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I Told You I Smelled Emmy!
By Anthony Bourdain on September 14, 2009 9:49 AM | Permalink | 201 Comments
Saturday night at the 61st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, my long suffering friends and colleagues Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni-who, for the last few years have sacrificed anything resembling normal lives to follow me around the world pointing cameras in my general direction-scored a major upset victory by bringing home the award for cinematography in the non-fiction category. Todd, who has garnered a not entirely undeserved worldwide reputation for stumbling into things, bounded up to that stage with astounding speed and grace-suddenly, a veritable Nijinsky, sure footedly making what was easily one of the smoothest, nicest, most coherent and entertaining acceptance speeches of the night. Zach, who hardly got a word in, managed to look very dashing in his tuxedo. The two of them spent the rest of the evening basking happily in the admiring praise of other directors of photography, camera operators and cinematographers, few of whom have likely had to make do with a bag of risotto on a skateboard as a camera platform. It was the greatest thing I've seen in a very long time and I am over the moon with happiness for them. Of the three Emmys we were nominated for-this was the one I wanted to win badly. All you have to do is compare the looks of season one-with those of recent seasons to see how hard these guys work, how monstrously talented they are-and how much they've been able to do with so very little.
Photo courtesy of Betty Hinchman; Zach Zamboni and
Todd Liebler accept their Emmy award for Outstanding
Cinematography for a Non-fiction series.
Congratulations, my friends-with whom I've spent far more time over the years than with my family. And thank you.
Speaking of family, this Monday's show probably represents the most perverse angle we could have taken for a season ender.
After five full years of making NO RESERVATIONS and trying, always, to do something different from whatever seemed to work (or didn't work) the week before, I think we found an entirely new way to undermine any comfortable assumptions about what we do. Known for snark? Let's do the exact opposite. The sickest, most transgressive, borderline suicidal move we could make this week? A warm, huggy family drama-with cute kid! Hell-there's even a bunny (Okay....we ate its family-but still...)!
It's the last show of the season-before getting back on the pony for a decidedly harsher, higher impact, more foreign location centered Season Six. Looking down the road at ten months of balls-out craziness, where we're hoping to push things farther than we've ever done before, in places like the Congo, Beirut, Cuba, the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, Ecuador, the Caribbean, Panama, Istanbul, Southern India, I'm really happy with this more quiet, food and family oriented look at a beautiful place seldom seen on television. And, I have to say, I enjoyed indulging my once carefully hidden secret aspirations to be some kind of country Italian patriarch.
When I first laid eyes on Sardinia, about two years ago, I saw how amazing it was, how thoroughly different-looking than anywhere else I'd been, my first thought, (TV whore that I am) was "Damn! I gotta make a show here!"
By the time a week had passed and my father in-law's family had shown me around and plied me with a greatest hits of Sardinian food, I was ticking off a list of things I had to do again-only this time on-camera. I mentioned this, casually, in conversation-at which point-the entire family swung into action. I should have seen it coming-that there was never any question that of course they'd take charge. It was instantly a matter of family and national pride.
My show is shown in Italy. Friends and neighbors in Lombardy and Sardinia would see this thing I'd be working on. I would not be allowed to fuck it up! Unfortunately, for my wife, no one in the family speaks English (I communicate with my in-laws in my appallingly inept French). And as Aunt Andreana had already pretty much taken over as executive producer and the rest of the family had fanned out across Sardinia searching for scenes and checking locations, it was really only a matter of time until Ottavia was dragooned into service. I say "unfortunately" because she'd really and truly rather shove her head into a bag full of poisonous snakes than be on television-particularly on my show-a program of which she is a particularly harsh critic.
It was pointed out that as the family were already committed as enthusiastic participants it would look weird if she were not on the show and even weirder if a hired sidekick/fixer was seen showing me around the family compound and her Dad's hometown of Nuoro, or introducing me to specialties her family had introduced me to only the year previous. Frankly, I used every variety of emotional blackmail available to me. Her last line of defense was a suggestion that I hire a "stunt wife" for the episode. Someone out of central casting-the Italian version. Didn't happen. And she's been living in a state of near mortification since, dreading tonight. Augusto, Nelson, Dania and Eric will know what I'm talking about.
Those of you concerned that No Reservations has suddenly taken a turn towards the travel TV version of Paul McCartney and Wings can rest assured that we're already well into shooting season six and that it's chockfull of jungle bugs, burning cocaine, backwoods hooch, and dick jokes. Sadly, no warthog anus as yet. But there's always tomorrow.
