Gary Rhodes

{{for multi|the American academic administrator|Gary L. Rhodes|the American writer, filmmaker and film historian|Gary D. Rhodes}}

{{Infobox chef

| name = Gary Rhodes

| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}}

| image = Rhodes, Gary (crop).jpg

| caption = Rhodes in 2008

| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1960|04|22}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age |2019|11|26|1960|04|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| style = British cuisine

| education =

| ratings =

| restaurants = Rhodes W1, Dubai
Rhodes Twenty10, Dubai
Rhodes Calabash, Grenada

| television = Gary Rhodes Autumn into Winter
Gary Rhodes Spring into Summer
Hell's Kitchen
Masterchef USA
MasterChef UK
New British Classics Nov/Dec
Gary's Perfect Christmas
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes
Open Rhodes Around Britain
More Rhodes Around Britain
Rhodes Around Britain
Hot Chefs
Rhodes Across India
Rhodes Across China
Rhodes Across the Caribbean

| spouse = {{marriage|Jennie Rhodes|1989}}

| children = 2

| prevrests =

| awards =

| website = {{URL|http://www.garyrhodes.co.uk/}}

}}

Gary Rhodes {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (22 April 1960 – 26 November 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/celebrity-british-chef-gary-rhodes-dies-suddenly-59-n1092661|title=Celebrity British chef Gary Rhodes dies suddenly at 59|work=NBC News|date=27 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-27}} was an English restaurateur and television chef, known for his love of English cuisine and ingredients and for his distinctive spiked hair style. He fronted shows such as MasterChef, MasterChef USA, Hell's Kitchen, and his own series, Rhodes Around Britain. As well as owning several restaurants, Rhodes also had his own line of cookware and bread mixes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/gary-rhodes-cookware-launch-and-photocall?sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=gary%20rhodes%20cookware%20launch%20and%20photocall|title=Gary Rhodes Cookware Launch And Photocall Stock Photos and Pictures {{!}} Getty Images|website=gettyimages.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-11-06}} Rhodes went on to feature in the ITV1 programme Saturday Cooks, as well as the UKTV Food show Local Food Hero before his sudden death at age 59.

Early years

Rhodes was born in Camberwell, South London, in 1960, to Gordon and Jean (née Ferris) Rhodes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=c9v5Oj3KvMKMJvJY1Vm7xQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=19 July 2020|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} He moved with his family to Gillingham, Kent, where he went to The Howard School in Rainham.{{cite news |title=Gary Rhodes obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/obituary-gary-rhodes-xq8b8qgq2 |access-date=27 November 2019 |work=The Times |date=27 November 2019}} He then attended catering college in Thanet where he met his wife Jennie.{{cite news|title=Gary Rhodes dead: TV chef and Masterchef star dies aged 59 with wife Jennie by his side in Dubai |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/gary-rhodes-celebrity-chef-dies-aged-59-a4297706.html|access-date=27 November 2019|work=The Standard|date=27 November 2019}}

Career

Rhodes' first job was at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.{{cite news |title=Gary Rhodes: Chef and TV presenter dies aged 59 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50570852 |access-date=27 November 2019 |work=BBC News |date=27 November 2019}} He was hit by a Ford Transit van in Amsterdam, leaving him with serious injuries. He then toured Europe in various jobs before becoming sous chef at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, and then on to the Michelin-starred Capital Hotel in Knightsbridge, where he worked under Brian Turner.{{Cite book|title=Bergh's International Annual Digest of Gastronomy '93/94: All About Cookery and Wine |editor=Sven-Erik Bergh |page=105 |year=1993 |publisher=Bergh Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-930267-37-7 }} Rhodes became the head chef at the Castle Hotel, Taunton, in Somerset. He retained the hotel's Michelin star at the age of 26.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/nov/27/tv-chef-gary-rhodes-dies-aged-59|work=The Guardian|title=Gary Rhodes, TV chef and presenter, dies aged 59|last=Marsh|first=Sarah|date=27 November 2019}} As part of his programme Floyd on Britain & Ireland, Keith Floyd watched Gary make roast oxtail.

