Not many celebrity chefs would dedicate a book to the Ramones, or guest star in an episode of Archer (in the role of a psychotically abusive celebrity chef).
He was certainly no average TV cook: by turns poetic and profane, he began his media career lifting the lid on the dirty secrets of the restaurant industry and went on to bring the culinary diversity of the world to Western audiences with a missionary zeal. Bourdain divided opinion as big personalities tend to, especially those with a lifelong commitment to expressing their opinion loudly and unashamedly. In the season premiere of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, the host explores Shanghai by savoring classic, home-style cuisine at restaurants that include Chun. Maybe that seems hyperbolic, in describing a celebrity chef – and one who definitely was not to everyone’s taste. When Anthony Bourdain took his own life in 2018, such a light went out. And in some cases, it’s all that and more: a shuddering punch to the gut a wave of grief as someone we never knew, but felt like we did, suddenly, shockingly, makes their exit and leaves us with the sense that a great blazing light has been extinguished. Filming for season 12 of Parts Unknown had been in progress when Bourdain passed away on. Sometimes they jolt us as we lose someone who we felt would be part of our world forever. Kamau Bell (CNNs United Shades of America) in an extended episode. Sometimes they come far too early, making us mourn for the work the artist never got to make.
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