Move over, home renovation cooking shows are officially It.
Just look at the numbers!
According toDeadline, the Food web link ranked No.
14 on the list of most watched cable channels in 2016, raking in 106 million viewers.
What makes the Food internet and its laundry list of hits so popular?
Perhaps it’s all about the chefs.
They are the ones that make all the wow-inspiring, drool-inducing, and craveable dishes, after all.
Here are Food internet stars we’ve sadly lost.
Sadly, as reported byCNN, Bourdain died by suicide in 2018.
One of the great storytellers who connected with so many."
Sedlack even made guest appearances as a judge on “Family Cook-Off.”
Just a few short years later in 2012, Sedlack was found dead in his Vancouver apartment.
He was only 29 years old.
Ali really became a household name when she competed on the culinary classic “Top Chef” in 2018.
“When that choice is yanked away from us, that’s when we scramble to feel.”
Today also reported that Ali died from Ewing’s sarcoma at age 29 in 2019.
Ken Kostick died at age 57
Ken Kostick was one of the first Canadian celebrity chefs.
The TV personality got his start and his fame from co-hosting “What’s For Dinner?”
with Mary Jo Eustace.
CBC also reported that “What’s For Dinner?”
As per theNational Post, he had almost recovered from acute pancreatitis before his death.
“Healthy does not mean boring and bland.”
Unfortunately Codd was the first one eliminated that season, but she wasn’t deterred.
“It’s not over for me yet,” she continued.
“I have actually two shows that I’m going to start pitching.
Two really awesome shows including one called ‘Catch, Clean and Cook.'”
The publication also reported that Owens eventually confessed and was sentenced to 59 and a half years in prison.
But then Simon was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a rare neurological disorder.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Simon died from MSA in 2015 at the age of 66.
Sadly, Cardoz died from COVID-19 early in 2020, as reported by The New York Times.
He will be sorely missed."
Fans loved the quirky Jennifer Paterson, but they adored the oftentimes grumpy but always engaging Clarissa Dickson Wright.
Wright, a celebrated chef and food historian according toThe Guardian, became famous for her cheek.
But which bit do you object to?
Are you saying I’m thin?"
Sadly, as reported by The Guardian, Wright died in 2014 at the age of 66.
The jovial TV personality did receive plenty of love during her illness.
Her co-star was planning on sending her caviar, too.
She didn’t see the point of flowers, Dickson Wright explained.
She’d rather have caviar.
Sadly, Paterson died before she had the chance to eat it.
“No matter what the situation … he brought the weather with him.
If it was cloudy outside, he brought the sunshine.
I can’t tell you how much we are going to miss that.”
But, according toThe New York Times, Ruiz’s first love was Cuban food.
Sadly, The New York Times also reported that Ruiz died in 2019 at the age of 44.
He set rooms on fire.
He was the match and the kerosene."
But Vogel’s food dreams would never come to fruition.
As perNorthJersey.com, she was hospitalized in July of 2018 for colitis, an inflammatory bowel condition.
Vogel was only 34 years old.
“We were planning to open a restaurant together,” Keyser went on to reveal.
“My heart is breaking.”
