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Greg Hardesty, one of the Indianapolis area’s preeminent chefs, died Tuesday after a yearlong battle with cancer.
He was best known for his acclaimed restaurant Recess, which closed in 2017, and training many of Indianapolis best chefs.
His wife, Susan Korte Hardesty announced the death on Wednesday morning in a post to the “We Love You Greg” Facebook group that had been set up to chronicle his treatment.
He died at their home Tuesday evening, she said.
“Greg was so strong and left nothing on the table,” she said in the post. “We are grateful his struggle has ended.”
The following is our “Ask Me Anything” interview with Greg Hardesty, from the December issue.
This was already a challenging year for chefs because of COVID, and then you got your cancer diagnosis. What has it been like to juggle both
?
It has been weird, that’s for sure. Even before I was diagnosed, I was sick for three solid months.
What were your symptoms? Fatigue?
Yes, I would get up in the morning to shower and go downstairs to the basement, where I kept all of my clothes. Sometimes, I would just get my underwear on and have to lie down on the futon and take a 15-minute nap. Then I would drive to Studio C and sit in my truck for 10 minutes to rest before I could go inside. And I did that intermittently all day.