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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.
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.
Paying tribute, Oliver said: "She really was one of life's very very special, natural, genius chefs."
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 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."
