Christopher VINCENT

1983 - 2022

VINCENT, Christopher A. passed away on November 12, 2022, at the age of 39. He was living in Tampa, Florida at the time of his death and had been struggling with a chronic illness since his early twenties. Christopher was born on July 8, 1983, in Rome Italy, to Jennifer A Sweet and Peter N. Vincent. He grew up in Italy, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Connecticut, and Arizona. He graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT, in 2001. He went on to study English, Philosophy, and Italian and graduated magna cum laude in 2007 from The University of Arizona in Tucson. Christopher was an enthusiastic traveler and lover of food from childhood. During college, he apprenticed in the kitchens of the Arizona Inn, Soleil and Terra Cotta in Tucson and decided to pursue a career as a chef. He studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park NY, graduating in 2009. He worked at La Cachette and Tavern in Los Angeles before taking a position with Canlis and relocating to Seattle. While in Seattle, he expanded his restaurant business skills and broadened his expertise in food science with a focus on food as medicine. In Tampa, Christopher pursued healthy eating ventures including juicing and whole foods, and most recently worked for Louis Pappas restaurants. Christopher was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Norman Vincent, and Sally Vincent, as well as his uncle, Joe Sweet, with whom he had been very close. He is survived by his mother, Jennifer Sweet, of Tampa; his father and stepmother, Peter and Cathy Vincent; and siblings, Matthew, David, and Sarah Vincent, all of Kailua, Hawaii; his maternal grandparents, Mark and Julia Sweet, and another dear uncle, James P. Sweet. He also leaves his aunt, Susan Sweet; and cousins, Ted and Gus Warmington, as well as considerable extended family and friends in New England, Rome, Seattle, and Tucson. He will be deeply grieved by his girlfriend, Cara Sardone; and her daughter, Lily. Following a private service, the family will hold calling hours on Tuesday, December 6 from 3:30 to 6 pm at the Roosevelt Room of the Flor Fina Restaurant in the Haya Hotel, Ybor City. The family welcomes all friends and colleagues to share remembrances of the kind, funny, warm person that Christopher was to each of us. Donations in Christopher's memory may be made to the Autoimmune Association or the Anxiety & Depression Association of America.