Cecilia Chiang, The Trailblazing Chef Who Brought Real Chinese Food To The USA, Dies At 100
(CNN) — San Francisco chef Cecilia Chiang, who blazed a trail for Chinese cuisine in the United States, died Wednesday. She was 100. Her granddaughter, Siena Chiang, confirmed her death with CNN.
She said her grandmother died in her sleep early Wednesday morning at home in San Francisco surrounded by her family. Exact details of her death are being kept private at Chiang's request.
Chiang was the owner, chef and mastermind behind the game-changing San Francisco restaurant, the Mandarin. She is widely credited with bringing real Chinese food to America and was a celebrity chef before celebrity chefs were popularized.
"I will miss my grandmother's gracious warmth, her fearlessness, her wit and vibrancy, her ceaseless curiosity, how informed she was, and her ability to indulge in life," Siena Chiang told CNN.
"I will miss learning from her century of stories, which were endlessly entertaining and incredibly wise."
- Oct 29, 2020-