After Appearing on ’24 Hours to Hell & Back’ LA Chef Left Homeless with Failed Restaurant | Video

*Los Angeles-based chef Clive Jackson was featured in Gordon Ramsay’s “24 Hours to Hell & Back” and now he’s making headlines once again for falling on rough times. 

Jackson lost his restaurant, The Brownstone Bistro, months after it was featured in the show’s first season in 2018. This triggered a whirlwind of financial hardships, setbacks, and heartbreak, including the murder of his son, according to a GoFundMe page.

“PLEASE DONATE to house our friend “Chef” Clive Jackson in a motel during the freezing torrential rains in LA. Our new goal is to raise enough funds for future costs of permanent housing,” the fundraising page states.

“Clive has only been on the streets for a year. He was the owner & Executive Chef of Brownstone Bistro in Mid City until 2019. Originally from Jamaica, Clive is known for his Caribbean-inspired soul food & was featured on Gordon Ramsey’s “24 Hours To Hell & Back” (S1E3) just a few years ago when the restaurant was struggling,” the campaign’s message continues. 

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A fundraiser has been launched to help house Chef Clive Jackson, the former owner and executive chef of Brownstone Bistro in Mid City until 2019 before he lost everything and has been living on the streets for a year.https://t.co/79nb2xquGl pic.twitter.com/ycCNk0gHMp

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“After the murder of his son, a divorce & the loss of his restaurant, Clive lost his home. He bounced around on friend’s couches & finally ended up in a tent on Skid Row last spring,” per the fundraiser that was set up by his friend Lizzy Calhoun.

“When I met him, he was bright-eyed, energetic & hopeful about finding work,” Calhoun posted on the GoFundMe page. “The shelter system & SROs were terrifying experiences for such a trusting gentle man. And it’s next to impossible to find work when you don’t have access to stable housing.”

“I will not have it on my conscience if he freezes to death in a city with exponential wealth & inadequate resources,” she added.

“This is a life or death situation for many with temperatures dipping into the 30s. But Clive is safe & warm tonight. Please DONATE if you’d like to help him stay in the motel for the foreseeable future. Or if you’d like to buy him clothes, supplies, a meal, anything… We’ll make sure he gets it.❤️”

At the time of publishing, the GoFundMe page has raised over $49,000.

Learn more about how Clive is trying to rebuild his life after the murder of his son via the YouTube clip above.

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