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Albert Uster
Chef and chocolate entrepreneur Albert Uster, Gaithersburg, Md., died in a sail plane crash last month in the Swiss Alps. The Swiss-born chef founded Albert Uster Imports, which produces Swiss chocolates and other culinary ingredients, in 1980. Before that, he served as an executive chef at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., and was one of the founding partners of the Watergate Restaurant. Mr. Uster spent his time outside the office as a glider pilot, wine collector, gardener and philanthropist. He is survived by three daughters, three sons, two brothers and his close companion, Josephine Cooper.
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