Anthony Bourdain, US celebrity chef, author and TV presenter, kills himself
Boston — US celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food and travel focused Parts Unknown television series, killed himself, reportedly by hanging, in a French hotel room, CNN said on Friday. He was 61. Bourdain, whose career catapulted him from cooking at New York’s top restaurants to dining in Vietnam with president Barack Obama, was found dead in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France, where he had been working on an upcoming episode of his programme, CNN said in a statement. Bourdain’s profile began to soar in 1999, when the New Yorker magazine published his article, Don’t Eat Before Reading This, which he developed into the 2000 book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. He went on to host TV programmes, first on the Food Network and the Travel Channel, before joining CNN in 2013. "His love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller," the network said in a state...
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