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Tributes to the late Keith Floyd, who died this week of a heart attack, have been making waves across the media.

The great and good of the hospitality industry have been singing their praises of the legendary TV chef, who was adored by food lovers across the world.

Floyd, who had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in June, died at his partner's home in Dorset on Monday night aged 65.

It has emerged that on his last day, Floyd, cigarette in one hand and glass of wine in the other, spent a leisurely lunch with long-time friend Celia Martin to celebrate her 65th birthday.

The pair went to celebrity chef Mark Hix's restaurant in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where they feasted al fresco on Champagne, oysters and partridge on the terrace.

"At the Hix Oyster and Fish House they began with two champagne cocktails on the sun terrace," reports the Daily Mail. 

"The lunch of oysters with potted shrimp followed by partridge - Floyd had actually ordered the grouse but was given the other dish by mistake - and perry jelly was washed down with a glass of white Burgundy and a couple of glasses of Cotes du Rhône."

After the lunch, Floyd settled at home in front of the TV where he later suffered the fatal heart attack.

As a "humorous tribute" to Floyd the Hix Oyster and Fish House yesterday offered a special on its menu, serving his main course as Keith Floyd's Last Lunch priced £21.50.

But the joke didn't go down all that well with Martin, who said: "I can't believe they would do anything that sick."

Keith Floyd, the legendary restaurateur, TV chef and bon viveur, has died following a heart attack aged 65.

He died at his partner's home in Dorset last night, according to the BBC. He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in June.

Floyd shot to fame in the 1980s with his flamboyant presenting style and his love of red wine and gutsy food.

He began his media career as a radio chef on Radio West, an independent commercial radio station in Bristol before being offered a role as a presenter on the BBC.

The celebrity chef went on to author 32 cookery books and present 18 television series, endearing him to audiences across the world.

The latest, Keith meets Keith, where actor and documentary-maker Keith Allen tracked down Floyd for a one on one interview, was televised last night on Channel 4.

Industry figures including Marco Pierre White and Heston Blumenthal have paid tribute to Floyd, with White saying "a little piece of Britain has died with him".