In 1990, Rhodes returned to London with his family to become head chef at The Greenhouse restaurant in Mayfair. The menu became known for reviving British classics, including faggots, fishcakes, braised oxtails and bread and butter pudding. He was awarded a Michelin star for The Greenhouse in January 1996. In 1997 he opened his first restaurant, City Rhodes, and in 1998 Rhodes in the Square, both in London with global contract catering company Sodexo.{{cite news|title=Gary Rhodes |website=Cook's Info|url=https://www.cooksinfo.com/gary-rhodes |access-date=18 July 2020}} This partnership expanded into the brasseries Rhodes & Co in Manchester, Edinburgh and Crawley.{{cite news |last1=Petter |first1=Olivia |title=Gary Rhodes Dead: Celebrity Chef Dies in Dubai, Aged 59 |website=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/gary-rhodes-death-chef-die-age-dubai-a9219441.html |access-date=27 November 2019}}

In 2003, following the closure of the restaurants City Rhodes and Rhodes in the Square,{{cite news|last=Coren|first=Giles|title=Rhodes 24|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/giles_coren/article1045873.ece|access-date=18 May 2011|newspaper=The Times|date=20 December 2003}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} he opened Rhodes Twenty Four in one of London's tallest buildings, Tower 42. Rhodes described his hopes for the restaurant on its launch: "If we never get a Michelin star here, I will be very disappointed, but what I really want is customers."{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Joanna|author2=Walker, Ben|title=Rhodes in the Tower|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2003/11/06/50845/Rhodes-in-the-Tower.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119171444/http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2003/11/06/50845/Rhodes-in-the-Tower.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2013|access-date=18 May 2011|newspaper=Caterer Search|date=6 November 2003}} It won a Michelin star in 2005,{{cite news|title=An interview with Gary Rhodes|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/06/20/313199/an-interview-with-gary-rhodes.htm|access-date=17 May 2011|newspaper=Caterer Search|date=18 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201060454/http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/06/20/313199/an-interview-with-gary-rhodes.htm|archive-date=1 December 2010|url-status=dead}} which it retained as one of Rhodes' two Michelin-starred restaurants in London until its closure in 2014.{{cite news|last=Wallop|first=Harry|title=Michelin Guide 2011: record number of UK stars|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/restaurants/8266566/Michelin-Guide-2011-record-number-of-UK-stars.html|access-date=17 May 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=18 January 2011}}

Rhodes also owned Arcadian Rhodes on the P&O superliner MS Arcadia, Rhodes W1 at The Cumberland Hotel in London, and Rhodes Calabash at The Calabash Hotel in Grenada. He was also a contributor to the BBC Good Food magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/chef/gary-rhodes|title=Gary Rhodes|website=BBC Good Food}}

His first TV appearance was at the age of 27, courtesy of TV chef Glynn Christian on Hot Chefs. This led to the BBC series Rhodes Around Britain in 1994 and Gary's Rhodes' Perfect Christmas in 1998.{{cite news |title=Gary Rhodes, chef and sparkling television presenter who championed British cuisine |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/11/27/gary-rhodes-chef-sparkling-television-presenter-championed-british/ |access-date=27 November 2019 |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 November 2019}} In 1999, Rhodes presented a BBC TV series Gary Rhodes' New British Classics, reintroducing classic British cuisine, and published a book of the same name.{{cite web|title=Gary Rhodes' New British Classics|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0318pmq|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=6 February 2016}}{{cite web|title=Gary Rhodes: New British Classics|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/all-lifestyle/gary-rhodes-new-british-classics/invt/9780563534112|publisher=BBC|access-date=6 February 2016}} For two seasons, in 2000 and 2001, Rhodes hosted the original MasterChef USA on PBS.{{cite news |last1=Yasharoff |first1=Hannah |title=Gary Rhodes, British chef and personality on 'Hell's Kitchen,' 'MasterChef,' dies at 59 |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/27/hells-kitchen-masterchef-british-chef-gary-rhodes-dies-59/4316912002/ |access-date=27 November 2019 |publisher=USA Today |date=27 November 2019}}

