A Philadelphia chef who competed last year on the Fox reality cooking series Hell's Kitchen was found dead in his home.
Paulie Giganti, 36, the former chef at restaurant Birra at 1700 E. Passyunk Ave. in South Philadelphia, died Thursday from drug intoxication.
“It is an accidental death by drug intoxication,” said James Garrow, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. The office does not release the type of drug involved or whether it was a prescription drug, he said.
The Brooklyn-born chef competed in Season 16 of the popular FOX series.
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