TV chef Michael Chiarello dies at 61 after being treated for allergic reaction

Michael Chiarello has died aged 61 after being treated in hospital for an allergic reaction (AP/PA)

Michael Chiarello, the chef known for his Italian-inspired Californian restaurants who won an Emmy Award for best host for Easy Entertaining With Michael Chiarello and appeared on Bravo’s Top Chef, has died aged 61.

Chiarello died on Friday at Queen of the Valley Medical Centre in Napa, California, due to an allergic reaction that resulted in anaphylactic shock, according to Chiarello’s restaurant group Gruppo Chiarello.