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'''Anthony Michael Bourdain''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ɔr|ˈ|d|eɪ|n}}; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American [[celebrity chef]], [[author]], and [[Travel documentary|travel documentarian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Tim |title=Anthony Bourdain obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/09/anthony-bourdain-obituary |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=June 9, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Rosner2019">{{cite book|author=Helen Rosner|title=Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z06YDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|date=August 20, 2019|publisher=Melville House|isbn=978-1-61219-825-5|page=9|chapter=Introduction}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Severson |first1=Kim |last2=Haag |first2=Matthew |last3=Moskin |first3=Julia |title=Anthony Bourdain, Renegade Chef Who Reported From the World's Tables, Is Dead at 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/business/media/anthony-bourdain-dead.html |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the [[human condition]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vernon |first1=Pete |title=Anthony Bourdain, accidental journalist |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/anthony-bourdain.php |work=Columbia Journalism Review |date=June 11, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of [[the Culinary Institute of America]] and a veteran of many professional kitchens during his career, which included several years spent as an executive chef at [[Brasserie Les Halles]] in Manhattan. In the late 1990's Bourdain wrote an essay about the ugly secrets of a Manhattan restaurant, but he was having difficulty getting it published. According to the [[New York Times|''New York Times'']], his mother Gladys — then an editor and writer at the paper — handed her son's essay to friend and fellow editor Esther B. Fein, the wife of [[David Remnick]], editor of the magazine [[The New Yorker|''The New Yorker'']].<ref name="mother_gladys_obit_print">{{cite news |last1=Slotnick |first1=Daniel E. |title=Gladys Bourdain, 85, Times Copy Editor Who Helped Her Son Rise From Unnoticed Chef to Global Star |page=A-21 |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name="mother_gladys_obit">{{cite news |last1=Slotnick |first1=Daniel E. |title=Gladys Bourdain, Who Helped Her Son Reach an Audience, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/dining/gladys-bourdain-dead.html |access-date=July 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name="nyt_biography_sep2022">{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/dining/anthony-bourdain-biography.html|author=Severson, Kim|authorlink=Kim Severson|date=September 27, 2022|title=The Last, Painful Days of Anthony Bourdain}}</ref> Remnick ran Bourdain's essay<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bourdain |first1=Anthony |title=Don't Eat Before Reading This: A New York chef spills some trade secrets |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-before-reading-this |access-date=July 19, 2024 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=April 12, 1999}}</ref> in the magazine, kickstarting Bourdain's career and legitimizing the point-blank tone that would become his trademark.<ref name="mother_gladys_obit" /> The success of the article was followed just a year later by the publication of a ''New York Times'' best-selling book, ''[[Kitchen Confidential (book)|Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly]]'' (2000).

Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of [[the Culinary Institute of America]] and a veteran of many professional kitchens during his career, which included several years spent as an executive chef at [[Brasserie Les Halles]] in Manhattan. He first became known for his bestselling book ''[[Kitchen Confidential (book)|Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly]]'' (2000).

Bourdain's became a media darling almost overnight. His first food and world-travel television show ''[[A Cook's Tour (TV series)|A Cook's Tour]]'' ran for 35 episodes on the [[Food Network]] in 2002 and 2003. In 2005, he began hosting the [[Travel Channel]]'s culinary and cultural adventure programs ''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'' (2005–2012) and ''[[The Layover (TV series)|The Layover]]'' (2011–2013). In 2013, he began a three-season run as a judge on ''[[The Taste]]'' and consequently switched his travelogue programming to [[CNN]] to host ''[[Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown]]''. Although best known for his culinary writings and television presentations, along with several books on food and cooking and travel adventures, Bourdain also wrote both fiction and historical nonfiction. On June 8, 2018, Bourdain died while on location in France, filming for ''Parts Unknown'', of [[suicide by hanging]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 8, 2018|title=Chef Anthony Bourdain found dead at 61|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44414747|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==

