Charles Phan, the acclaimed San Francisco chef and restaurant owner who won two James Beard awards with the innovative food at his Vietnamese restaurant the Slanted Door, has died at age 62, according to his family.

He also expanded his vision to new locations, including a Slanted Door in San Ramon and, more recently, France and Napa.

San Francisco chef Charles Phan, largely considered the inventor of modern Vietnamese cuisine in America, has died at 62. Known in the Bay Area as the architect of the Slanted Door suite of restaurants,