Craig Stoll and Charles Phan at The Family Meal, a tablehopper-created chef dinner at Locanda in 2014. Photo courtesy of Wes Rowe. By the time Delfina opened, following the footsteps of the Slanted ...

That was Charles Phan, he always showed up for everyone. Phan was the Chef who put modern Vietnamese cuisine on the menu at Slanted Door on Valencia street almost 30 years ago. He created an ...

Often described as a trailblazer, Phan originally opened The Slanted Door in SF’s Mission District in 1995. At the time, it was considered a pioneering restaurant in terms of Vietnamese fine dining.

By Kim Severson Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose ... designing clothes and managing the family sewing shop, Mr. Phan opened the Slanted Door, on Valencia Street in the Mission District ...

Charles Phan, the chef whose Bay Area restaurant The Slanted Door for three decades lifted the cuisine of his native Vietnam into the fine-dining realm, has died, his restaurant company announced ...

Famed Slanted Door chef and restaurateur Charles Phan dies 04:04 Charles Phan, the acclaimed San Francisco chef and restaurant owner who won two James Beard awards with the innovative food at his ...

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, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died. The restaurant announced his death from cardiac ...

Phan was 62. Recommended Videos “Charles was more than a chef ... Award-winning restaurateur is known for growing the Slanted Door into a globally recognized fixture with two other Bay Area ...

Looking on at left is executive chef Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file) ...

Charles Phan, Chef Who Elevated Vietnamese Cuisine With San Francisco's Slanted Door, Dies at 62 Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine ...