Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and the "Chef-at-Large" of Brasserie Les Halles, based in New York City with locations in Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Bourdain is also host of the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
thony: Pretty much all I know about Sweden comes from travel books and subtitled foreign films. ut to a "Swedish film"; a barren winter landscape narrated by a man and woman speaking in Swedish, with English subtitles] n: When does the bus come? man: The bus never comes. n: Then I want to die. man: We all want to die. eat] man: I hear ABBA is considering a reunion tour. eat] n: Really? thony: [voiceover] Ahh, Sweden...
nthony, in a Swedish design store, has come across a container for bathroom emergencies on long car rides] thony: You know you're in Sweden when you come across something too damn practical for comment.
thony Bourdain: All this talk about punctured skin is making me hungry.
Anthony Bourdain was born in New York City. He attended The Englewood School for Boys in New Jersey, Vassar College (for two years) and is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America. He began his career in the food industry over twenty years ago as a dishwasher, gradually working his way up through preparation, to line cook, to sous chef, and chef. He is currently the executive chef of Manhattan's Brasserie Les Halles, which means, in his words, that he gets to "swan around the kitchen, taking credit for others' work." Bourdain lives in New York with his wife Nancy.
