{"id":122511,"date":"2026-01-18T04:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T04:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122511\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T04:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T04:07:07","slug":"beloved-florida-pastry-chef-71-killed-in-freak-accident-with-bread-mixing-machine-i-lost-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122511\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Florida pastry chef, 71, killed in freak accident with bread-mixing machine: ‘I lost myself’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A beloved Florida pastry chef was tragically killed after getting caught in a bread-mixing machine at a grocery store where he worked, according to reports. <\/p>\n

Mordehay Grunberger, 71, was found dead at the South Florida Kosher Market in North Miami Beach<\/a> early Friday morning following a freak accident with an industrial dough mixer, the North Miami Beach Police Department told multiple outlets.<\/p>\n

Authorities believe the longtime employee got lodged in the machine and do not suspect foul palay. <\/p>\n

Mordehay Grunberger, 71, was tragically killed after getting caught in a bread-mixing machine. Inna Gastman Maor\/Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, there are no signs of foul play and we believe the incident was accidental involving an industrial dough mixer,\u201d police said, NBC 6 South Florida reported. <\/a><\/p>\n

The Kosher grocer shut its doors Friday in the wake of the fatal incident, according to CBS Miami.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Police have not disclosed what led to the deadly accident. <\/p>\n

The senior was found dead at the South Florida Kosher Market, where he worked in North Miami Beach. Google Maps<\/p>\n

Grunberger identified himself as a head pastry chef on his Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n

His grief-stricken wife, Inna Gastman Moar, shared her devastation on social media Friday. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday, my beloved husband Miki, my closest person in my life my best friend, and father of my two beautiful sons, tragically passed away!\u201d she wrote on Facebook. <\/a><\/p>\n

A Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner van parked at the grocery store. WPLG<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost myself. I love him so much. He\u2019s the love of my life!\u201d<\/p>\n

The grieving spouse shared several loving photos of her and her husband, something she often did, as family and friends flooded her page with condolences and memories of Grunberger.<\/p>\n

One loved one described him as having a \u201cnoble heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

His grief-stricken wife, Inna Gastman Moar, shared her devastation on social media Friday. Inna Gastman Maor\/Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gave me his hand in the most difficult moments, of my life in the country, simple count on his love and solidarity,\u201d the friend wrote. <\/p>\n

Another said: \u201cHe was a wonderful person and a great friend and in our hearts of all those that he touched their life in one way or another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police said Grunberger\u2019s death is still under investigation, the outlet reported. <\/p>\n

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is also investigating the deadly incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved Florida pastry chef was tragically killed after getting caught in a bread-mixing machine at a grocery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10822,28,30,29,59486,123,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-122511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-deaths","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-freak-accidents","13":"tag-miami","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}