Category: Anthony Bourdain

The myth of Anthony Bourdain: how the bad boy chef became a hero to boozehounds and bullies

by The Guardian | Aug 11, 2026 | Anthony Bourdain, Bullying, Chefs, Food, Mental health, Restaurants, The Guardian | 0 |

The author of Kitchen Confidential has inspired a new movie, Tony, about his days as a dishwasher. But do today’s chefs still admire his self-sabotaging rock’n’roll spirit – or have they outgrown it?The trope of the Angry Young...

‘These cooks ripped each other apart’: Dominic Sessa on playing Anthony Bourdain, kitchen bullies and the joys of being a 70s barfly

by The Guardian | Aug 7, 2026 | Anthony Bourdain, Biopics, Culture, Film, The Guardian | 0 |

After his breakthrough in The Holdovers in 2023, Sessa has gone back to the 70s again for Tony, the biopic of bad-boy chef and Kitchen Confidential author Bourdain. And, he says, a big part of him would like to stay thereDespite...