Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain (born June 25, 1956 in New York City) is an American author and chef. He began his love of food when he was young in France. He was on an oyster fisherman's boat and tried his first oyster; ever since, he has traveled the world in search of food good and bad, and has shared his results with a fascinated public.

 Bourdain gained popularity from his New York Times bestselling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures of the Culinary Underbelly. Anthony Bourdain is somewhat of a legend in the working class of cooks. Kitchen Confidential exposes the darker side of the culinary world. Bourdain has written other books including Gone Bamboo, Bone in the Throat, Typhoid Mary (An Urban Historical), Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, and A Cook's Tour which was made in conjunction with a TV series on the Food Network. In July of 2005, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations premiered on the Travel Channel. He is executive chef at Les Halles, a French brassiere in New York City.

 Among his many epicurean exploits, Bourdain is famous for consuming lamb testicles in North Africa, eggs in Mexico, and a whole Cobra — beating heart, blood, bile and meat — in Vietnam. On September 19, 2005, a sitcom adaptation of Kitchen Confidential premiered on the FOX Network. The character Jack Bourdain is based loosely on the biography and persona of Anthony Bourdain.