Pete Wells, restaurant critic for The New York Times, tweeted Wednesday, \"Floyd Cardoz was an exceptional talent, a chef equally at home with undiluted Indian flavors as he was with the delicious union of French, Indian and American food, a personal idiom that he invented.\"
Cardoz also competed on \"Top Chef Masters,\" a tournament-style spin-off of the Bravo cooking competition, and won, defeating some of the world's best chefs.
Cardoz most recently opened Bombay Sweet Shop, which rounded out his Mumbai presence with two already established restaurants – the Bombay Canteen and O Pedro. He will also be featured on season two of Netflix's \"Ugly Delicious\" series.
He is survived by mother, Beryl, his wife, Barkha, and their sons, Justin and Peter.
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