'Iron Chef' star Kerry Simon dies
(CNN)"Iron Chef" alum and restaurateur Kerry Simon, the quintessential celebrity chef who helped open restaurants around the world, including some of Las Vegas' premier dining destinations, died Friday at age 60, multiple sources confirmed.
Simon went public in 2013 with news that he was battling multiple system atrophy (MSA), which has symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease. He died at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.
"You're never prepared for something like this. We're devastated that we lost such an amazing and kind man, but know he is in a better place. Our focus now is to continue this fight against MSA in Kerry's honor," said friend and longtime business partner Elizabeth Blau.
Simon was credited with laying the groundwork for the dynamic culinary landscape of Las Vegas today with his modern approach to traditional comfort food: crab cakes with papaya slaw, the greatest and most memorable mac and cheese, twice-baked banana bread with tempura bananas, pristine ahi tuna with fresh wasabi, and incredible meatloaf, Las Vegas Weekly's Brock Radke wrote.
"It's always been described as comfort food remade with Simon's own twists, but he believed food can always be comforting, as much as he believed in the balance between indulgence and moderation. That's why you could always find the perfect burger, the one that won him fame on 'Iron Chef', on his menu, alongside the perfect roasted organic chicken."
No comments:
Post a Comment