Anthony Michael Bourdain was born in [[Manhattan]] on June 25, 1956. His ~~mother~~father, Pierre (1929–1987), was a classical music recording industry executive. His mother, Gladys (née Sacksman; 1934–2020), ~~and~~was ~~his~~a ~~father~~New ~~was~~York ~~Pierre~~Times ~~Bourdain (1929–1987)~~editor. ~~His~~Anthony's younger brother, Christopher, was born a few years ~~later~~after him.<ref name="Current Biography">{{cite book|last1=Rolls|first1=Albert|editor1-last=Thompson|editor1-first=Clifford|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2006|date=2006|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|location=New York|isbn=9780824210748|pages=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiography2006clif/page/72 72–75]|chapter=Bourdain, Anthony|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiography2006clif/page/72}}</ref><ref name=MackHB00>Mack, Patricia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031347/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-35963365.html "The Cook, The Thief..."], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', October 25, 2000; accessed March 30, 2011. "Anthony Bourdain, the Leonia native with the French-sounding name, took a leave from his job as an executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York City."</ref> Anthony grew up living with both of his parents and described his childhood in one of his books: "I did not want for love or attention. My parents loved me. Neither of them drank to excess. Nobody beat me. God was never mentioned so I was annoyed by neither church nor any notion of sin or damnation."<ref name="Bourdain">Bourdain, Anthony (2010). ''Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook''. Ecco Press, chapter 2</ref> His father was [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] of [[French people|French]] descent and his mother was [[Jews|Jewish]]. Bourdain stated that, although he was considered Jewish by [[halacha]]'s definition, "I've never been in a [[synagogue]]. I don't believe in a higher power. But that doesn't make me any less Jewish, I don't think". His family was not religious either.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1309/22/abpu.02.html|title=Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown|publisher=CNN|access-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref><ref name="timesofisrael">{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/anthony-bourdain-did-not-take-drugs-before-he-died-coroner/ |title=Anthony Bourdain did not take drugs before he died – coroner |last=A |first=JT |date=June 26, 2018 |website=timesofisrael |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> At the time of Bourdain's birth, Pierre was a salesman at a New York City camera store, as well as a floor manager at a record store. He later became an executive for [[Columbia Records]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/27/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown-family-values|title=Anthony Bourdain: My family values|last=Collins|first=Brit|date=September 27, 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 14, 2018|quote=My dad worked two jobs as a salesman in Willoughby's camera store in New York and as a floor manager at a record store. Later, he scored a nice gig at Columbia Records.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Demers|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Gerachi|first2=Victor|page=39|title=Icons of American Cooking|year=2011}}</ref> and Gladys was a staff editor at ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=August 28, 1954|title=Gladys Bourdain|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cookings-bad-boy-has-grown-up/|work=CBS News|title=Cooking's Bad Boy Has Grown Up|date=September 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/30/obituaries/pierre-bourdain.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Pierre Bourdain|date=April 30, 1987|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JKV5-7Z7|title=Person Details for P Bourdain, "United States Social Security Death Index"|publisher=Familysearch.org|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/my-oscar-picks-anthony-bourdain|first=Rachel|last=Lee Harris| title=My Oscar Picks: Anthony Bourdain|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 3, 2012}}</ref>

Bourdain's paternal grandparents were French (his great-grandfather Aurélien Bourdain was born in Brazil to French parents); his paternal grandfather Pierre Michel Bourdain (1905–1932) emigrated from [[Arcachon]] to New York following [[World War I]].<ref>''[[A Cook's Tour (TV series)|A Cook's Tour]]'', episode 1.9: "Childhood Flavors"; 2000</ref><ref>''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'', episode 5.4: "Uruguay"; July 28, 2008</ref> Bourdain's father spent summers in France as a boy and grew up speaking French.<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=Bourdain|url=http://www.bonappetit.com/people/chefs/article/ever-wonder-how-anthony-bourdain-came-to-be-anthony-bourdain-and-what-he-looked-like-in-1972|title=Ever Wonder How Anthony Bourdain Came to Be ANTHONY BOURDAIN? (and What He Looked Like in 1972?)|website=[[Bon Appétit]]|date=May 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218025219/http://www.bonappetit.com/people/chefs/article/ever-wonder-how-anthony-bourdain-came-to-be-anthony-bourdain-and-what-he-looked-like-in-1972|archive-date=February 18, 2015|access-date=March 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Bourdain spent most of his childhood in [[Leonia, New Jersey]].<ref name="Current Biography" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/meet-7-people-anthony-bourdain-has-traveled-most|title=Meet the 7 People Anthony Bourdain has Traveled with Most Often|last=Bonem|first=Max|date=May 15, 2017|website=[[Food & Wine]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> He felt jealous of the lack of parental supervision of his classmates and the freedom they had in their homes. In his youth, Bourdain was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref>{{cite episode|title=Libya|series=Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown|series-link=Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown|network=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnW9ATfARpE|date=May 19, 2013|access-date=June 8, 2018|season=1|number=6}}</ref>