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Congratulations on the most vaunted Emmy. It is certainly well deserved.
I am eagerly looking forward to tonight's show with the wife and the in-laws. It should be great fun. Besides, I just adore Italian food.
Congrats on the Emmy. Your crew deserves it, especially this year. FWIW, in year one, the show was about you as a personality on vacation; now, five years later, the show is more about the place; you appear as part of the background. The cinematography has now eclipsed your delighfully eccentric and vibrant personality, which is a Good Thing (TM; apologies to Ms. Stewart). Some of the scenery, such as in Laos and Tokyo, is so beautiful it is painful to watch (again, a Good Thing).
Many congrats to you and the crew - just like you smelled it. Bet the producer still ain't happy, or at least until next week. Pitch the ideas now!
Which way to go now that you've reached the top??
Congrats 0.0 team!
Very happy to see the rewards of your hardwork. Been watching the show since season 1, and yes you can see the difference. The angles, music, lighting, and even the broll have improved greatly. As much as Tony b**** about the lengthy days, rediculous "vic"-hating moments or crackpot tourguides he is faced to deal with, I am thankful that there are others behind the scenes making this show a success. I will continue watching as long as you continue shooting.
Also, if one were to ever come to Wisconsin, please be advised to ignore all other ideas for shows mentioned in the past. The Wisconsin I know is boarderline Canada-esque, filled with the best beer in America. Also, we have squeeky cheese...thats a good thing in case you are confused.
Good news on your crews award, GOD knows they need some help. This show is not like "All-IN-THE-FAMILY" is it.
Hi Tony! Congratulations!! You and your show totaly diserve it! We from Brazil are steel wating for your to come back and redime your self from that drastic comment you made about Minas Gerais in the Sao paulo episode! We are so far way of been one of the poorest region in Brazil! That was your Paulista friend talking, not you.. not a traveller! Step out the tourist tour and come to see the real Brazil! Rio and Sao Paulo are turistic places, everybody heard of it! Come to Minas, and have the real deal!
we miss zamir!
Can a link to the video of Todd's speech be put up on the home page?
Tony, glad to hear that Season Six will be edgier, not that Season Five didn't have some great shows.
Congrats on the well deserved Emmy nomination. Love your shows and books. However, your Outer Boroughs show was very disappointing to me, a Bronx bred woman. Couldn't you have spent more than 5 min out of an hour there? I grew up with great Italian, Jewish, American, German food plus the best meatball sandwich from a trailer in Throggs neck. You on the other hand were in the Bronx, but two minutes from Manhattan and didn't venture further into the brough. I knoe times have changed and there are different ethnic groups there now, but please, a little more effort could have been made for that episode. So you get from me, a big Bronx Cheer for that. I guess nostalgia ain't what it used to be!
Congrats to you all! STG is over the moon as well and we all agree your team deserved the emmy.
I remember your wife from the Tuscany episode. Absolutely gorgeous and she made the scenes even better than usual.
Congrats on the Emmy!
Hi Tony! I didn´t know anything about you or your show. But I was pretty much forced to watch No Reservations because my girlfriend is a huge fan of you. I have to say: at the beginning, it was hard to “share” her with your show. But guess what: I began to like No Reservations, and I have to admit: Tony, you are not bad at all! Congratulations!
I send my congrats! Your show is very well constructed and inspires me to get more than a foreign beer out of my travels. Please, explore the ocean in a submarine now! I am sure now with an Emmy bearing companion you wont need any reservations for that.
Cheers on the Emmy. It is well deserved. The last show of the season tonight, huh? Schade. I was so looking forward to this episode. Knowing this is the last for a while is a bit disappointing. Get those TC folks to conjure up some filler/best-of-shows to tide us over.
Many congrats to the team on the Emmy. I'm really looking forward to this evening's show, as I fell in love with Sardinian food (and music) on a trip there a couple years back. Particularly looking forward to your take on Su Gologone, which I thought was great.
Big congratulations. Every week I'm amazed at the quality TV you folks manage to create on a shoestring.
in other news: RIP JIM CARROLL
A great quote of his:
"There ain't much time left, you're born out of this insane abyss and you're going to fall back into it, so while you're alive you might as well show your bare ass."
What channel in Italy? I couldn't find it on Sky.
