Max Hardy
{{Short description|American chef and restaurateur (1983–2024)}}
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|name = Max Hardy
|birth_name = Maxcel Hardy
|birth_date = {{birth date|1983|12|05}}
|birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|03|04|1983|12|05}}
|death_place =
|occupation = Chef, restaurateur
}}
Maxcel Hardy (December 5, 1983 – March 4, 2024) was an American chef and restaurateur.
Life and career
Maxcel Hardy was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 5, 1983.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/dining/max-hardy-dead.html|title=Max Hardy, 40, Dies; Helped Bring Chef-Driven Cuisine to Detroit|work=The New York Times|first=Clay|last=Risen|date=March 8, 2024|access-date=March 9, 2024}} He moved to Florida when he was a teenager.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/mark-kurlyandchik/2019/07/17/black-chefs-america-new-york-times/1754481001/|title= 2 Detroit chefs make list of black chefs changing food in America|work=Detroit Free Press|first=Mark|last=Kurlyandchik|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2024}}
Hardy was a personal chef to NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire for five years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/2017/07/12/chef-stars-max-hardy-open-three-detroit-restaurants-and-doors-more-black-chefs/467801001/|title='Chef to the stars' Max Hardy to open three Detroit restaurants – and doors for more black chefs|work=Detroit Free Press|first=Mark|last=Kurlyandchik|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=March 9, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/max-hardy-detroit-chef-restauranteur-and-community-advocate-dies-at-40/ar-BB1jmCF0|title=Max Hardy, Detroit chef, restaurateur and community advocate, dies at 40|work=Detroit Free Press|date=March 2024|access-date=March 9, 2024|first1=Susan|last1=Selasky|first2=Scott|last2=Talley|via=MSN}}
In 2017, Hardy was ranked eighth as one of the "16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America" by The New York Times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/dining/black-chefs-restaurants-food.html|title=16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America|first1=John|last1=Eligon|first2=Julia|last2=Moskin|work=The New York Times|date=July 16, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/mark-kurlyandchik/2021/03/11/max-hardy-detroit-chef-hospitality-food-fighter/4449947001/|title=Food fighter: Detroit-born chef Max Hardy never wavered in commitment to feed hungry|work=Detroit Free Press|first=Mark|last=Kurlyandchik|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2024}} The next year, his restaurant was ranked tenth as one of the "Best New Restaurants in Metro Detroit" by the Detroit Free Press.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/dining/restaurant-of-the-year/2018/02/12/best-new-restaurant-river-bistro-detroit/1060342001/|title=Best New Restaurant #10: River Bistro, Detroit|work=Detroit Free Press|first=Mark|last=Kurlyandchik|date=February 12, 2018|access-date=March 9, 2024}}
Hardy died on March 4, 2024, at the age of 40.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/03/05/detroit-community-mourns-passing-of-beloved-chef-max-hardy/|title=Detroit community mourns passing of beloved chef Max Hardy|work=WDIV-TV|date=March 5, 2024|access-date=March 9, 2024}}
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