The myth of Anthony Bourdain: how the bad boy chef became a hero to boozehounds and bullies

The author of Kitchen Confidential has inspired a new movie, Tony, about his days as a dishwasher. But do today’s chefs still admire his self-sabotaging rock’n’roll spirit – or have they outgrown it? The trope of the Angry Young Man was not born in a kitchen, but Anthony Bourdain’s particular m...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/11/the-myth-of-anthony-bourdain-how-the-bad-boy-chef-became-a-hero-to-boozehounds-and-bullies)