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

Charles was a trailblazer, a dreamer who refused to settle for the status quo,” his family shared in a statement ...

Charles Phan rolled up in his big truck to a Santa Cruz farm around 2004, pulled out tables and set up a propane stove. He fired up his signature wok, threw in some beef and broccolini, and started ...

His San Francisco restaurant, the Slanted Door, was among the first to feature Vietnamese food in a modern, sophisticated ...

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 ...

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

Phan was 62. “Charles was more than a chef. He was one of the most generous humans," the restaurant stated. “Our hearts are heavy with this tremendous loss." The James Beard Award-winning ...

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 ...