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His articles and essays appeared in many publications, including in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''[[The Times]]'' of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[The Observer]]'', ''[[Gourmet (magazine)|Gourmet]]'', ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', and ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''. ''[[Scotland on Sunday]]'', ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'', ''Food Arts'', ''Limb by Limb'', ''[[BlackBook]]'', ''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[Best Life (magazine)|Best Life]]'', the ''[[Financial Times]]'', and ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]''. His blog for the third season of ''[[Top Chef]]''<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/blog/anthonybourdain|title=Anthony's Blog: Read Anthony Bourdain's Online Blog – Top Chef TV Show – Official Bravo TV Site|access-date=January 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513202919/http://www.bravotv.com/blog/anthonybourdain|archive-date=May 13, 2008}}</ref> was nominated for a [[Webby Award]] for Best Blog (in the Cultural/Personal category) in 2008.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=12#webby_entry_blog_culture|title=Webby Nominees|publisher=Webbyawards.com|access-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429074337/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=12|archive-date=April 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, Bourdain co-wrote the [[graphic novel]] ''Get Jiro!'' with [[Joel Rose]], with art by Langdon Foss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/get-jiro|title=GET JIRO!| publisher=Vertigocomics.com| date=June 27, 2012|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anthony Bourdain's fave Tijuana restaurants and bars|first=Keli |last=Dailey|url=http://www.bajainvestment.com/blogs/bajainvestment/archive/2012/07/25/anthony-bourdain-s-fave-tijuana-restaurants-and-bars.aspx|newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune|date=July 12, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2013|archive-date=October 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019142750/https://www.bajainvestment.com/blogs/bajainvestment/archive/2012/07/25/anthony-bourdain-s-fave-tijuana-restaurants-and-bars.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> It will receive an adult animated series adaptation produced by [[Warner Bros. Animation]] for [[Adult Swim]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Abbey |date=2023-06-16 |title="Adult Animation Is in a Renaissance": Warner Bros., Adult Swim and Max Execs Tease New Projects, Expanding the Medium to All Audiences |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/warner-bros-animation-adult-swim-max-animation-slate-1235512370/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2015, Bourdain joined the travel, food, and politics publication [[Roads & Kingdoms]], as the site's sole investor and editor-at-large.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anthony Bourdain Invests in Food and Culture Website Roads & Kingdoms|first=Daniel |last=Galarza|url=https://www.eater.com/2015/5/27/8665575/anthony-bourdain-investor-roads-and-kingdoms-food-media|newspaper=Eater|date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> Over the next few years, Bourdain contributed to the site and edited the Dispatched By Bourdain series. Bourdain and Roads & Kingdoms also partnered on the digital series ''Explore Parts Unknown'', which launched in 2017 and won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=CNN Launches New Digital Venture "Explore Parts Unknown"|url=http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2017/04/05/cnn-launches-new-digital-venture-explore-parts-unknown/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405144710/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2017/04/05/cnn-launches-new-digital-venture-explore-parts-unknown/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2017|newspaper=CNN|date=April 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="emmys.com">{{cite news|title= Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/anthony-bourdain-explore-parts-unknown|website=Television Academy}}</ref>

===Television===

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=====''The Layover'' (2011–2013)=====

In July 2011, the Travel Channel announced adding a second one-hour, 10-episode Bourdain show to be titled ''[[The Layover (TV series)|The Layover]]'', which premiered November 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coming Soon: The Layover|url=http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Special_Features/Coming_November_21_The_Layover|website=travelchannel.com|access-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> 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. Bourdain executive produced a similar show hosted by celebrities called ''[[The Getaway (TV series)|The Getaway]]'', which lasted two seasons on [[Esquire Network]].

