TV chef Richard Hughes dies aged 63 as heartbroken family pays tribute
dailyrecord.co.ukThe family of Richard Hughes have paid a heartfelt tribute to their loved one, after the TV chef died following a lengthy battle against illness.The 63-year-old, who passed away on Sunday, was remembered as a "kind, funny, generous" man.
His wife Stacia Briggs said: "The Assembly House is overwhelmed by the thousands of messages they have received today."Richard's influence spreads through kitchens across the world through the hundreds of chefs he mentored.
We are so very proud of his work and the kind, funny, generous man he was."Thank you, Chef. We love you. Our ringmaster may have left the tent but the show goes on in his name." Richard often appeared on local shows in Norfolk and was the chef patron at Norwich's Assembly House.The Mirror reports he had been unwell for the past four years and had been receiving treatment for 18 months when he died.
His last shift in the kitchen was in December 2023.Richard wrote recently: "A lot of my sadness over the last few months has been the the fact that I can't get into my kitchen, that I won't cook the 2024 Xmas menus I've written and I can't cook the dishes from the Waitrose Magazine's French classics edition. "It's been my life, and the is sadness for me is that I've lost that.
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