Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael Bourdainis an American chef, author, and television personality. He is a 1978 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens, including many years as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles. Although Bourdain is no longer employed as a chef, he maintains a relationship with Les Halles in New York. He became widely known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. His first food and world-travel television show was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth25 June 1956
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of foods I crave. A lot of the dishes I used to love became boring to me.
Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.
As incisively pointed out in the documentary Food Inc.," an overwhelmingly large percentage of "new," healthy," and "organic" alternative food products are actually owned by the same parent companies that scared us into the organic aisle in the first place. "They got you comin' and goin'" has never been truer.
I think (Travel Channel) knows it's not getting Jamie Oliver or Rachel Ray when they throw their lot in with me.
that diplomacy is served, and order is restored to the universe.
Just because you like Jimi Hendrix doesn't mean you can play like Jimi Hendrix.
I'm very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.
The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life.
I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.
I could do one show after another in China for the rest of my life and still die ignorant. There's a lot of places left to go.
The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen.
In too much of the West, everyone wants the guarantee of safety, and never having to make any decisions.
I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.
My brain and body and nervous system, they see a plane ride, a long plane trip, as an opportunity to sleep with nothing coming in, nothing to do. I just go offline the minute I'm on the plane.