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Sep 15, 09, 11:03 pm
While Australia's a long way from his home, Aussies and I am sure a lot of international FTers would salute Keith Floyd's work as the original celeb chef and media 'foodie'.
Famously flamboyantly good-living, he was a fun character who deserves a gong for paving the way for so many after him.
I remember some of his work from the 80s and wanted to share this story and tribute. Sadly, he passed away before seeing a documentary on his life's work and the launch of his memoir.
Floyd's fatal feast: dead after 'all-clear' (http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/floyds-fatal-feast--dead-after-allclear-20090916-fqtl.html)[SMH]
Keith Floyd ...had been for a characteristically flamboyant champagne lunch at his friend Mark Hix's restaurant to celebrate and to mark his girlfriend's birthday, and told friends he was feeling better than he had in years.
Later the couple were to watch a television documentary about his 25 years in the public eye.
...Floyd, who appeared in 23 television series, usually with a glass of wine in hand, and wrote 19 books, had been told on Monday morning that he was clear of the bowel cancer diagnosed in June
..."He went to lunch with Celia to celebrate and to have a glass of champagne to mark her birthday. He said he had not felt this good in years which was why the heart attack was so unexpected."
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Raymond Blanc said: "In his own characteristic way, Floyd was a genius." Floyd, a journalist and army officer before going into restaurants, was divorced four times, and bankrupted twice. He had a stroke in 2002 and was convicted of drink driving in 2004.
In his own words a recipe for living
"Food is life, life is food. If you don't like my approach you are welcome to go to McDonalds."
Lots more tributes and his final feast in that story.
A foodie trailblazer who will be missed. :(
Famously flamboyantly good-living, he was a fun character who deserves a gong for paving the way for so many after him.
I remember some of his work from the 80s and wanted to share this story and tribute. Sadly, he passed away before seeing a documentary on his life's work and the launch of his memoir.
Floyd's fatal feast: dead after 'all-clear' (http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/floyds-fatal-feast--dead-after-allclear-20090916-fqtl.html)[SMH]
Keith Floyd ...had been for a characteristically flamboyant champagne lunch at his friend Mark Hix's restaurant to celebrate and to mark his girlfriend's birthday, and told friends he was feeling better than he had in years.
Later the couple were to watch a television documentary about his 25 years in the public eye.
...Floyd, who appeared in 23 television series, usually with a glass of wine in hand, and wrote 19 books, had been told on Monday morning that he was clear of the bowel cancer diagnosed in June
..."He went to lunch with Celia to celebrate and to have a glass of champagne to mark her birthday. He said he had not felt this good in years which was why the heart attack was so unexpected."
.
Raymond Blanc said: "In his own characteristic way, Floyd was a genius." Floyd, a journalist and army officer before going into restaurants, was divorced four times, and bankrupted twice. He had a stroke in 2002 and was convicted of drink driving in 2004.
In his own words a recipe for living
"Food is life, life is food. If you don't like my approach you are welcome to go to McDonalds."
Lots more tributes and his final feast in that story.
A foodie trailblazer who will be missed. :(