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About the show

Anthony Bourdain digs deep into the underlying stories behind local cuisines. Tony brings his candid, curious, and witty observations to this Emmy Award-winning, globe-trotting series. Here are some of his discoveries and destinations:

  • a boat in Puebla and Mexico City, Mexico
  • the motherland of kitchen staff, Azores, Portugal
  • Spanish (by way of Mexico) and Chinese cultures in Manila, Philippines
  • a hectic urban pace and serious eaters in Vietnam
  • America’s rust belt: Baltimore, Detroit, and Buffalo
  • deep in America’s heartland
  • rugged lands of West Plains, MO in the Ozarks
  • vegetarian cuisine in Kerala, India
  • Tijuana, Mexico in the Baja Peninsula

    • Meet the Cast

    Anthony Bourdain

    Host

    Anthony Bourdain has been the face of many travel shows on the Food Network, CNN, and the Travel Channel. His bestselling book, “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,” put him on the map as a chef, author, and travel documentarian. His honest, human interest stories came from his experience behind the scenes of the world’s top restaurants.

    He began his career in the food industry as a dishwasher, gradually working his way up through preparation, to line cook, sous chef, and chef. He was executive chef of Manhattan's Brasserie Les Halles.

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