Rhodes starred in the television series Rhodes Across India,{{cite news |title=Gary Rhodes' life in pictures |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50573348 |access-date=27 November 2019|work=BBC News |date=27 November 2019 }} with apprentices Bushra Akram, Scott Davis and Kalwant Sahota, and, in 2008, Rhodes Across China, which explored Chinese cuisine, with sous chefs Melissa Syers and Teresa Tsang.{{cite news |last1=Gee |first1=Catherine |title=Rhodes Across China |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3557395/Rhodes-Across-China.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=27 November 2019|date=24 July 2008 }}

Rhodes appeared in a commercial tie-in with Tate & Lyle in the late 1990s, and his recipes endorsed sugar and treacle products accordingly; his name was printed on every Tate & Lyle sugar sachet across the country.{{cite news |last1=Heritage |first1=Stuart |title=Gary Rhodes: the spiky-haired scoundrel who became the first superstar chef |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/27/gary-rhodes-the-spiky-haired-scoundrel-who-became-the-first-superstar-chef |access-date=27 November 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=27 November 2019}} Rhodes was associated with a Cooking in Schools campaign with Flora UK and appeared in television adverts for Flora margarine, some of which featured him "driving a van topped with a giant styrofoam crumpet" which were banned.{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/feb/25/gary-rhodes-flora-buttery-advertisement-banned | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Rhodes to perdition | first=Tim | last=Hayward | date=25 February 2009 | access-date=3 May 2010}}

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. In the same year he competed, representing the South of England, in the BBC's Great British Menu, but lost to Atul Kochhar.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=James |title=Gary Rhodes, TV chef and restaurateur, dies aged 59 |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18063088.gary-rhodes-tv-chef-restaurateur-dies-aged-59/ |access-date=27 November 2019 |publisher=Bournemouth Echo |date=27 November 2019}}

Rhodes appeared on the BBC Two spoof game show Shooting Stars, during which hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer asked him to "represent fire through the medium of dance".{{cite web|url=https://london.eater.com/2019/11/27/20985171/gary-rhodes-died-59-dubai |title=Celebrity Chef Gary Rhodes Has Died at 59 |work=London Eater |access-date=27 November 2019|date=27 November 2019 }} He also competed, with professional partner Karen Hardy, in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing which began on 20 September 2008, and finished in 14th place.

In 2011, Rhodes moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He headed Rhodes Mezzanine, later Rhodes W1 Dubai, at the Grosvenor House Hotel,{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/leisure/food/table-talk/gary-rhodes-i-don-t-regret-moving-to-dubai-1.2145898|title=Gary Rhodes: 'I don't regret moving to Dubai'|author=Keith J Fernandez|date=24 December 2017|website=Gulf News|access-date=8 September 2018}} and another restaurant Rhodes Twenty10 at Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort & Spa. In 2013 he opened his first restaurant in Abu Dhabi, Rhodes 44 at The St. Regis Hotel.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoteliermiddleeast.com/18391-gary-rhodes-opens-first-abu-dhabi-restaurant/|title=Gary Rhodes opens first Abu Dhabi restaurant |newspaper=Hotelier Middle East|first=Andy|last=Sambidge|date=30 September 2013 |access-date=8 September 2018}} Rhodes was a supporter of Manchester United.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-27/gary-rhodes-the-smiling-spiky-haired-saviour-of-the-british-menu/|title=Gary Rhodes: The smiling, spiky-haired saviour of the British menu|website=ITV News|date=27 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tv-chef-gary-rhodes-dead-at-59-092521786.html|title=TV chef Gary Rhodes dies at 59|website=uk.news.yahoo.com|date=27 November 2019 }}

Death

Rhodes died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 26 November 2019; he was aged 59. Rock Oyster Media and Goldfinch TV said in a statement to the PA news agency that Rhodes had become unwell, while filming, and died shortly thereafter.{{cite news|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/gary-rhodes-suddenly-taken-ill-3582668|work=Plymouth Herald|title=Gary Rhodes 'suddenly taken ill' during filming break before death|last=Channon|first=Max|date=27 November 2019}} It was later confirmed by Rhodes' family that his death was a result of a subdural haematoma, normally associated with a head injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50587782|title=Gary Rhodes died from bleed to the brain, family confirms|date=28 November 2019|access-date=15 January 2021|website=BBC News}}

