Magnus Lindgren (chef)

For the jazz musician, see Magnus Lindgren.

Carl Magnus Lindgren (April 4, 1982 – November 19, 2012) was a Swedish chef. Lindgren was a senior chef at celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s flagship restaurant The Fat Duck, the Michelin-starred restaurant in Bray, Berkshire.[1]

Death

Lindgren died in November 2012 in a car accident in Hong Kong. He and British chef Jorge Arango Herrera were killed when the taxi they were riding in was crushed between two double-decker buses in Shau Kei Wan, a district in eastern Hong Kong island.[2] Lindgren and Herrera, along with 53-year-old taxi driver Wong Kim-chung, were trapped in the cab for more than an hour before firemen could free them from the wreckage, they were all declared dead at hospital.[3] More than 50 other people were also injured in the accident. The pair were in Asia at the invitation of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where they were to cook a series of private meals alongside Heston Blumenthal.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stjärnkock död i krasch, Aftonbladet, November 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hong Kong Chef Tragedy Prompts Road Safety Concerns, Time, November 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ Two Fat Duck chefs are killed in Hong Kong crash, London Evening Standard, November 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ Fat Duck chefs killed in car accident; World's top cooks send condolences, New York Daily News, November 21, 2012.