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Anthony Bourdain

アンソニー・ボーディーン

Ansonī Bōdīn

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1956-06-25 (New York City)
Died
2018-06-08 (Kaysersberg Vignoble) age 61
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
None
Residence History
Manhattan → Leonia, New Jersey

Career

Occupations
Chef, author, journalist, travel writer, TV host
Active Years
1978-2018
Affiliations
Brasserie Les Halles
Memberships
James Beard Foundation
Influenced By
Julia Child
Influenced
Éric Ripert

Education

Dwight-Englewood School
High school
Period: 1970s
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: United States
Graduated high school
Vassar College
Liberal Arts
Period: 1973-1975
Country: United States
Dropped out
The Culinary Institute of America
Culinary Arts
Degree: Associate degree
Period: 1975-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: United States
Graduated

Awards

Peabody Award
2014
Work: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Organization: Peabody Awards
Result: 受賞
Primetime Emmy Award
2013
Work: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Category: Outstanding Informational Series or Special
Organization: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

2000 Nonfiction 307 pages

Memoir exposing the underbelly of restaurant kitchens.

Kitchen cultureCulinary underbelly

Bibliography

  • Bone in the Throat
  • Gone Bamboo
  • Kitchen Confidential

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Blunt and profaneAdventurous
Recurring Motifs
Food cultureTravelHuman condition

Health

  • Drug addiction
    1980s-1990s
    Past drug use disclosed, recovered
  • Depression
    晩年
    Contributed to suicide

Legacy

Left a legacy as explorer of cultures through food and travel.

In Popular Culture

  • Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Quotes

  • What's the most disgusting thing you've ever eaten?
    Source: Interview (2008)

Trivia

  • Blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
  • History of heroin use