Beloved TV chef dies in helicopter crash at 43

Television host and chef Mynie Steffen has died aged 43 after being involved in a helicopter crash in South Africa. Tributes are now pouring in.

On Monday, November 10, Steffens was flying a helicopter that crashed on a citrus farm outside the town of Patensie in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Pictures on social media showed the helicopter crashing into a patch of grass at the farm, with pieces of its exterior missing. She was 43.

Per local authorities, she struck a power line before crashing.

“Information that is at our disposal indicates that the pilot was conducting a pest control operation flight when the helicopter struck power lines and crashed,” the AIID said in a statement obtained by the newspaper George Herald. “The helicopter itself was substantially damaged due to impact force.”