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

A culinary star familiar on TV, he married local ingredients with the food he grew up on in running an acclaimed San Francisco restaurant and its offshoots. By Kim Severson Charles Phan ...

Good Food looks back on a conversation with Slanted Door chef Charles Phan, who paired local California ingredients with elegant Vietnamese food.

He also expanded his vision to new locations, including a Slanted Door in San Ramon and, more recently, France and Napa.

Charles Phan, the acclaimed San Francisco chef and restaurant owner who won two James Beard awards with the innovative food at his Vietnamese restaurant the Slanted Door, has died at age 62, according ...

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 ...

But the interview with Phan was short and straightforward. “It’s like, ‘Do you want to go to Vietnam? How much do you cost? Okay, cool, you’re hired,’” Wolfinger said. Most of the shoots happened in ...

Charles Phan, a refugee from war-ravaged Vietnam ... elevated Vietnamese cuisine in the United States through his acclaimed San Francisco restaurant the Slanted Door, died Jan. 20 at a hospital ...