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| River Cafe's Rose Gray dies at 71 | River Cafe's Rose Gray dies at 71 |
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| Rose Gray, co-founder of the River Cafe restaurant, has died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer. | Rose Gray, co-founder of the River Cafe restaurant, has died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer. |
| The chef and cookery writer set up the London restaurant with Ruth Rogers in 1987, earning a Michelin star in 1998. | The chef and cookery writer set up the London restaurant with Ruth Rogers in 1987, earning a Michelin star in 1998. |
| The pair were credited with influencing the likes of Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who both worked at the River Cafe. | The pair were credited with influencing the likes of Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who both worked at the River Cafe. |
| Paying tribute, Oliver said: "She really was one of life's very very special, natural, genius chefs." | Paying tribute, Oliver said: "She really was one of life's very very special, natural, genius chefs." |
| Both Mrs Gray and Lady Rogers were appointed MBEs in the most recent New Year Honours for services to the hospitality industry. | Both Mrs Gray and Lady Rogers were appointed MBEs in the most recent New Year Honours for services to the hospitality industry. |
| 'Funny times' | 'Funny times' |
| Italian food restaurant River Cafe is situated on the River Thames at Hammersmith. | Italian food restaurant River Cafe is situated on the River Thames at Hammersmith. |
| Mrs Gray and Lady Rogers, whose husband is the architect Lord (Richard) Rogers, followed the River Cafe's success with cookery books and a spin-off Channel 4 TV series The Italian Kitchen. | Mrs Gray and Lady Rogers, whose husband is the architect Lord (Richard) Rogers, followed the River Cafe's success with cookery books and a spin-off Channel 4 TV series The Italian Kitchen. |
| Oliver worked at the restaurant for three years as a sous chef and while there he was discovered by a BBC documentary team. | |
| This led to his own TV series, The Naked Chef, and he has gone on to become one of Britain's best known chefs. | |
| He said he was "so saddened" by the death of Mrs Gray, who he described as a "pioneer". | |
| "It was my honour to have worked with her - a really great boss, a wonderful person who gave me some of my fondest cooking memories and great funny times," he said. | "It was my honour to have worked with her - a really great boss, a wonderful person who gave me some of my fondest cooking memories and great funny times," he said. |
| "Without question the world has lost one of the most important chefs of our times, she will be sorely missed." | "Without question the world has lost one of the most important chefs of our times, she will be sorely missed." |
| Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, famous for his River Cottage books and television programmes, spent a brief period as a sous chef at the River Cafe. |