I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries miss, I think, and I’m always trying to push people to allow those things to happen rather than stick to some rigid itinerary.

Bourdain appeared in an episode of TLC's reality show Miami Ink which aired August 28 2006. and Tokyo Japan. "


Public persona

Because of Bourdain's liberal use of profanity and sexual.

A 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of numerous professional kitchens Bourdain was a chef-at-large whose home base was Brasserie Les Halles New York. He is well known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover. Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25 1956) is an American chef author and television personality.