"Top Chef" alum Howard Kleinberg has died, the Bravo show announced on Twitter. He was 46. "The #TopChef family is saddened to learn about the unexpected passing of Howard Kleinberg from season three.
Howie’s passion for cooking filled so many and our deepest sympathy goes out to his family and friends," the account wrote on Twitter.
Kleinberg's mother, Susan, confirmed the chef died over the weekend from a heart attack to the Miami Herald. "I am just finding out how many lives he touched," she told the outlet. "He was married to his passion in life, which was his cooking." The outlet reported that Kleinberg studied at the culinary school at Johnson & Wales University in North Miami.
One of his first cooking gigs was at the Hotel Intercontinental in downtown Miami. Kleinberg placed seventh during the third season of "Top Chef" in 2007.
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