Charles Phan rolled up in his big truck to a Santa Cruz farm around 2004, pulled out tables and set up a propane stove. He fired up his signature wok, threw in some beef and broccolini, and started ...

A refugee who fled Vietnam by boat with his family at age 13, Phan helped create a new standard for his native cuisine in America, they said. Chefs, colleagues and friends praised his bold ...

Charles Phan, a refugee from war-ravaged Vietnam who, after learning traditional recipes from his aunt and mother, elevated Vietnamese cuisine in the United States through his acclaimed San ...

A remarkable story Born in South Vietnam in 1962, Phan and his family fled the country after the U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and fall of Saigon when he was 13 years old. They briefly ...

By Kim Severson Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus ...

Robin Marchant/Getty Charles Phan, the award-winning Vietnamese cuisine chef at San Francisco's The Slanted Door has died unexpectedly at the age of 62. Phan’s family and the Slanted Door ...

Looking on at left is executive chef Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file) (Eric Risberg, AP2009) Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator ...

Charles Phan, a chef whose love of food led to opening the popular Slanted Door restaurants and showcasing modern Vietnamese cuisine throughout the Bay Area and beyond, died on Monday, January 20.

Chef Charles Phan shows Kate Kelly how to make his famous "shaking beef" 02:22 Born in South Vietnam in 1962, Phan and his family fled the country after the U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War ...