Celebrity chefs pay tribute to Gary Rhodes

Marcus Wareing, Aldo Zilli and Ainsley Harriott have paid tribute to celebrity chef Gary Rhodes who has died at the age of 59.

The TV chef died after suddenly falling ill during a break in filming on a new series he was working on in Dubai, the production company behind the show has said.

Rhodes appeared on programmes including Rhodes Around Britain and MasterChef during his celebrated cookery career and was working on a new series for ITV with Rock Oyster Media, a subsidiary of Goldfinch.

His family had said they were “deeply saddened” by his death.

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