Chef, author, and raconteur Anthony Bourdain is best known for traveling the globe on his stomach, daringly consuming some of the worlds most exotic dishes on his hit TV shows "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover." Somewhat notoriously, he has established himself as a professional gadfly, bte noir, advocate, social critic, and pork enthusiast, recognized for his caustic sense of humor worldwide. He is as unsparing of those things he hates, as he is evangelical about his passions.

 

The chef-at-large at New Yorks famed Brasserie Les Halles, Bourdain is the author of the bestselling "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," a candid, hysterical, and sometimes shocking portrait of life in restaurant kitchens that has been translated into more than 28 languages as well as the travel journal, "A Cooks Tour," 3 crime novels, a cookbook, a biography of Typhoid Mary, the bestselling graphic novel "Get JIRO!," and others.

 

His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Times of London, Bon Appetit, Gourmet and many other publications. He has shared his insights about team building and crisis management with the Harvard Business Review. He has been profiled by "CBS Sunday Morning" and "Nightline," and has been a guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Morning Joe," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "The Daily Show," "Charlie Rose," "The Colbert Report," and "Real Time with Bill Maher."

 

Bourdain joined the writing staff of HBOs "Treme" in 2011, contributing to the popular dramas restaurant storylines. He recently launched his own publishing line with Ecco, Anthony Bourdain Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. His first titles will be released in early 2013.

 

"No Reservations," widely popular all over the world, has won two Emmy Awards, with several other nominations. He hosted "The Taste," a cooking competition series for ABC with Nigella Lawson, and a travel docu-series for CNN called "Parts Unknown."