Peter Fenton Merrill
NEW JERSEY- On November 14th Peter Fenton Merrill passed away after a long illness. Peter was born in 1958 to Ruth and Douglas Merrill in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
In 1972 the family moved to Key West Florida. There Peter’s father bought a restaurant which they named, “The Hukilau” – (the feast of seafood in Hawaiian). Life revolved around the restaurant, but in his free-time Peter was an avid scuba diver.
He was also a letterman on the Varsity Football team at the Key West High School. After graduating he was accepted into the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.
He became the chef at the Hukilau where he worked until it closed in 1991. Peter worked in many starred restaurants in South Florida, New York and Philadelphia.
Food was his passion. He is survived by his wife Jodie Merrill (Muscarella).
