Charles Phan, the acclaimed San Francisco chef and restaurant owner who won two James Beard awards with the innovative food at his Vietnamese restaurant the Slanted Door, has died at age 62, according to his family.

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died. The restaurant announced his death from cardiac arrest in an Instagram post on Tuesday, calling it “heartbreaking” and “unexpected.” Phan was 62.

He also expanded his vision to new locations, including a Slanted Door in San Ramon and, more recently, France and Napa.

San Francisco chef Charles Phan, largely considered the inventor of modern Vietnamese cuisine in America, has died at 62. Known in the Bay Area as the architect of the Slanted Door suite of restaurants,

Charles Phan, the influential chef who opened San Francisco’s Slanted Door restaurant and popularized a new style of modern California-Vietnamese cuisine, died unexpectedly on Jan. 20. He was 62 years old.

Charles Phan, a chef whose love of food led to opening the popular Slanted Door restaurants and showcasing modern Vietnamese cuisine throughout the Bay Area and beyond, died on Monday, January 20. He was 62.

Kevin Ko reports on fellow San Francisco chefs paying tribute to pioneering Slanted Door founder Charles Phan after his sudden passing.

Award-winning San Francisco chef Charles Phan, a trailblazer whose modern interpretations of Vietnamese cuisine captivated the Bay Area, died Monday of cardiac arrest. He was 62.

San Francisco chef Charles Phan, the legendary leader behind the Slanted Door, died unexpectedly on Monday night. He was 62. Phan was 13 when his family escaped Vietnam and moved to the United States.

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