BENGALURU : Chef-restaurateur Floyd Cardoz, one of India’s contemporary culinary greats who is widely credited with making American critics take Indian food seriously with his New York restaurant Tabla, passed away on Wednesday in New Jersey.
The death is being attributed to Covid-19-related complications. Cardoz flew to the US from Mumbai on 8 March via Frankfurt, according to his last Instagram post dated 18 March, in which he said that he was “feeling feverish and hence as a precautionary measure, admitted myself into hospital".
He was 59. “Floyd tested positive for Covid-19, in the US, on 18 March and was being treated for it at Mountainside Medical Centre in New Jersey, USA.