=====''Parts Unknown'' (2013–2018)=====

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Bourdain was known for consuming exotic local specialty dishes, having eaten black-colored [[blood sausage]]s called {{lang|fi|[[mustamakkara]]}} (lit. "black sausage") in [[Finland]]<ref>[https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/2012011215067944 AL: Julkkiskokki ahmaisi puoli kiloa mustaamakkaraa] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.is.fi/tv-ja-elokuvat/art-2000005713014.html IS: Anthony Bourdain rakastui Suomen vierailullaan mielipiteitä jakavaan perinneruokaan: "Good stuff!"] (in Finnish)</ref> and also "[[Lamb fries|sheep testicles]] in Morocco, [[ant eggs]] in [[Puebla|Puebla, Mexico]], a raw seal eyeball as part of a traditional [[Inuit]] seal hunt, and an entire cobra—beating heart, blood, bile, and meat—in Vietnam".<ref name=DF>{{cite web|website=[[Daily Freeman]]|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20101119/kingston-to-get-a-taste-of-anthony-bourdain-on-sunday|title=Kingston to get a taste of Anthony Bourdain on Sunday|last=Gibbons|first=Ann|date=November 19, 2010}}</ref> Bourdain was quoted as saying that a [[Chicken McNuggets|Chicken McNugget]] was the most disgusting thing he ever ate,<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neal|first=Sean|url=https://www.avclub.com/content/feature/anthony_bourdain|title=Anthony Bourdain|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=January 8, 2008|access-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230052701/http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/anthony_bourdain|archive-date=December 30, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> but he was fond of [[Popeyes]] chicken.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/food/a20728757/anthony-bourdain-popeyes-chicken/ | title=Anthony Bourdain Wears Hoodies to Sneak into Popeyes for Fried Chicken and Mac and Cheese | date=May 17, 2018 }}</ref> He also declared that the unwashed [[Phacochoerus|warthog]] rectum he ate in Namibia<ref>''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'', episode 3.4: "Namibia"; January 22, 2007</ref> was "the worst meal of [his] life",<ref>{{cite web |date=May 30, 2007 |title=Anthony Bourdain Eats Warthog Anus and Other Delights |url=http://www.papermag.com/anthony-bourdain-eats-warthog-anus-and-other-delights-1425291698.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301230814/https://www.papermag.com/anthony-bourdain-eats-warthog-anus-and-other-delights-1425291698.html |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=June 8, 2018 |website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]}}</ref> along with the [[fermented shark]] he ate in Iceland.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1680149,00.html|title=10 Questions for Anthony Bourdain|date=October 31, 2007|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2020-01-09 |title=What a museum of disgusting food reveals about human nature |url=https://www.economist.com/international/2020/01/09/what-a-museum-of-disgusting-food-reveals-about-human-nature |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |quote=Icelanders eat small cubes of ''hakarl'', as they call it, from toothpicks. The late Anthony Bourdain, a globetrotting chef, called it "the single worst, most disgusting and terrible-tasting thing" he had ever eaten.}}</ref>

