Eli Kulp Remains Hospitalized, Grateful for Support
Eli Kulp with Ellen Yin and Mayor Michael Nutter celebrating Kulp being named Best New Chef by Food & Wine.
According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, chef Eli Kulp remains hospitalized due to injuries he suffered in Tuesday night’s Amtrak derailment. The award winning chef and partner in Fork, High Street on Market and a.kitchen underwent surgery upon arrival at Aria Health-Torresdale on Tuesday.
Today, he was transferred to an undisclosed hospital where he will continue to be cared for.
In a release received by PBJ, Kulp said, “I am grateful for the amount of concern and support from my family, friends, and colleagues. I will continue to lean on your support in the weeks and months ahead as I work through recuperating from this injury.”
The type and severity of his injuries were not disclosed.
UPDATE: Chef Kulp tweeted over the weekend:
Everyone!! Thank you for the texts, emails, tweets of support. If you haven't heard back from me it's not that I haven't received (1/2)
— Eli Kulp (@EliKulp) May 17, 2015
Everyone!! Thank you for the texts, emails, tweets of support. If you haven't heard back from me it's not that I haven't received (1/2)
— Eli Kulp (@EliKulp) May 17, 2015
Chef Eli Kulp speaks out after Amtrak accident [Philadelphia Business Journal]
