A culinary star familiar on TV, he married local ingredients with the food he grew up on in running an acclaimed San ...

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door ...

Good Food looks back on a conversation with Slanted Door chef Charles Phan, who paired local California ingredients with elegant Vietnamese food.

“He put on such a show.” The generosity, intelligence and humility that Phan transmitted on the show, carried into his three decades of work as a Vietnamese chef and owner of the Slanted Door, which ...

The Slanted Door also has locations in Napa and San Ramon. Phan additionally operated a Vietnamese sandwich shop on 18th Street in the Mission, Chuck's Takeaway .

Charles Phan, the award-winning Vietnamese cuisine chef at San Francisco's The Slanted Door has died unexpectedly at the age of 62 'due to cardiac arrest,' his family shared on social media.

Looking on at left is executive chef Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file) (Eric Risberg, AP2009) Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator ...

“Our hearts are heavy with this tremendous loss." The James Beard Award-winning restaurateur is known for growing the Slanted Door into a globally recognized fixture with two other Bay Area ...