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Floyd Cardoz was born on 2 October, 1960 in Mumbai, India, is a Chef and winner of Top Chef Masters. Discover Floyd Cardoz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 2 October, 1960
Birthday 2 October
Birthplace Mumbai, India
Date of death 2020
Died Place Mountainside Medical Center, Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality India

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His wife is Barkha Cardoz (m. ?–2020)

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Floyd Cardoz Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Floyd Cardoz worth at the age of 60 years old? Floyd Cardoz’s income source is mostly from being a successful Chef. He is from India. We have estimated Floyd Cardoz's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1960

Floyd Cardoz (October 2, 1960 – March 25, 2020) was an Indian American chef.

He was born in Mumbai.

1988

He moved to New York in 1988.

1992

He started working under Chef Gray Kunz at Lespinasse in 1992.

He worked in various roles from chef de partie to executive sous chef.

1997

In 1997, he started working with Union Square Hospitality Group where he collaborated with restaurateur Danny Meyer to open Tabla.

He also opened El Verano Taqueria and North End Grill.

2008

In 2008 he launched a line of entrees with the online grocery home delivery company FreshDirect.

2011

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.

His New York restaurants were known for food melding Indian flavours and spices with western cuisine.

After attending culinary school in Mumbai, India Floyd Cardoz went to Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Switzerland.

He was named among the "Top 50 Most Influential Global Indians" by GQ Magazine in 2011

Cardoz and his wife and business partner, Barkha, had two sons, Justin and Peter.

2014

Cardoz served as a culinary consultant to the 2014 feature film The Hundred Foot Journey, in whose storyline French and Indian cuisines fuse.

2015

In 2015 he opened The Bombay Canteen.

2016

In the summer 2016, he opened Paowalla in New York's Soho.

2018

In 2018 he closed Paowalla and redesigned it to open as Bombay Bread Bar.

Cardoz was a four-time James Beard Award nominee and the author of two cookbooks.

He is winner of season 3 of Top Chef Masters.

He donated the prize money to the Young Scientist Cancer Research Fund at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

2019

Nearly a year after Cardoz's death, Andrew Rea of the 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.

2020

Cardoz died from COVID-19 on March 25, 2020, at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, New Jersey, at the age of 59.

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.

Cardoz has been called the "godfather of modern Indian cuisine."

He was the first chef born and raised in India to lead the kitchen at a prominent New York City restaurant.

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."