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Daniel Petersen passed away this past week. Our sympathies to friends and family. I knew Daniel in his roles as the chef at Cold Springs Tavern, sous chef at the El Encanto Hotel, numerous catering events and the Central Coast Wine Classic at Hearst Castle. He was dynamic and dabbled in philosophy, physics, and was a credible Western style musician. He was a good guy that will be missed!
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Anthony Bourdain has passed away. He was of the most know chefs turned entertainer in our time. Just last May Anthony was in Santa Barbara regaling the guests at a fundraiser for the Arts and Lectures program of UC Santa Barbara. Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential launched a career on the Food Network and CNN as a roving chef-explorer on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. His chef post at Brasserie Les Halles was his last as a working chef. He was still considered the chef at large for Les Halles.
At the A&L event, he commented that the chefs preparing the dinner were the real chefs as he left the kitchen routine some 20 years ago. While I did not get to meet him, being at the event was terrific. He had flown in from Bali via Dubai and gave an explicative-filled recounting about his world-traveling lifestyle and evolution from chef to entertainment icon. I was there preparing my famed cultured abalone dish for the 300 plus guests.
Condolences to his family and friends.
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