ANTHONY BOURDAIN | Before They Were GONE | Host & Celebrity Chef Tribute

Coined the original rock star of the culinary world Anthony Bourdain paved the way for the likes of Gordan Ramsey and Jamie Oliver. The latter of those were still in diapers when Anthony graduated from the finest and most expensive Culinary school in America. From there and getting his start in New York kitchens starting off as a dishwasher. Money was tight but this didn't mean Anthony didn't partake in many vices including an addiction to heroin, alcohol, and coke. After rising to the ranks of executive chef, Anthony's personal life was still in shambles and it was an unexpected left turn into work as an author that would transform his life... It was Anthony's honesty with the culinary arts but also his own personal demons that gave him such mass appeal. The man would even often joked about his luck in being alive.