Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael Bourdain (; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American chef, book author, journalist, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of a number of professional kitchens in his long career, which included many years spent as an executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan. He first became known for his bestselling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (2000).
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| Full name at birth | Anthony Michael Bourdain
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| Claim to fame | Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
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| Date of birth | 25 June 1956
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| Place of birth | New York City, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 8 June 2018
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| Age | 61 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Kaysersberg-Vignoble, Haut-Rhin, France
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| Cause of death | Apparent suicide by hanging
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| Occupation | Celebrity Chef, Author, Travel Documentarian, Television Personality
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| Height | 6' 4" (193 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Tall stature
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| Net worth | $16,000,000 USD
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| High school | Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood, NJ
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- Les Halles owner Jose de Mereilles initially wanted Tony to go by the French version of his name, Antoine-Michel, much to Tony's protests.
- He and Ottavia Busia welcomed their first child, a girl named Ariane on April 9, 2007. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz.
- His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Times, The Observer, Scotland on Sunday, The Face, Limb by Limb, Black Book, and The Independent, and he is a contributing authority for Food Arts magazine.
- He studied at Vassar College, worked for some time in the seafood restaurants of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America before running kitchens at New York City's Supper Club, One Fifth Avenue and Sullivan's.
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