Chef Michael Glenn, a longtime restaurateur, caterer and arranger whose creations were enjoyed throughout the Birmingham area and beyond, has died.

The Leeds native died Sept. 12 at age 66.

Glenn’s food was found everywhere from corporate dining rooms and VIP executive functions to family and community gatherings.

“He was really an institution,” said Birmingham Councilwoman Carole Clarke, who has been friends with Glenn for nearly 20 years. “He got to spend the best times of peoples’ lives with them or the hardest times of peoples’ lives with them. He was with them at the highest and lowest and helping them through those low times. He loved his work for that reason.”

Glenn had long operated Creative Catering by Ambrosia when he and his family decided to expand. In 2009 Glenn and his si

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