Timothy Trombley

Timothy Trombley, a rising star in the culinary world in New York City, died there suddenly in Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital on Sunday, February 23, 2014. He was 35 years old. The cause of death was acute pancreatitis and renal failure.

Timothy Scott Trombley was born in Concord, New Hampshire on February 4, 1979 and raised in Kansas, where he attended public schools in Lawrence. As a boy, he inherited his love of animals from his mother, a veterinary technician, and was always bringing home stray dogs, cats, turtles and other critters. He began his culinary journey at Noah’s Restaurant in Stonington, CT where he learned to be a chef through the mentoring and encouragement from the chefs and staff. After a brief period attending Quinebaug Valley Community College and Eastern Connecticut State University, he moved to New York where he served as a chef at Café Barcel in Nyack and X20 in Yonkers before moving to New York City.

In New York, Tim established a reputation for himself as a hard worker and a creative chef, always ready to tweak the menu recipes to make them better. He enjoyed cooking pig roasts for friends and family in Brooklyn. More recently, he had worked as a butcher at Mario Batali’s Eataly in Manhattan and had just started on a position managing three restaurants for a restaurant group before he passed. He loved the cooking industry and he loved cooking for friends. His special love was whole-animal meats, and his dream was to open his own charcuterie one day.

In addition to his talent in cooking, Tim also had an avid interest in the Arts. A professional-level photographer, he was known for his captivating images of animals, industrial sites, nature, and people. He was also an aficionado of culinary-inspired tattoos and had many beautiful designs adorning his body.

Survivors include his parents, Tom and Janet Trombley of Canterbury, Connecticut, and his younger brother, Jeremy, of College Park, Maryland, his aunt Ellen of Manchester, New Hampshire, his uncle Frank and aunt Donna of Loudon, New Hampshire, his uncle Dick and aunt Carol of Williamsburg, Virginia and numerous cousins. Tim loved his soul mate and love of his life, fiancée Eva Cartier Kriksciun of New York, and the two had been excitedly planning a March 2015 wedding.

A Memorial Mass will be held at Saint Augustine’s Catholic Church in Canterbury, Connecticut at 11:00 on Saturday, March 15. Following the Mass there will be a celebration of his life at the Finnish Hall in Canterbury, with food provided by chefs and friends who have mentored and worked with him through the years.

Flowers are welcome as well as donations to the ASPCA or the HSUS.

Tim Trombley was loved by all who knew him, and he leaves behind a huge number of friends and relatives who will never forget him.