California culinary star dies after hiking in Hawaii

CARLSBAD, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) – Gianna Buzzetta wasn’t a rising star in the culinary world, she was at the top of the game.

At 26, she was helping to win Michelin stars for Carlsbad's Jeune et Jolie for three years as an executive pastry chef.

Now, her restaurant community is mourning the loss of a beloved colleague after Buzzetta was killed in a freak accident in Kauai, Hawaii, while hiking with her boyfriend last week.

”We all heard the news, and it was obviously paralyzing...