About
Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, Anthony Bourdain graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978. He worked for over two decades in New York City restaurant kitchens, including as chef at Les Halles brasserie. His essay 'Don't Eat Before Reading This' (1999) in The New Yorker launched his writing career, followed by the bestseller Kitchen Confidential (2000). He later hosted acclaimed television series such as No Reservations and Parts Unknown, which earned multiple Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He died in 2018.
* 1956-06-25 — † 2018-06-08
Major works
- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (2000)memoir
- A Cook's Tour (2001)travel narrative
- Medium Raw (2010)memoir
- Appetites (2016)cookbook
- Bone in the Throat (1995)novel
Key milestones
- 2008Inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America.
- 2017Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the Culinary Institute of America.
- 2023Posthumously awarded the National Humanities Medal.
Themes
CuisineTravelCultureAuthenticityPersonal narrative
Sources: britannica.com · neh.gov · ciachef.edu
