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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
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| death_place = [[Mountainside Medical Center]], [[Montclair, New Jersey]], U.S.
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'''Floyd Cardoz''' (October 2, 1960 – March 25, 2020) was an [[Indian Americans|Indian-born American]] chef. He was born in [[Mumbai]]. He owned the [[New York City]] eatery Paowalla and was executive chef at Tabla, as well as victor on ''[[Top Chef Masters]]'' Season 3 in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/dining/floyd-cardoz-dead-coronavirus.html|title=Floyd Cardoz, 59, Dies; Gave American Fine Dining an Indian Flavor|first=Julia|last=Moskin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> His New York restaurants were known for food melding Indian flavours and spices with western cuisine.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |title=Celebrity chef Floyd Cardoz, winner of Top Chef Masters, dies of coronavirus complications |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-cardoz-floyd-1.5509800 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |agency=The Associated Press |publisher=CBC News |date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Education and career==
After attending culinary school in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] Floyd Cardoz went to [[Les Roches International School of Hotel Management]], [[Switzerland]]. He moved to [[New York City|New York]] in 1988. He started working under Chef [[Gray Kunz]] at [[Lespinasse (restaurant)|Lespinasse]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/03/gray-kunz-rip.html|title=Legendary Chef Gray Kunz Has Died|first=Chris|last=Crowley|date=March 6, 2020|website=Grub Street}}</ref> He worked in various roles from [[chef de partie]] to executive [[sous chef]].
In 1997, he started working with [[Union Square Hospitality Group]] where he collaborated with restaurateur [[Danny Meyer]] to open Tabla.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/author/cr-101398/floyd-cardoz|title=Author Floyd Cardoz on Harper Collins}}</ref> He also opened El Verano Taqueria and North End Grill.
In 2008 he launched a line of entrees with the online grocery home delivery company [[FreshDirect]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Top-Chef-winner-Floyd-Cardoz-dies-at-59-of-coronavirus-complications-569099301.html|title='Top Chef' winner Floyd Cardoz dies at 59 of coronavirus complications|website=www.wabi.tv}}</ref>
Cardoz served as a culinary consultant to the 2014 feature film ''[[The Hundred-Foot Journey (film)|The Hundred Foot Journey]]'', in whose storyline French and Indian cuisines fuse.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = March 29, 2020 |date= August 6, 2014 | url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-hundred-foot-journey-chef-20140806-story.html | work = Los Angeles Times | title = Chef in 'Hundred-Foot Journey' serves up a feast for the eyes | first = Jenn | last = Harris}}</ref>
In 2015 he opened [[The Bombay Canteen]]. In summer 2016, he opened Paowalla in New York's Soho. In 2018 he closed Paowalla and redesigned it to open as Bombay Bread Bar.

==Awards and honors==
Cardoz was a four-time [[James Beard Award]] nominee and the author of two cookbooks.<ref name="AP"/>
He is winner of season 3 of [[Top Chef Masters]]. He donated the prize money to ''Young Scientist Cancer Research Fund'' at [[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai]]. He was named among the "Top 50 Most Influential Global Indians" by [[GQ Magazine]] in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsindiatimes.com/chef-floyd-cardoz-starts-catering-partnership-with-neumans-kitchen|title=Chef Floyd Cardoz starts catering partnership with Neuman's Kitchen|language=en-us}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Cardoz and his wife and business partner, Barkha,<ref name="AP"/> had two sons, Justin and Peter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/floyd-cardoz-an-influential-and-gregarious-new-york-based-chef-has-died-at-59-due-to-the-coronavirus-2020-03-25 |title=Floyd Cardoz, an influential and gregarious New York-based chef, has died at 59 due to the coronavirus |last=Grossman |first=Eric |website=MarketWatch |language=en-US |access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref>
Cardoz died from [[COVID-19]] on March 25, 2020, at [[Mountainside Hospital]] in [[Montclair, New Jersey]], at the age of 59.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/floyd-cardoz-chef-obit-coronavirus/index.html|title='Top Chef Masters' winner Floyd Cardoz dies after coronavirus diagnosis|author1=Brekke Fletcher |author2= Marnie Hunter|website=CNN}}</ref> He had been hospitalized for a week after travelling from Mumbai to New York through [[Frankfurt]] on March 8, falling sick and testing positive for the virus.<ref name="AP"/>

==Legacy==
Cardoz has been called the "godfather of modern Indian cuisine."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/what-floyd-cardoz-meant-south-asian-culinary-world-n1169926|title=What Floyd Cardoz meant to the South Asian culinary world|date=27 March 2020|first1=Mansee|last1=Khurana|work= [[NBC News]]}}</ref> He was the first chef born and raised in India to lead the kitchen at a prominent New York City restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/dining/floyd-cardoz-dead-coronavirus.html|title=Floyd Cardoz, 59, Dies; Gave American Fine Dining an Indian Flavor|date=25 March 2020|first1=Julia|last1=Moskin|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

New York-based food writer Priya Krishna wrote, "That Indian restaurants get to be high-end and personal and regional and cross-cultural and succeed on a large scale—we can, in large part, thank Floyd Cardoz."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/floyd-cardoz-obituary-indian-food-in-america-tabla-bombay-bread-bar|title="Indian dining in America would not look like what it does today without Floyd Cardoz"|date=26 March 2020|work=[[Vogue India]]|first1=Priya|last1=Krishna}}</ref>

Nearly a year after Cardoz's death, Andrew Rea of the [[Babish Culinary Universe|BCU]] released an episode with Cardoz that was filmed in 2019 on cooking curry for the ''Basics with Babish'' series, which was released as its 100th episode.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuXyLBeQ8-w</ref>

==Books==
* Floyd Cardoz: Flavorwalla: Big Flavor. Bold Spices. A New Way to Cook the Foods You Love<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cardoz|first=Floyd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FiONCwAAQBAJ&q=Floyd+Cardoz%3A+Flavorwalla%3A+Big+Flavor.+Bold+Spices.+A+New+Way+to+Cook+the+Foods+You+Love|title=Floyd Cardoz: Flavorwalla: Big Flavor. Bold Spices. A New Way to Cook the Foods You Love.|date=2016-04-05|publisher=Artisan Books|isbn=978-1-57965-621-8|language=en}}</ref>
* One Spice, Two Spice: American Food, Indian Flavors<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cardoz|first=Floyd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLWRBAAACAAJ&q=One+Spice,+Two+Spice:+American+Food,+Indian+Flavors|title=One Spice, Two Spice: American Food, Indian Flavors|date=2006|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc|isbn=978-1-904573-58-6|language=en}}</ref>

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