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Bourdain takes on the Food Network

by Julia Ward, posted Feb 12th 2007 11:09AM

Anthony BourdainNice guys will always finish last while Anthony Bourdain is on the scene. If you don't the know the chef turned best-selling author and Travel Channel host, than you've been missing out. Bourdain brought gonzo to the kitchen, or out of the kitchen as the case may be. His first tome Kitchen Confidential was a Hunter S. Thompson-inspired machismo trip through the world of haute cuisine. Chefs are bad asses in Bourdain's world of sex, drugs and rock and roll. They are the magic men (and the occasional woman) who conjure the sacred from the profane. The journey between the raw and the cooked is not for the feint of heart.

Now that Bourdain's got a few seasons at the Travel Channel under his belt, it's no surprise that he should feel compelled to hold forth on the relative merits of food on television.

Guest-blogging for Ruhlman.com, Bourdain takes the Food Channel apart - chef-by-chef. Not one to mince words, he calls Sandra Lee "pure evil" and Paula Deen's food a "true buffet of horrors." He pulls out some dizzying vocab for Rachael Ray and her viewing public - "crapulence." And, he's got his own list of suggested line-ups for Iron Chef America - all of which I want to see. Mario Batali (with one arm tied behind his back--and drunk) vs. Regina Schrambling; Martha Stewart vs. Rachael Ray (bare knuckle cage match); "Mikey" from Top Chef vs. Sandra Lee. Seriously, somebody get this guy a programming gig already.

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Jon Muse

The man is pure genious! I recently moved to an arrid wasteland known as Surrey county North Carolina. I previosly lived in Asheville where you have an endless array of culture from all over the world. Now, I have to eat sushi in a restaraunt filled with Nascar posters! I am a self taught chef and small time traveler. Anyone who doesn't appreciate tony's humor,insight, & crude honesty is probably culturless themselves. U think?

December 20 2007 at 4:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

He's an ass. Arrogant, ignorant, and insulting; a legend in his own mind. I wish I were even half as cool as he thinks he is.

September 13 2007 at 2:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joyce Carlile

Uggh....can't stand that man. He is arrogant, insults everyone and is simply unpleasant to watch! Why oh why did they give him a show?

March 25 2007 at 9:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VSJ

As I have said, Food Network has way too much cooking and not enough eating - watching this network is like sitting in cooking class! It's nice to see a show like Bourdain's that takes the chef out of kitchen and on the road to discover great food.

February 12 2007 at 12:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Akbar Fazil

At least he had some praise for the god Alton Brown.

But was that sympathy for Bobby "I stand on cutting boards" Flay? He may be a decent chef, but he is an ass. And not even and enjoyable ass like Bourdain is.

February 12 2007 at 12:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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