Bourdain-ja vu
The wry, cynical chef and author Anthony Bourdain has made a cottage industry out of bad-mouthing his former TV home, the Food Network. He is particularly critical of Rachael Ray, but mostly he’s upset that real chefs who used to dominate the network (including Bourdain’s friend Mario Batali) have to some extent been pushed out in favor of bubbly TV personalities and gimmickry. Much of it rings true; some of it, however, seems like it’s just for effect.
All of this is why it’s so funny that Food Network, apparently prompted by the success of Bourdain’s Travel Channel series “No Reservations,” has suddenly dug out and begun not only re-airing but heavily promoting Bourdain’s old Food Network show, “A Cook’s Tour.” If they had promoted the show this heavily on its original run, Bourdain might never have left!
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January 5th, 2008 at 10:15 am
I thought those were old episodes, but I wasn’t sure! Too funny!
January 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
[...] I was writing my earlier post about Tony Bourdain’s old show “A Cook’s Tour” being re-run by Food [...]