Flamboyant celebrity chef Keith Floyd has died aged 65 after a heart attack.
The TV chef died at his partner’s Dorset home on Monday, the BBC reported, citing the ghost-writer of his autobiography, James Steen.
Floyd, from Farringdon in Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with cancer in June.
He shot to fame in the 1980s with his unconventional cookery shows and passion for food that endeared him to millions of viewers around the world.
With his trademark bow-tie and often shambolic style he cooked on camera from bizarre locations with a ubiquitous glass of wine in hand.
Many of today’s celebrity chefs credit him with having transformed the face of television cookery.
Floyd was divorced four times, which he blamed on the strain of running restaurants.
”It’s remarkable how often my marriages and my restaurants seem to go down the pan at approximately the same time,” he wrote in his autobiography. — Reuters
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