Timeline of Bourdain Day 2022

Bourdain Day timeline

2019

Anthony Bourdain Legacy Scholarship created

This will provide grant money to one or more Culinary Institute of America students per year to study abroad. Bourdain attended the school’s Hyde Park, New York, campus in the late '70s.

2013

"Parts Unknown"

His CNN show focused on food as well as culture and politics. President Obama made an appearance during an episode shot in Vietnam. Bourdain had left his Travel Channel show "No Reservations" in 2012 after a fight with the network.

2006

A narrow escape

War between Israel and Lebanon broke out while Bourdain was shooting "No Reservations" in Beirut. He and his crew managed to escape the country with help from the U.S. Marine Corps.

2000

Bestselling book

Bourdain published his most famous book — "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly." The book wound up a New York Times bestseller and would change Bourdain's career forever. This followed a series of both fiction and nonfiction works.

1998

Executive chef

Bourdain became executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles. He stayed there for many years — eventually becoming what the restaurant called its "chef at large."

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“If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. It’s a plus for everybody.”
— Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain backed up his words with action — all the while urging us to do a lot more than simply try new foods in exotic places filled with fascinating strangers. He desperately wanted us to break out of our comfort zones and see the world (in person) through the eyes of people we would never otherwise meet. Watching his TV shows — first “No Reservations,” and then “Parts Unknown” — enabled us to spend time with a real-life explorer who trotted around the world in search of, well, the things that make us all human. Food, yes. But also love, spirit, and passion.

Bourdain, who suffered from depression, took his own life in 2018 at the age of 61. “Anthony was my best friend,” tweeted French chef and close friend Eric Ripert at the time. “An exceptional human being, so inspiring & generous.” Ripert, along with another longtime friend, José Andrés, declared June 25 (Bourdain’s birthday) Bourdain Day in 2019.

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