Bourdain was noted for his put-downs of [[celebrity chef]]s, such as [[Paula Deen]], [[Bobby Flay]],{{citation needed |date=July 2024}} [[Guy Fieri]], [[Sandra Lee (chef)|Sandra Lee]],{{citation needed |date=July 2024}} and [[Rachael Ray]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jenny| last= Miller| url=http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2011/08/bourdain_disses_paula_deen_rac.html|title=Bourdain Disses Paula Deen, Rachael Ray| date= August 18, 2011|publisher=Newyork.grubstreet.com|access-date=~~March~~July 324, ~~2015~~2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Abbey |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Anthony Bourdain Also Slams Guy Fieri's Restaurant | Celebrity News |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Anthony_Bourdain_Slams_Guy_Fieri_Flavor_Town/44320544 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504180808/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/anthony-bourdain-also-slams-guy-fieri-s-restaurant-60230107/ |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |access-date=~~March~~July 324, ~~2015~~2024 |work=Hollywood.com}}</ref> and appeared irritated by both the overt commercialism of the celebrity cooking industry and its lack of culinary authenticity. He voiced a "serious disdain for food demigods like [[Alan Richman]], [[Alice Waters]], and [[Alain Ducasse]]."<ref name="MotherJones" /> Bourdain recognized the irony of his transformation into a celebrity chef and began to qualify his insults; in the 2007 New Orleans episode of ''No Reservations'', he reconciled with [[Emeril Lagasse]], whom he had previously disparaged in ''Kitchen Confidential''. He later wrote more favourably of Lagasse in the preface of the 2013 edition.<ref>''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'', episode 4.5: "New Orleans"; February 4, 2008</ref> He was outspoken in his praise for chefs he admired, particularly [[Ferran Adrià]], [[Juan Mari Arzak]], [[Fergus Henderson]], [[José Andrés]], [[Thomas Keller]], [[Martin Picard]], [[Éric Ripert]], and [[Marco Pierre White]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/03/qa-anthony-bourdain.html|title=Meet & Eat: Anthony Bourdain|publisher=Serious Eats|author=The Serious Eats Team|date=March 2, 2007|access-date=June 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625221644/http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/03/qa-anthony-bourdain.html|archive-date=June 25, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as his former protégé and colleagues at Brasserie Les Halles.<ref>''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'', episode 4.10: "Into the Fire"; March 10, 2008</ref> He spoke very highly of [[Julia Child]]'s influence on him.<ref>{{cite web|last=Squires| first= Kathleen | title=Dish from the Julie & Julia Premiere|url=http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SNP=NC&SCID=35&BLGID=22666|website=Zagat.com|date=August 3, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002123216/http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SNP=NC&SCID=35&BLGID=22666|archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref>

Bourdain was known for his sarcastic comments about [[vegan]] and [[vegetarian]] activists, considering their lifestyle "rude" to the inhabitants of many countries he visited. He considered vegetarianism, except in the case of religious exemptions, a "First World luxury".<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfyxJifcAX8|title=Authors@Google| date=November 21, 2007 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102214138/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfyxJifcAX8|archive-date=November 2, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2019}} However, he also believed that Americans eat too much meat, and admired vegetarians and vegans who put aside their beliefs when visiting different cultures in order to be respectful of their hosts.<ref name=MotherJones>{{cite magazine|first=Clara| last=Jeffery|url=http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/09/interview-anthony-bourdain|title=The Omnivore's Agenda: An Interview with Anthony Bourdain|magazine=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|access-date=~~March~~July 324, ~~2015~~2024}}</ref>

Bourdain's book ''The Nasty Bits'' is dedicated to "[[Joey Ramone|Joey]], [[Johnny Ramone|Johnny]], and [[Dee Dee Ramone|Dee Dee]]" of the [[Ramones]]. He declared fond appreciation for their music, as well that of other early punk bands such as [[Dead Boys]] and [[The Voidoids]].<ref name=EW /> He said that the playing of music by [[Billy Joel]], [[Elton John]], or [[Grateful Dead]] in his kitchen was grounds for firing.<ref name=EW>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2004/10/15/celebrity-chef-prepares-extravagant-meal-l2t|title=Celebrity chef prepares extravagant meal for L2T|last=Endelman|first=Michael|date=October 15, 2004}}</ref> Joel was a fan of Bourdain's, and visited the restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soundopinions.org/shownotes/2009/062609/shownotes.html|title=Sound Opinions|publisher=American Public Media|date=June 26, 2009|access-date=July 28, 2009|archive-date=July 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727133332/http://soundopinions.org/shownotes/2009/062609/shownotes.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==Death==

[[File:Kaysersberg Altstadt 02.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|right|Hotel Chambard in [[Kaysersberg]], [[Alsace]], France (pictured in 2015), where Bourdain was found dead]]

