Promotional Information

Kitchen Confidential has sold more than 400,000 copies in the UK and Commonwealth; A Cook's Tour has sold more than 135,000 copies. Bourdain is hugely admired by all the major celebrity chefs, including Gordon Ramsey and Fergus Henderson Major publicity tour to coincide with publication, including high-profile festival appearances, feature articles and widespread review coverage

'As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian 'Terrific ... his love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings as it once did in Kitchen Confidential' Daily Telegraph 'Bourdain has insight, access and good taste, and he's a naturally engaging writer ... [he] is a hopeless romantic when it comes to food and the people who cook' New York Times 'Bourdain is a vivid, bawdy and often foul-mouthed writer. He thrills in the attack, but he is also an enthusiast who writes well about things he holds dear' Wall Street Journal

About the Author

Anthony Bourdain was the bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and the author of the novels: Bone in the Throat, The Bobby Gold Stories and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker and Food Arts magazine. He was the host of the international CNN television series Parts Unknown.

Reviews

'As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian 'Terrific ... his love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings as it once did in Kitchen Confidential' Daily Telegraph 'Bourdain has insight, access and good taste, and he's a naturally engaging writer ... [he] is a hopeless romantic when it comes to food and the people who cook' New York Times 'Bourdain is a vivid, bawdy and often foul-mouthed writer. He thrills in the attack, but he is also an enthusiast who writes well about things he holds dear' Wall Street Journal