Detroit, MI
Services announced for Max Hardy, Detroit chef, restaurateur and community advocate
Arrangements for Detroit chef Maxcel Hardy who died unexpectedly Monday have been announced.
A celebration of life for Hardy, known as “chef Max,” is scheduled to place Friday and Saturday at Triumph Church, East Campus, 2760 E. Grand Blvd., in Detroit.
A repose/wake for Hardy is noon to 6 p.m. Friday, with special remarks expected from 3-4:40 p.m.
On Saturday, Hardy’s homegoing celebration is taking place and begins with a family hour at 10 a.m. followed by an 11 a.m. homegoing service.
Hardy, who was 40, was a well-known Detroit restaurateur known for his community advocacy and efforts to fight hunger. His unexpected death shocked Detroit chefs and its restaurant industry. He owned COOP Caribbean Fusion, inside the Detroit Shipping Co., Jed’s Detroit, a pizza and wings franchise on Seven Mile Road in Detroit, and now closed, River Bistro in northwest Detroit.
Last month, Hardy was one of two dozen Black chefs who gathered for the Black Excellence Culinary Symphony 2024 at Table No. 2 in Greektown, a charitable event supporting young culinarians.
In 2021, the New York Times named Hardy one of 16 Black chefs changing food in America. Hardy also co-authored the Marley Coffee Cookbook with Rohan Marley, the son of reggae artist Bob Marley. He was featured on the Food Network and participated in many events in Detroit and was a staunch leader in teaching Detroit’s youth.
A champion of Detroit, its culinary scene and efforts to uplift the community, Hardy also founded the One Chef Can 86 Hunger foundation, a nonprofit that works to fight hunger and raise awareness around food insecurity.
“We have lost one of the most celebrated and promising Black chefs from Detroit who was recognized nationally as one of the top Black Chefs changing food in America,” said local publicist David Rudolph.
A cause of death hasn’t been revealed.
Flowers and arrangements can be sent to Kemp Funeral Home, 24585 Evergreen Road in Southfield.
The family is also accepting charitable contributions and donations through Cash App at $chefmaxcelhardy| | | or Zelle using 813-992-0606.
Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
The Detroit Police Department is investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in the arm near a park on Tuesday.
The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. near the Fargo-Oaklfield Playground on the city’s west side. Police Chief Todd Bettison says the child was in front of his home riding a bike with his father supervising at the time of the shooting.
Bettison says an individual at the park fired multiple shots, striking the child. He says the boy’s father reported hearing shots and the child falling from his bike.
Bettison says the child is expected to be OK.
Bettison says the person appears to have been firing shots randomly, which he calls “problematic.” He says a person of interest is described as possibly between 15 and 16 years old and wearing a mask. He says the person is known to frequent the area.
“When you fire a weapon, what goes up must go down,” Bettison said. “To parents and everyone, know where your kids are. Juveniles should not have guns, and whether you’re an adult or a child, you should not be firing a weapon inside of the city limits.”
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield released a statement, saying in part, “By the grace of God, this young boy will recover from his injury and is on his way home from the hospital. With that said, this incident was senseless and could have had a much more tragic ending.
“Every child in Detroit deserves to feel safe riding their bike, playing outside, and simply being a child in their own neighborhood. We cannot accept a reality where our children are placed in harm’s way because someone chose to recklessly fire a gun.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
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