RIP Michael Chiarello

[Jenise]

He was one of TV chefs I liked the most--his show made sense--and I loved dining at Tre Vigne. Age 61.

Died in hospital of an anaphylactic reaction to a food allergy. It wasn't said what particular food he had but did anyone read or hear about this and not think: was it mushrooms?

Wow! This is very sad. I too liked eating at Tra Vigne.

After reading a bunch of articles on the web, he was being treated for an acute allergic reaction for about week. There was no indication in these articles as to a specific allergen.

RIP

[Jenise]

You're right, Dan, they didn't even mention that it was food related. I errantly assumed that.

Scary though that someone can have a sudden allergy to something that drastic. I mean, I'm familiar to some extent as I have had anaphylactic reactions to porcini mushrooms (3 times now, the last being an occasion in Basque country in which the mushroom I ate went by another name for 'porcini' which I did not recognize), and it was a single bite so I hesitate to think what eating a whole one would do to me, but with that problem and also as someone with asthma this kind of thing hits close to home. Poor guy.

Holy smokes…. I like his style and tv persona.

And I just turned 62 and keep thinking about retiring because “you just never know”…..

[Jenise]

He had an easy elegance to him, didn't he? No BAM's, no gimicks, just casual but serious food from quality ingredients and with a little Napa pizzazz. The lack of shows like his is why I haven't turned on the Food Network in years.