Anthony Bourdain

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Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain

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Anthony Bourdain

Date of Birth: June 25, 1956
Date of Passing: June 08, 2018
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Obituary: Hollywood Reporter

Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and television personality.

He was generally acknowledged as one of the most influential chefs in the world.

Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens, including many years spent as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles, based in Manhattan with additional locations (at the time) in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, Japan.

Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and television personality.

He was generally acknowledged as one of the most influential chefs in the world.

Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens, including many years spent as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles, based in Manhattan with additional locations (at the time) in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, Japan.

The acclaim surrounding Bourdain's 2000 memoir, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, led to an offer by the Food Network to host his own food and world-travel show, A Cook's Tour, which premiered in January 2002. It ran for 35 episodes, through 2003.

In July 2005, he premiered a new, somewhat similar television series, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, on the Travel Channel. As a further result of the popularity of Kitchen Confidential..., the Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential aired in 2005, in which the character "Jack Bourdain" is based loosely on his biography and persona.

The Travel Channel announced in July 2011 that it would be adding a second one-hour ten-episode Bourdain show to be titled The Layover, which premiered November 21, 2011. Each episode featured an exploration of a city that can be undertaken within an air travel layover of 24 to 48 hours. The series ran for 20 episodes, through February 2013.

In May 2012, Bourdain went on to host Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown for CNN. The program focused on other cuisines, cultures and politics and premiered April 14, 2013. The show was set in places such as Libya, Tokyo, Punjab, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Armenia.

Bourdain died June 8, 2018, in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, Grand Est, France. He was 61.

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Awards & Nominations

22 Nominations | 8 Emmys
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special - 2019
Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program - 2019
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special - 2018
Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program - 2018
Outstanding Informational Series or Special - 2017
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program - 2017
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special - 2016
Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program - 2016
Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming - 2015
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special - 2015
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2015
  • Nominee
  • Anthony Bourdain, Host
  • The Taste
  • ABC
  • Kinetic Content, LLC
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming - 2013
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2013
  • Nominee
  • Anthony Bourdain, Host
  • The Taste
  • ABC
  • Kinetic Content, LLC
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special - 2013
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming - 2012
Outstanding Nonfiction Series - 2012
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming - 2011
Outstanding Nonfiction Series - 2011
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming - 2010

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Anthony Bourdain and guests at the 2017 Creative Arts Ball.
Asia Argento and Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain at the 2016 Creative Arts Ball.
Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain accepts an award at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain on the Red Carpet at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown celebrates at the 2014 Creative Arts Emmys ball.
Anthony Bourdain and crew of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown celebrate their win at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain and the team from Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown accept an award at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
Anthony Bourdain on the Red Carpet at the at  the 65th Creative Arts Emmys
(L-R) Zach Zamboni and Anthony Bourdain
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In Travel Channel's No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain moved beyond the table to grapple with the larger world; season three included a trip to Patagonia.

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In the late 1980s, when he wasn't bringing the heat in Formerly Joe's in New York's West Village, Bourdain was scribbling in his notebooks.

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In 2016, for CNN's Parts Unknown, President Barack Obama joined Bourdain at a Hanoi noodle shop for a seafood spring roll and a bottle of beer.

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Anthony Bourdain and guests at the 2017 Creative Arts Ball.
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Anthony Bourdain and guests at the 2017 Creative Arts Ball. 

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Asia Argento and Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Asia Argento and Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain at the 2016 Creative Arts Ball.
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Anthony Bourdain at the 2016 Creative Arts Ball.

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Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain on the red carpet at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain accepts an award at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain accepts an award at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys. 

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Anthony Bourdain on the Red Carpet at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain on the Red Carpet at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys. 

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Anthony Bourdain of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown celebrates at the 2014 Creative Arts Emmys ball.
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Anthony Bourdain of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown celebrates at the 2014 Creative Arts Emmys ball.

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Anthony Bourdain and crew of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown celebrate their win at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain and crew of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown celebrate their win at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain and the team from Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown accept an award at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain and the team from Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown accept an award at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.
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Anthony Bourdain arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.

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Anthony Bourdain on the Red Carpet at the at  the 65th Creative Arts Emmys
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(L-R) Zach Zamboni and Anthony Bourdain
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