Anthony Bourdain - Travel Channel

[Barefootsies]

Is one funny mofo.

[Dirty F]

Yup, i always watch that shit.

[eprater78]

I've seen the show a few times. It's pretty good.

[kowalsky]

I love this guy! He is really funny and that show is very special in the traveling niche shows..

[Kudles]

I love that show I was just watching it last night about the mustard BBQ

[ztik]

I want his life

[jay23]

I love this show , my goal is to go to every city where he went to. So far i have done 50%

Jay

[Antonio]

I carry this picture in my wallet

[Paco, of Large Cash.]

The guy is a freaking hilarious genius! I appreciate more those whom are not a chicken shit when it comes to food!

One of my favourite ex-heroine-addicts-who-is-now-an-alcoholic!

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by ztik

I want his life

Amen on dat shit.

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by Paco, of Large Cash.

The guy is a freaking hilarious genius! I appreciate more those whom are not a chicken shit when it comes to food!

One of my favourite ex-heroine-addicts-who-is-now-an-alcoholic!

Public persona

Known for consuming exotic and daring ethnic dishes, Bourdain is famous for eating sheep testicles in Morocco, ant eggs in Puebla, Mexico, a raw seal eyeball as part of a traditional Inuit seal hunt, and a whole cobra ? beating heart, blood, bile, and meat ? in Vietnam. According to Bourdain, the most disgusting thing he has ever eaten is a Chicken McNugget, though he did declare the warthog rectum he ate in Namibia and the fermented shark he ate in Iceland as among 'the worst meals of his life.'

Bourdain has been known for being an unrepentant drinker and smoker. In a nod to Bourdain's (at the time) two-pack-a-day cigarette habit, renowned chef Thomas Keller once served him a 20-course tasting menu including a mid-meal "coffee and cigarettes" dish of foie gras with tobacco-infused custard.[11] However, Bourdain has stopped smoking as of the summer of 2007 because of the birth of his daughter.[12]

Because of his liberal use of light profanity and sexual references in his television show No Reservations, the network has prepended viewer discretion advisories to each segment of each episode.

Adding to his untamed image, Bourdain is a former user of cocaine, heroin, and LSD. In Kitchen Confidential he writes of his experience in a trendy SoHo restaurant in 1981: "We were high all the time, sneaking off to the walk-in [refrigerator] at every opportunity to 'conceptualize.' Hardly a decision was made without drugs. Pot, quaaludes, cocaine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms soaked in honey and used to sweeten tea, Seconal, Tuinal, speed, codeine and, increasingly, heroin, which we'd send a Spanish-speaking busboy over to Alphabet City to get."[13]

Bourdain is also noted for his not-so-subtle put-downs of celebrity chefs such as Emeril Lagasse (though he has since warmed up a little to Lagasse, who has appeared with Bourdain in an episode of No Reservations) and Bobby Flay, and Food Network personalities such as Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray (who is the butt of many jokes on No Reservations). Bourdain fully expressed his feelings about certain Food Network personalities in a popular blog entry from February 2007,[1] and appears to be irritated by both the overt commercialism of the celebrity cooking industry and its lack of culinary authenticity. Bourdain has recognized the irony of his transformation into a celebrity chef and has, to some extent, begun to qualify his insults. He has been consistently outspoken in his praise for chefs he admires, particularly Thomas Keller, Masa Takayama, Gordon Ramsay, Eric Ripert, Ferran Adrià, Fergus Henderson, Marco Pierre White, and Mario Batali.[14]

Bourdain's taste in music is also a matter of public record. His book, The Nasty Bits, is dedicated to "Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee" of the Ramones. Bourdain has declared fond appreciation for their music, as well as other early punk bands such as Dead Boys, Television, and The Voidoids. Additionally, Bourdain writes in Kitchen Confidential that the playing of music by Billy Joel in his kitchen was grounds for immediate firing (ironically, Joel is a fan of his). In a Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations episode in Sweden, Bourdain proclaimed that his all time favorite album (his "desert island disc") is the groundbreaking punk record Fun House by The Stooges; he also revealed that he despises Swedish pop supergroup ABBA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain

[Zebra]

Love his show. He has a pretty funny perspective on things. Makes for good television.

[payd2purv]

Anthony Bourdain is definitely one of my favorite chef personalities.

[MandyBlake]

Originally Posted by Antonio

I carry this picture in my wallet

oh that is awesome!
also if you guys haven't already, read his book "kitchen confidential." it is great!

[tony286]

read Kitchen Confidential great book and parts of it are laugh outloud funny.

[Deej]

I only watch cooking and travel shows...

he of course is the cream of the crop for both in one ;)

still beating snake heart, that was a good episode ;)

[Monique Niccole]

I love, love, LOVE Bourdain! I even watch the re-runs of his shows on the Travel Channel when new shows aren't running.

[madfuck]

never seen tht.... bump dis shit!!!

[Mike Semen]

top show!

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by Antonio

I carry this picture in my wallet

I watch his show all the time around 1:00am. I am usually drunk at the time and get the munchies.

[Calico Jack]

Originally Posted by tony404

read Kitchen Confidential great book and parts of it are laugh outloud funny.

Hahaha I know what you mean, bought it to read last year and almost pissed myself laughing a few time though it. Great stuff and hard to put down...even better if you're into food.

[V_RocKs]

Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Bourdain is also noted for his not-so-subtle put-downs of celebrity chefs such as Emeril Lagasse (though he has since warmed up a little to Lagasse, who has appeared with Bourdain in an episode of No Reservations) and Bobby Flay, and Food Network personalities such as Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray (who is the butt of many jokes on No Reservations). Bourdain fully expressed his feelings about certain Food Network personalities in a popular blog entry from February 2007,[1] and appears to be irritated by both the overt commercialism of the celebrity cooking industry and its lack of culinary authenticity. Bourdain has recognized the irony of his transformation into a celebrity chef and has, to some extent, begun to qualify his insults. He has been consistently outspoken in his praise for chefs he admires, particularly Thomas Keller, Masa Takayama, Gordon Ramsay, Eric Ripert, Ferran Adrià, Fergus Henderson, Marco Pierre White, and Mario Batali.[14]

How does he feel about this guy:

[NinjaSteve]

I think he's an ass and not very funny.

[Just Mike]

that dude is great! love how he is still a purist about food

[jscott]

hahhaa

yea that dude is cool, i like that show

[warlock5]

one of the best shows on tv.

[V_RocKs]

I get a kick out of what he says every time one of my friends puts wasabi into their soy sauce...

[DWB]

Originally Posted by Barefootsies

and a whole cobra ? beating heart, blood, bile, and meat ? in Vietnam.

I've done that. Pretty nasty.

[HAPPYPEEKERS]

I like him alot.. he is a stoner for sure

[MistressNirvana]

Originally Posted by Antonio

I carry this picture in my wallet

Prolly i saw most of his shows , and he is looking hot too ;)