The lauded chef behind Michelin-starred New York City restaurants Saga and Crown Shy died suddenly on Saturday. Kent had just made his Los Angeles debut.
Chef Jamal “James” Kent, who oversaw a burgeoning New York City restaurant empire and recently debuted a new culinary vision for the Santa Monica Pier, died Saturday. The lauded chef’s passing was first announced on social media via his restaurant company, Saga Hospitality Group. A representative for the group confirmed the cause of death was a heart attack. He was 45 years old.
They looked at him as the next one, the next great. I think that's why it really hurts, and that's why people are just so shocked by this.” “He was an unstoppable force,” said Bennett, founder of L.A.-based apron company Hedley & Bennett, who met Kent as a young cook about a decade ago. “He just made you feel so seen and important, and he was always, always, always so kind. … He was one in a billion, he really was very special.
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