In early June 2018, Bourdain was working on an episode of ''[[Anthony_Bourdain:_Parts_Unknown|Parts Unknown]]'' in [[Strasbourg]], with his frequent collaborator and friend [[Éric Ripert]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Stelter|first=Brian|author-link=Brian Stelter|date=June 8, 2018|title=CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/us/anthony-bourdain-obit/index.html|access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/business/media/anthony-bourdain-dead.html|title=Anthony Bourdain, Chef, Travel Host and Author, Is Dead at 61|last=Haag|first=Matthew|date=June 8, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On June 8, Ripert became worried when Bourdain had missed dinner and breakfast. He subsequently found Bourdain<ref name="Esquire Miller">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Matt |title=From Gonzo Chef to World-Renowned Traveler: Remembering Anthony Bourdain's Life Behind the Camera |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a24888814/eric-ripert-sandra-zweig-remembering-anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown-interview/ |access-date=January 7, 2020 |work=Esquire |date=November 11, 2018}}</ref> dead ~~of a~~by [[suicide ~~by hanging~~]] in his room at Le Chambard hotel in [[Kaysersberg]] near [[Colmar]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 9, 2018|title=The Latest: Chef recalls serving Bourdain regional fare|url=https://apnews.com/article/suicides-anthony-bourdain-north-america-us-news-eric-ripert-5e356a4035cb41e28d2db8aa4eed272e|url-status=live|access-date=December 17, 2021|website=[[Associated Press]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217120641/https://apnews.com/article/suicides-anthony-bourdain-north-america-us-news-eric-ripert-5e356a4035cb41e28d2db8aa4eed272e |archive-date=December 17, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=June 8, 2018|title=Le chef américain Anthony Bourdain est décédé, selon son employeur CNN|language=fr-FR|trans-title=US chef Anthony Bourdain has died, his employer CNN says|url=https://actu.fr/societe/le-chef-americain-anthony-bourdain-est-decede-selon-employeur-cnn_17201572.html|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lockie|first=Alex|title=Anthony Bourdain has died in an apparent suicide at 61|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-bourdain-has-died-in-an-apparent-suicide-by-sexual-asphyxiation-at-61-2018-6|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Bourdain's body bore no signs of violence<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Adamson|first=Thomas|date=June 10, 2018|title=Prosecutor: No evidence of any foul play in Bourdain death|url=https://apnews.com/745adbe8eed2455db71548c672e2f2f2/|access-date=February 10, 2021|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Corinthios|first=Aurelie|date=June 8, 2018|title=Asia Argento Shared Cryptic Message Hours Before Anthony Bourdain's Apparent Suicide|url=https://people.com/food/asia-argento-cryptic-message-before-anthony-bourdain-suicide/|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> and the suicide appeared to be an impulsive act.<ref name=":0" /> Rocquigny du Fayel disclosed that Bourdain's toxicology results were negative for narcotics, showing only a trace of a therapeutic non-narcotic medication.<ref name="toxicologydisclosure">{{cite news |last1=Severson |first1=Kim |title=Anthony Bourdain Toxicology Report: No Narcotics in His System |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/dining/anthony-bourdain-toxicology-report-death.html |access-date=June 23, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 22, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Bourdain's body was [[cremation|cremated]] in France on June 13, 2018, and his ashes were returned to the United States two days later and given to his only brother, Christopher.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://people.com/food/anthony-bourdain-death-cremated-france/|title=Anthony Bourdain Cremated in France: Source|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Peter|last=Mikelbank|date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Severson |first=Kim |date=2018-06-22 |title=Anthony Bourdain Toxicology Report: No Narcotics in His System |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/dining/anthony-bourdain-toxicology-report-death.html |access-date=2023-12-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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[[File:Anthony Bourdain Tribute.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|right|Memorial at [[Brasserie Les Halles]]]]

Bourdain's mother, Gladys Bourdain, told ''The New York Times'':, "He is absolutely the last person in the world I would have ever dreamed would do something like this."<ref>{{cite magazine |title='He Had Everything.' Anthony Bourdain's Mother Says She Never Thought He Would Die by Suicide|first=Jennifer|last=Calfas |url=http://time.com/5307244/anthony-bourdain-mother-gladys-bourdain/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 9, 2018}}</ref>

