Floyd Cardoz was a renowned New York-based chef of Indian origin. He died in a hospital in New Jersey on March 25, 2020; Because he was infected with Corona virus disease.
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Wiki/Biography
Floyd was born on Sunday, 2 October 1960 (age 59 at the time of death) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Libra. He did his schooling from St. Andrews High School, Mumbai and St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. After this he took admission in the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai. He completed a course from Les Roches Bluche, Switzerland.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Family, Caste and Wife
His mother’s name is Beryl Cardoz. He was married to Barkha Kardos, who was also his business partner. The couple have two sons, Peter Cardoz and Justin Cardoz.
Floyd Cardoz with his father and wife
Floyd Cardoz with his mother
Floyd Cardoz’s wedding photo
An old photo of Floyd Cardoz with his family
Floyd Cardoz with his family
livelihood
He started his career as Chef de Partie (Station Chef) at Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces in Mumbai.
An old photo of Floyd Cardoz
He then worked as a sous-chef at the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai. Later, he moved to New York and started working as chef de partie at Beach & Bamboo in New York. In 1997, he collaborated with restaurateur, Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group and opened a restaurant called ‘Tabla’ in New York. In 2010, the restaurant was closed; Because it failed to attract more customers.
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In 2011, he participated as a contestant in ‘Top Chef Masters’ Season 3 and emerged as the winner of the show. In 2012, he partnered with Mayer and started ‘North End Grill’, a restaurant in New York. It was one of the most popular eating places in Manhattan, New York, and the restaurant was closed after about six years. He co-founded the hospitality company, ‘Hunger Inc.’ With Sameer Seth and Thomas Zacharias. In 2016, he started the famous restaurant ‘Paowala’, which was later named ‘Bombay Bread Bar’. He started his own restaurants in Mumbai named ‘The Bombay Canteen’, ‘Bombay Sweet Shop’ and ‘O Pedro’.
Floyd Cardoz’s Restaurant Paovala
Death
On 8 March 2020, he traveled from Mumbai to New York via Frankfurt Airport. After landing in New York, he started feeling fever, later, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He was hospitalized at Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey. He died on 25 March 2020, after suffering from COVID-19 for more than 15 days.
Floyd Cardo’s last Instagram post
Facts/General Knowledge
- He was the author of the books “Once Spice, Two Spice” and “Flavorwala”.
- He was nominated four times for a James Beard Foundation award.
- After winning ‘Top Chef Masters’ Season 3 in 2011, he used his winning amount of $110,000 to support the Young Scientist Cancer Research Fund at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
- In an interview in 2017, he shared why he chose chef as a profession, saying,
I wanted to become a biochemist. Then I read Arthur Hailey’s Hotel. It’s so funny, because growing up I loved food. Then I started cooking and realized I was very good at it.”
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