Mark Peel, the Spago and Campanile chef who helped create California cuisine, dies

[blue_dolphin]

He passed away yesterday at 66, just 9 days after being diagnosed with cancer. 

 

From the LA Times: Mark Peel, the Spago and Campanile chef who helped create California cuisine, dies

and: Mark Peel helped codify the notion of American ‘urban rustic’ cooking

 

From Eater: LA Chef Mark Peel, Co-Founder of Campanile, Has Died at the Age of 66

Edited June 21, 2021 by blue_dolphin
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[catdaddy]

Sad. One of the original American chefs who were book smart, humble, and actually loved to cook even though it broke down his body too soon.

[blue_dolphin]

Lovely appreciation from Laurie Ochoa, wife of the late Jonathan Gold: Appreciation: Mark Peel, ‘the LeBron James of the grill,’ an intellectually curious chef’s chef

[heidih]

I was impressed that the local news, which I don't watch but can hear from the blaring TV, did lovely tributes today. It was such a creative transforming time and he was in the thick of it. Mayor Garcetti  tweeted 

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

"9 days after diagnosis"...perhaps the gods appreciated what a good man he was.

[AAQuesada]

Fantastic podcast especially if you are interested in the history of LA / California cuisine. His interview starts part way through 

 

https://andrewtalkstochefs.com/podcasts/episode-168-remembering-mark-peel-previously-unaired-2010-interview-lisa-abend-on-copenhagen-after-covid/?fbclid=IwAR2T_CEmfwOoZAunJOmSrYyjDwwGOcxBWWbYJh0cCFPwFQxPF_YpOCrYy2c