History Creator / AnthonyBourdain

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Eric Ripert.

* CreatorBacklash: In his later years, Bourdain came to regret parts of his earlier portrayals of kitchen and restaurant culture in his books, especially the idea of the kitchen workplace as an overall pretty meritocratic environment. Deeply troubled by events such as the [=#MeToo=] movement also unearthing plenty of evidence of a generally toxic culture of sexism amongst chefs, it became an increasing concern for Bourdain to also include and emphasize the viewpoints of female chefs and other kitchen workers in his writings, and acknowledge that kitchen culture could be extremely oppressive and even hostile towards women, and up until his death he would openly declare that he considered himself a convinced feminist.

!! Tropes associated with the man and his work:

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Expresses this view in the first few pages of Kitchen Confidential, making it a [[HilariousinHindsight very different]] [[HeartwarmingInHindsight read today]].

Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 - June 8, 2018) was a UsefulNotes/NewJersey-born American writer, chef, and television personality. He cheerily promoted the image of a proud, [[SnarkKnight sarcastic]] {{Jerkass}} on all his appearances. Beyond his surface, though, he could be very deep and profound, almost philosophical in his writings and monologues.

If there was a real-life MrViceGuy, he'd be the poster boy, being a former drug and cigarette addict and to his death a huge drinker as well as a PunkRock fan. A famous chef within cooking circles for years, he grew celebrity level of fame with his 2000 book ''Kitchen Confidential'', which is a dark, autobiographical look at the cooking industry from the inside. Ironically, the book was filled with hatred and {{Take That}}s at other celebrity chefs. His works and appearances were also very trope- and clique-savvy and often hung lampshades on the tropes that happen in real life within the shows he was on.

On June 8, 2018, Bourdain was found dead in a hotel room of an apparent suicide by hanging while filming an episode in Strasbourg, France for ''Series/AnthonyBourdainPartsUnknown''. In 2021, the documentary ''Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain'' chronicling Bourdain's life and career were released. While praised for its portrayal of Bourdain, it also caused some controversy over its use of artificial intelligence technology to reproduce his voice for some audio clips.

On June 8, 2018, Bourdain was found dead in a hotel room of an apparent suicide by hanging while filming an episode in Strasbourg, France for ''Series/AnthonyBourdainPartsUnknown''. In 2021, the documentary, ''Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain'', chronicling Bourdain's life and career were released. While praised for its portrayal of Bourdain, it also caused some controversy over its use of artificial intelligence technology to reproduce his voice for some audio clips.

Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 - June 8, 2018) was a UsefulNotes/NewJersey-born American writer, chef, and television personality. He cheerily promoted the image of a proud, [[SnarkKnight sarcastic]] {{Jerkass}} on all his appearances. Beyond his surface, though, he could be very deep and profound, almost philosophical in his writings and monologues. If there was a real-life MrViceGuy he'd be the poster boy, being a former drug and cigarette addict and to his death a huge drinker as well as a PunkRock fan. A famous chef within cooking circles for years, he grew celebrity level of fame with his 2000 book ''Kitchen Confidential'', which is a dark, autobiographical look at the cooking industry from the inside. Ironically, the book was filled with hatred and {{Take That}}s at other celebrity chefs. His works and appearances were also very trope- and clique-savvy and often hung lampshades on the tropes that happen in real life within the shows he was on.

* TheGadfly: Seemingly took it as a sacred obligation to push Creator/AndersonCooper's [[IAteWhat culinary boundaries]] [[OddFriendship any time they met up.]]

* ''Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi'' (2015)

On June 8, 2018, Bourdain was found dead in a hotel room of an apparent suicide by hanging while filming an episode in Strasbourg, France for ''Series/AnthonyBourdainPartsUnknown''.

* ''Get Jiro!'' (2012)

* CreatorBacklash: In his later years, Bourdain came to regret parts of his earlier portrayals of kitchen and restaurant culture in his books, especially the idea of the kitchen workplace as an overall pretty meritocratic environment. Deeply troubled by events such as the [=#MeToo=] movement also unearthing plenty of evidence of a generally toxic culture of sexism amongst cooks, it became an increasing concern for Bourdain to also include and emphasize the viewpoints of female cooks and other kitchen workers in his writings, and acknowledge that kitchen culture could be extremely oppressive and even hostile towards women, and up until his death he would openly declare that he considered himself a convinced feminist.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'': As Lance Costeau, a [[ActorAllusion rude celebrity chef]] hosting a reality show in one episode.

--> My naked contempt for vegetarians, sauce-on-siders, the lactose intolerant, and the cooking of the Ewok-like [[NotSoDifferent Emeril Lagasse]] is not going to get me [[Series/NoReservations my own show on the Food Network]]. I don't think I'll be going on ski weekends with André Soltner any time soon, or getting a backrub from that hunky Bobby Flay. [[HeterosexualLifePartners Eric Ripert]] won't be calling me for ideas on tomorrow's fish special.
* NotSoDifferent: Eventually came to view Emeril this way, as he notes in a later edition of Kitchen Confidential.

* CreatorBacklash: In his later years, Bourdain came to regret parts of his earlier portrayals of kitchen and restaurant culture in his books, especially the idea of the kitchen workplace as an overall pretty meritocratic environment. Deeply troubled by events such as the #MeToo movement also unearthing plenty of evidence of a generally toxic culture of sexism amongst cooks, it became an increasing concern for Bourdain to also include and emphasize the viewpoints of female cooks and other kitchen workers in his writings, and acknowledge that kitchen culture could be extremely oppressive and even hostile towards women, and up until his death he would openly declare that he considered himself a convinced feminist.

Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 - June 8, 2018) was a UsefulNotes/NewJersey-born American writer, chef, and television personality. He cheerily promoted the image of a proud, [[SnarkKnight sarcastic]] {{Jerkass}} on all his appearances. Beyond his surface, though, he could be very deep and profound, almost philosophical in his writings and monologues. If there was a real-life MrViceGuy he'd be the poster boy, being a former drug and cigarette addict and to his death a huge drinker as well as a PunkRock fan. A famous chef within cooking circles for years, he grew celebrity level of fame with his 2000 book ''Literature/KitchenConfidential'', which is a dark, autobiographical look at the cooking industry from the inside. Ironically, the book was filled with hatred and {{Take That}}s at other celebrity chefs. His works and appearances were also very trope- and clique-savvy and often hung lampshades on the tropes that happen in real life within the shows he was on.

* ''Anthony Bourdain: Series/NoReservations'' (2005-2012)