", Ainsley Harriott added: "So sad to hear the news about Gary Rhodes. He then moved into the world of food writing, and went on to write seven editions of the Rough Guide to London Restaurants. Video'Mosul is healing': Rebuilding the historic city, French skiers swerve Covid in cross-country boom. © 2021 BBC. Campion also wrote three cookery books with chef Theodore Kyriakou and a barbecue recipe book, as well as a culinary memoir called Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On. The details of his death have not yet been made public. The 44-year-old was the executive chef of La Cubana and a star of "Diners, Drive-Ins … From musicians to footballers to journalists, here are celebrities whose 2020 deaths are being mourned across the UK. #charlescampion #oneofthegreats #missyou pic.twitter.com/ascHh91CBG. Sadly, he died just a year later at age 29. I’m so sad to hear of Gary Rhodes’ death. He was such a talent, nothing to do with the showbiz aspect. The Southampton, New York, resident died in August 2012 at age 35 after drowning in a lake during a morning swim. ‘But it is not how he ate or the amount he ate that is his legacy. And a great chef. And boy he knew his subject. Metro.co.uk has contacted a rep for MasterChef for comment. Campion was also hailed for championing smaller restaurants around the UK. Michel Roux - the legendary French chef and restaurateur - has died at the age of 79. ‘He was a brilliant father, friend and husband. The writer was beloved for his dislike of pretentious food and terms, preferring traditional food made well and a classic gravy rather than a ‘jus’. just heard the tragic news that Gary Rhodes has died. Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002). Gary Rhodes: Michelin stars, MasterChef and more, Myanmar teachers join growing anti-coup protests. "No words can express our sadness at Gary's death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. He was 44. His TV work included appearances on MasterChef, Hell's Kitchen and his own series Rhodes Around Britain. RIP, my friend.". To me it’s the excitement he had in conveying news of brilliant places he discovered and knew of; little restaurants, run with passion by people who really knew what they were doing; be it a family-run curry house by a main road in Droitwich or an established London place that he knew was reliably fabulous.