FILE - In this July 19, 2014, file photo, Chef Michael Chiarello is shown at the Far Niente winery in Oakville, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Celebrity chef Michael Chiarello is dead at the age of 61. Chiarello died Friday, at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa. He had been hospitalized for several days after suffering from anaphylactic shock following an allergic reaction. The chef owned restaurants in Napa Valley and San Francisco. Chiarello opened his first restaurant in Saint Helena in 1987.