THE ANTHONY BOURDAIN
HOMAGE SERIES

BOURDAIN WAS A MASTER OF HIS CRAFTS — FIRST IN THE KITCHEN AND THEN IN THE MEDIA. THROUGH HIS TV SHOWS AND BOOKS, HE HELPED AUDIENCES THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT FOOD, TRAVEL AND THEMSELVES. HE ADVOCATED FOR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS AND CAMPAIGNED FOR SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR RESTAURANT STAFFS.

ALONG THE WAY, HE RECEIVED PRACTICALLY EVERY AWARD THE INDUSTRY HAS TO OFFER.

IN 2013, PEABODY AWARD JUDGES HONORED BOURDAIN AND “PARTS UNKNOWN” FOR “EXPANDING OUR PALATES AND HORIZONS IN EQUAL MEASURE.”

“HE’S IRREVERENT, HONEST, CURIOUS, NEVER CONDESCENDING, NEVER OBSEQUIOUS,” THE JUDGES SAID. “PEOPLE OPEN UP TO HIM AND, IN DOING SO, OFTEN REVEAL MORE ABOUT THEIR HOMETOWNS OR HOMELANDS THAN A TRADITIONAL REPORTER COULD HOPE TO DOCUMENT.”

THE SMITHSONIAN ONCE CALLED HIM “THE ORIGINAL ROCK STAR” OF THE CULINARY WORLD, “THE ELVIS OF BAD BOY CHEFS.”