On his popular Travel Channel show, No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain is a pretty ‘polished’ TV personality. He’s a bit too gruff and too grizzled to be mainstream just yet, but he’s smart, funny and opinionated. He also knows how to make great TV. That’s why it’s such a hoot to go back to this great series and see where it all began. The Anthony Bourdain in A Cook’s Tour is painfully unpolished. He wears his heart and his attitude on his sleeve for all to see, convinced that this TV thing he’s doing probably won’t last another show. So why not have fun? If you’re going to be a chef on TV, why not devote an entire show to showing folks just where the meat they love really comes from in gory detail. If you’re gonna smoke, smoke on camera. If you’re gonna drink, drink a lot. And if you are going to really share your passion for food and the people who make it around the world, don’t worry about what the audience or the executives want to see. Just be yourself. And that's made him a star.
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