Chef Joshua Gil, a pioneer of Los Angeles’ Alta California dining movement, died Monday after a four-year battle with colorectal cancer. He was 50.
Gil was raised between Riverside and Baja California’s Rosarito Beach, an upbringing that shaped the Mexican-American influences behind his pioneering technique and twist on fine dining. He spoke with Los Angeles magazine about his favorite eateries here.
Gil was known in Los Angeles as a founder of the Supper Liberation Front, a pop-up dining series and supper club that aimed to democratize upscale dining by serving Mexican and Alta California cuisine in unconventional spaces…