Celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak died last summer of an intentional drug overdose and not an unexplained illness, according to a coroner’s report released Friday.
Sedlak made a name for himself on Food Network shows, some of which were set against a local backdrop of the North Shore mountains and False Creek. He got his start at 13 as a bus boy at a Grouse Mountain cafe.
Despite his promising future, Sedlak died at 29 at his home in North Vancouver last July. Coroner Bilal Waheed ruled his death a suicide.
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At the time, a family statement said he died from complications of an “undiagnosed medical condition.”
A coroner’s report dated Dec. 27, 2012 lists the official cause of death as “intentional ingestion of excessive amounts of cocaine and oxycodone.”
At the time of his death, Sedlak was described by television producer and friend John Ritchie as “a very, very talented guy and a real gentleman.” Friend and fellow chef Trish Magwood said she knew him as a larger-than-life personality and passionate chef who “really knew his stuff.”
The Anthony Sedlak Memorial Career Training Scholarship has been set up in School District 44, to be administered by the North Vancouver High School Education Foundation.
The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to students interested in pursuing a career in the culinary arts.
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