Following the news of Bourdain's death, various celebrity chefs and other public figures expressed sentiments of condolence. Among them were fellow chefs [[Andrew Zimmern]] and [[Gordon Ramsay]], former astronaut [[Scott Kelly (astronaut)|Scott Kelly]],<ref name="CNNReact" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kelly|first=Scott|date=June 8, 2018|title=Watching Anthony Bourdain Made Me Feel More Connected to Earth During My Year in Space|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]|location=New York City|url=http://time.com/5306697/scott-kelly-anthony-bourdain-made-me-feel-closer-to-earth/|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> and then-U.S. president [[Donald Trump]].<ref name = "CNNReact" /> CNN issued a statement, saying that Bourdain's "talents never ceased to amaze us and we will miss him very much."<ref>{{cite news|first=Mahera|last=Bonner |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a21227640/anthony-bourdain-tv-host-dead-suicide/|title=Chef and TV Host Anthony Bourdain Dies at Age 61|work=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines]]|location=New York City|date=June 8, 2018|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> Former U.S. president [[Barack Obama]], who dined with Bourdain in Vietnam on an episode of ''Parts Unknown'', wrote on Twitter: "He taught us about food—but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown."<ref name = "CNNReact" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Obama|first1=Barack|author-link=Barack Obama|date=June 8, 2018|title="Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer." This is how I'll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We'll miss him.|url=https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1005117568913412098|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> On the day of Bourdain's death, CNN aired ''Remembering Anthony Bourdain'', a tribute program.<ref name="cnn remembering bourdain">{{cite web|last=Staff|date=June 8, 2018|title=CNN Sets Tribute to Anthony Bourdain|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/anthony-bourdain-cnn-tribute-1202837579/|access-date=June 10, 2018|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

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In June 2021, a [[documentary film]] directed by [[Morgan Neville]] and produced by [[CNN Films]] and [[HBO Max]] titled ''[[Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain]]'', had its world premiere at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 20, 2021|title=Announcing The Feature Film Lineup For Tribeca 2021|url=https://tribecafilm.com/news/announcing-the-feature-film-lineup-for-tribeca-2021|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=[[Tribeca Film Festival]]}}</ref> It was released by [[Focus Features]] on July 16, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=April 23, 2021|title=Anthony Bourdain Documentary 'Roadrunner' Hitting Theaters This Summer|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/anthony-bourdain-documentary-roadrunner-release-date-1234958823/|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

In October 2022, ''[[Down and Out in Paradise|Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain]]'', an unauthorized biography of Bourdain, was published.<ref~~>{{cite~~ ~~web|work~~name=~~[[The~~"nyt_biography_sep2022" New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/dining/anthony-bourdain-biography.html|author=Severson, Kim|authorlink=Kim Severson|date=September 27, 2022|title=The Last, Painful Days of Anthony Bourdain}}</~~ref~~>

In August 2024, a [[biopic]] of Bourdain titled ''Tony'' was announced, with [[A24]] in negotiations to acquire the film. [[Dominic Sessa]] is attached to star as Bourdain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2024-08-12 |title=A24 Circling Anthony Bourdain Biopic 'Tony' From Star Thrower Entertainment With 'The Holdovers' Breakout Dominic Sessa In Talks To Star: The Dish |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/a24-anthony-bourdain-biopic-dominic-sessa-1236038429/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-13 |title=Anthony Bourdain biopic titled 'Tony' in the works, with 'The Holdovers' actor Dominic Sessa to star |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/anthony-bourdain-biopic-titled-tony-in-the-works-with-the-holdovers-actor-dominic-sessa-to-star/article68519700.ece |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In July 2024, the Malaysian comedian and food critic [[Nigel Ng]], as his comedic alter ego Uncle Roger, published a tribute video on YouTube about Bourdain featuring the chef's trip to Malaysia, showcasing the local street food scene.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Ng, Nigel |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Uncle Roger Miss Anthony Bourdain |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrXW0B5qgHc |publisher=''[[YouTube]]''}}</ref>

== Interests and advocacy ==

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He championed industrious Spanish-speaking immigrants—from Mexico, Ecuador, and other Central and South American countries—who are cooks and chefs in many United States restaurants, including upscale establishments, regardless of cuisine.{{sfn|Bourdain|2000}}<ref>Master chef Douglas Rodriguez, on the July 8, 2009 episode of ''[[Top Chef Masters]]'', stated that 60% of restaurant kitchen workers in the U.S. are Latinos.</ref> He considered them talented chefs and invaluable cooks, underpaid and unrecognized even though they have become the backbone of the U.S. restaurant industry.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bourdain|first=Anthony|year=2001|title=[[A Cook's Tour (book)|A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal]]|location=New York|publisher=Bloomsbury|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cookstourglobala00bour/page/200 200–17]|isbn=978-0060012786}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bourdain|first=Anthony|year=2006|title=The Nasty Bits|url=https://archive.org/details/nastybits00anth|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Bloomsbury|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nastybits00anth/page/42 42–46]|isbn=978-1596913608}}</ref>

