Denver chef Amos Watts, owner of The Fifth String, has died weeks ahead of the acclaimed restaurant’s reopening.
Watts, 43, died Sunday morning after a medical episode, according to his friend Justin Brunson and former mentee Caroline Glover. Neither were fully sure of the nature of the episode.
“He touched a lot of folks in his time here in Denver,” Brunson said. “He’s going to be greatly missed by all the chefs here in town. We all loved him. He was a giant man, a very amazing person.”