Final farewell to Floyd

Popular TV chef Keith Floyd was cremated yesterday in a coffin made of banana leaves in a service attended by around 300 people including his son, Patrick, 40, daughter Poppy, 25, and two of his four ex-wives.

Final farewell to Floyd

Popular TV chef Keith Floyd was cremated yesterday in a coffin made of banana leaves in a service attended by around 300 people including his son, Patrick, 40, daughter Poppy, 25, and two of his four ex-wives.

Leading tributes, Poppy – who was estranged from her father for 10 years, but reconciled with him shortly before his death– said: "Dad, old bean, you would have definitely preferred to be a rock star called Elvis rather than a chef called Keith Floyd

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