Anthony Bourdain – a life in pictures
TV chef and travel host Anthony Bourdain, who has died at 61, was best known for his book Kitchen Confidential and his long-running TV series No Reservations
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Anthony Bourdain in the 1980s. He began working in kitchens in New York after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in the late 70s
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Anthony Bourdain worked in several restaurants in New York before becoming executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan
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Anthony Bourdain in the kitchen of Brasserie Les Halles
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His book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly depicts his time at Brasserie Les Halles
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AnthonyBourdain in pensive mood away from the kitchen
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Anthony Bourdain’s first television series, A Cook’s Tour, began in 2002. He is seen here in Singapore during the tour
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His next series, a food and travel show called No Reservations, began in 2005 and continued until 2012
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Anthony Bourdain during his No Reservations television show
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Anthony Bourdain with Fergus Henderson at the Abergavenny food festival in 2005
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The chef pictured in Sydney in 2005
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Anthony Bourdain in Cork, Ireland, for Observer Food Monthly in 2006
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Another picture of the chef in Cork for Observer Food Monthly in 2006
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Anthony Bourdain in California in 2010
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Anthony Bourdain attends the Parts Unknown Last Bite live CNN talkshow at Atomic Liquors in Las Vegas in 2013
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Nigella Lawson with Anthony Bourdain in 2013
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In 2016, Barack Obama slipped away from his hectic Vietnam visit to have dinner with Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi. They ate pork noodle soup
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Anthony Bourdain with his Emmy award for outstanding informational series or special for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown in 2016
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Anthony Bourdain with his girlfriend, the actor Asia Argento, at the Women in the World Summit in New York this year
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