Floyd Cardoz was a renowned chef of Indian descent based in New York. On March 25, 2020, he died in a New Jersey hospital; since he was infected with the Coronavirus disease.
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Wiki/Biography
Floyd was born on Sunday, October 2, 1960 (59 years old at the time of his death), in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Libra. He studied at St. Andrews High School, Mumbai and St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. He then attended the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai. He then completed a course at Les Roches Bluche, Switzerland.
Physical appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 7″
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Family, caste and wife
His mother’s name is Beryl Cardoz. He was married to Barkha Cardos, 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 wedding photo
An old photo of Floyd Cardoz with his family
Floyd Cardoz with his family
Career
He began his career as a chef de partie (station chef) at Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces in Mumbai.
An old photo of Floyd Cardoz
He then worked as a sous-chef at the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai. Later, she moved to New York and began working as a chef de partie at Beech & Bamboo in New York. In 1997, she collaborated with restaurateur Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group and opened a restaurant, ‘Table’ in New York. In 2010, the restaurant closed; as it failed to attract more customers.
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In 2011, he participated as a contestant on ‘Top Chef Masters’ Season 3 and stood out as the winner of the show. In 2012, she partnered with Mayer and opened a ‘North End Grill’ restaurant in New York. It was one of the most popular eating spots in Manhattan, New York, and after almost six years the restaurant closed. He was a co-founder of the hospitality company, ‘Hunger Inc.’ along with Sameer Seth and Thomas Zacharias. In 2016, he opened the famous ‘Paowalla’ restaurant, which was later renamed ‘Bombay Bread Bar’. He had opened his own restaurants in Mumbai called ‘The Bombay Canteen’, ‘Bombay Sweet Shop’ and ‘O Pedro’.
Paowalla Restaurant by Floyd Cardoz
Death
On March 8, 2020, he traveled to New York from Mumbai via Frankfurt Airport. After landing in New York, she began to feel a fever, later, she was diagnosed with COVID-19. He was hospitalized at Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey. After suffering from COVID-19 for more than 15 days, he passed away on March 25, 2020.
Floyd Cardoz’s latest Instagram post
Facts/Curiosities
- He was the author of the books “Once Spice, Two Spice” and “Flavorwalla.”
- He was nominated four times for the James Beard Foundation Award.
- After winning ‘Top Chef Masters’ Season 3 in 2011, he used his winning amount of $110,000 to support the Cancer Research Fund for Young Scientists at 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 be a biochemist. Then I read ‘Hotel’ by Arthur Hailey. This is really funny, because I loved food growing up. Then I started cooking and realized that I was very good at it.”
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