In 2017, Bourdain became a vocal advocate against sexual harassment in the restaurant industry, speaking out about celebrity chefs [[Mario Batali]] and [[John Besh]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2017/10/anthony_bourdain_on_weinstein_john_besh_and_meathead_restaurant_culture.html|title=Anthony Bourdain Wonders What He Could Have Done|last=Chotiner|first=Isaac|date=October 24, 2017|work=Slate|access-date=October 28, 2017|language=en-US|issn=1091-2339}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/news/a47302/anthony-bourdain-mario-batali-essay/|title=Anthony Bourdain Writes Essay About Allegations Against Mario Batali and Ken Friedman|last=Friedman|first=Megan|date=December 13, 2017|website=[[Good Housekeeping]]|access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref> and in Hollywood,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/anthony-bourdain-takes-aim-harvey-weinstein-article-1.3555154|title=Anthony Bourdain takes aim at Harvey Weinstein | work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] | access-date=October 28, 2017|language=en}}</ref> particularly following his then -girlfriend [[Asia Argento]]'s sexual abuse allegations against [[Harvey Weinstein]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/10/17/anthony-bourdain-blasts-james-corden-over-late-night-hosts-controversial-weinstein-jokes.html|title=Anthony Bourdain blasts James Corden over late night host's controversial Weinstein jokes|date=October 17, 2017|work=Fox News|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> Bourdain accused Hollywood director [[Quentin Tarantino]] of "complicity" in the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations|Weinstein sex scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/harvey-weinstein-scandal-rape-sexual-assault-anthony-bourdain-quentin-tarantino-complicit-shame-a8026741.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/harvey-weinstein-scandal-rape-sexual-assault-anthony-bourdain-quentin-tarantino-complicit-shame-a8026741.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |url-status=live |title=Harvey Weinstein: Anthony Bourdain accuses Quentin Tarantino of 'complicity' in Hollywood scandal|first=Roisin|last=O'Connor| newspaper= The Independent|date=October 30, 2017|accessdate=June 10, 2024}}</ref>

Following the death of [[Elizabeth II]], a 2018 video resurfaced on Twitter showing Bourdain refusing to complete a toast to the Queen, saying "I hate the aristocracy."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Jack |date=October 9, 2022|title=Video of Anthony Bourdain refusing to toast the Queen resurfaces |url=https://www.newsweek.com/anthony-bourdain-refusing-toast-queen-video-1741365 |access-date=June 10, 2024 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

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* In 2012, ''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'' won the Critics' Choice Best Reality Series award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-choice-awards-homeland-community-338834?page=2|title=Critics' Choice TV Awards 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 18, 2012|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref>

* In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Bourdain was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program]] for ''[[The Taste]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/taste|title=The Taste – Awards and nominations|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>

* Each year from 2013 to 2016 & 2018, Bourdain won the [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special|Outstanding Informational Series or Special]] for ''[[Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/09/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown-emmy-winner.html|title=Bourdain's Parts Unknown Wins Two Emmys|date=September 16, 2013 |publisher=Grub Street|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/08/16/34249|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084211/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/08/16/34249/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2014|title=Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Wins Outstanding Info Series in Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|publisher=Cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com|date=August 16, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref>

* In 2014, the 2013 season of ''[[Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown]]'' won a [[Peabody Award]], which was accepted by Bourdain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/press-release-73rd-annual-award-winners|title=Press Release: 73rd Annual Award Winners|publisher=Peabody Awards|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141656/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/press-release-73rd-annual-award-winners|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown-cnn|title=Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown|publisher=Peabody Awards|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref>

* In December 2017, [[the Culinary Institute of America]] (CIA) conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in Culinary Arts honoris causa to Bourdain, who graduated from the CIA with an associate degree in 1978.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anthony Bourdain Receives Honorary Doctorate from the CIA|url=https://www.ciachef.edu/anthony-bourdain-cia-bachelors-grad-speaker-release|access-date=December 21, 2017|publisher=The Culinary Institute of America}}

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