Restaurants

Rhodes W1 (formerly Rhodes Mezzanine) – Grosvenor House Hotel, Dubai.
Rhodes Calabash – The Calabash Hotel, Grenada.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/centralamericaandcaribbean/grenada/3478730/Gary-Rhodess-heaven-on-earth-Grenada.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Gary Rhodes's heaven on earth: Grenada|last=Bishop|first=Edward|date=19 November 2008}}
Rhodes Twenty10 – Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort & Spa, Dubai.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/news/restaurant/menuwatch-rhodes-twenty10|publisher=The Caterer|date=26 August 2010|title=Menuwatch Rhodes Twenty10}}
Rhodes Twenty Four ({{Michelinstar|1}} Michelin star) – Tower 42, London (closed in 2014).
Rhodes 44 – The St. Regis Hotel, Abu Dhabi (closed in 2014).{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/food/rhodes-44-at-the-st-regis-abu-dhabi-has-closed-1.267531|title=Rhodes 44 at the St Regis Abu Dhabi has closed|date=2 October 2014|last=Johnson|first=Stacie Overton|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi}}
Rhodes W1 ({{Michelinstar|1}} Michelin star) – The Cumberland Hotel, London (closed in 2012).{{cite web|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/news/restaurant/gary-rhodes-to-resurrect-rhodes-w1-name-in-dubai|title=Gary Rhodes to resurrect Rhodes W1 name in Dubai|publisher=The Caterer|date=7 July 2014|last=Gerrard|first=Neil}}
Rhodes W1 Brasserie – The Cumberland Hotel, London (closed in 2012).
Arcadian Rhodes – aboard the P&O liner MS Arcadia (replaced in 2011).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/734595/Shipping-out-with-the-chef.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 February 2006|last=Archer|first=Jane|title=Shipping out with chef}}
Oriana Rhodes – aboard the P&O liner MS Oriana (replaced in 2011).{{cite news|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/taste/1396707.sea-fayre/|title=Sea Fayre|last=Crawshaw|first=Georgina|date=14 May 2007|work=Bournemouth Echo}}
Rhodes South – Christchurch Harbour Hotel, Christchurch (closed in 2010).
Kings Rhodes – Kings Arms Hotel, Christchurch (closed in 2009).
Rhodes D7 – Dublin (closed in 2009).{{cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/gary-rhodes-rip-4907852-Nov2019/|publisher=TheJournal.ie|date=27 November 2019|last=Duffy|first=Rónán|title=TV chef Gary Rhodes dies aged 59}}
Rhodes in the Square ({{Michelinstar|1}} Michelin star) – London (closed in 2003).{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/gary-rhodes-to-close-london-restaurants-124309.html|work=The Independent|date=16 January 2003|last=Peachey|first=Paul|title=Gary Rhodes to close London restaurants}}
City Rhodes ({{Michelinstar|1}} Michelin star) – London (closed in 2003).
Rhodes & Co – Golden Tulip Hotel, Manchester (closed in 2003).{{cite news|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/archive/rhodes-and-sodexho-part-as-restaurants-close|publisher=The Caterer|date=13 January 2003|last=McClary|first=Samantha|title=Rhodes and Sodexho part as restaurants close}}
Rhodes & Co – Jenners Department Store, Edinburgh (closed in 2002).
Rhodes & Co – Arora Hotel Gatwick, Crawley (closed in 2002 or 2003).
Rhodes @ the Dome – Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth (involvement ended in 2016).{{cite news|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/gary-rhodes-dies-dubai-aged-3581986|work=Plymouth Herald|title=Gary Rhodes dies in Dubai aged 59|last=Channon|first=Max|date=27 November 2019}}

References

External links

[http://garyrhodes.co.uk/ Official website.]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20191127235522/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baca169c4 Gary Rhodes] at the British Film Institute.
{{IMDb name|0722432}}.

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Category:Neurological disease deaths in the United Arab Emirates

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