You guys deserve the award. I watch the show nonstop, even reruns for the 10th time. My gf and I travel the world quite a bit and we share the perspective that's outside the standard tourist attractions. Keep up the awesome work!
To Todd and Zach, so glad that you got your just rewards. You make such great Art.
Tony, look forward to tonight but not to a long hiatus.
Also happy that you have matured and are not one of those bejeweled, grey haired, pony tailed elders that just could not grow and mature. Love you for it and for writing about it.
Do you mean to say that Nathan Lane was unavailable?
Just watching the amazing episode in Sardinia. The food is sending my salivary glands into overdrive. And your wife is very beautiful, funny, and charming. I would never tire of that accent.
Just watching the episode in Sardinia and takes me back home, not in Sardinia, but in Romania. I cannot believe that your trip in Romania was such a fiasco. You said you love the agroturism. There are some many in Romania where you eat home made food with home grown vegetables, poultry, pork, lamb, rabbit, etc. All organically grown and delicious cooked. Anyway, images of Sardinia, brought me back home in Romania - Transylvania region. Thank you!
Tony,
My favorite is the show in China (those commies who have become great Capitalists in 20yrs.) where you go from the coast to the mountains. Your supporting staff and everyone definitely has their s--- together and in one sock too. Toast to you sir with my table wine. Hmm good.
Second favorite is you firing the M60 MG with the Nugester in the Republic Of Texas. You looked like you were enjoying that immensely. Bang, bang , should have got this in with the last blog, sooo sooorry for my s--- not being together perhaps too much of the previously mentioned labation. Great job and keep the shows coming, like go to Canada.
Hi Im a student from Cali Colombia I Love you show and y was hoping id see you around cali soon. Its a beautiful city and the food is wonderful you would really enjoy it. I hope to see you soon around here specialy during our tipical "feria de Cali" or Cali´s Fair!
Just finishing up tonight's episode. By far my favorite show that you've done.
Your wife came across great, her personality had me smiling through the whole episode. You're a lucky man Tony.
Congrats on the Emmy, best to you and your family. Keep doing what you're doing brother.
Eric from Maine
Great show. We tuned in late and knew something was weird when you picked up the kid (Tony wouldn't do that!). The bunny shot pushed us over the edge and my wife and I hit the web trying to find out what the heck you were up to.
Had you gone insane? Was this some warped flashback caused by a rapid release of fat stored pharmaceuticals?
No, you were just being proud of your beautiful family.
Looking forward to season six!
I just started watching Tony and I get a happy feeling everytime I see where he is going. Just watched the last show in Sardania and loved it. I hope your travels take you to Iceland if you have not been there. That is where my family is from and I have never been there and I probably wont make it there, so I would love to see it through Tony's eyes. You should have won all the emmy's.
Tony, your wife did a lovely job. Octavia was authentic, genuine and knowledgeable. i lived and worked in Tuscany ( on an agriturismo, at a cooking school) for to brief a time and she made me miss my time there. I wanted to visit Sardinia but it seemed to far a trip for my 30-35 hour weekends. I will make sure I do it next time I am in Italy. Ciao June
Congrats on winning the Emmy Tony and crew! I love the show and I specially love the new episode. Your family is lovely Tony.
Why, oh why, did you wear a pink shirt (Sardinia episode)?
I had to look away the entire time.
Congratulations! You and your deserved it!
Having just watched the Sardinia episode, and news on the emmy, I can only say one thing. Mr Bourdain is the luckiest man alive. Not lucky on the Emmy, that was well earned by all who work on the show. But to be able to be part of such a team, to be able to travel like he does, and to have a wife with the family she does... Wow. All I ask sir, is will you pick my next lotto numbers? :-)
Well done crew!!!
Congratulations to Zero Point Zero on the Emmy. And let me echo June's opinion. Ottavia was brilliant and has absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about. You are a lucky, lucky man. May you and your beautiful family continue to live life to it's very top.
Congrats ZPZ on the Emmy you all deserved it. You were robbed the last time when you were up for it for the Beirut episode.
Ottavia was great in the Sardina episode it was cool to see where her father's side of the family was from. Job well done Ottavia and you and Tony have a beauitful daughter from the small glimpses I caught of her.
Your wife is a real firecracker - she seems like just the right person for you. So nice to finally see the family. I adore Italy but even based on the food alone, Sardinia does seem like a different country. Great show. Very interesting.
Congrats on the Emmy. My favorite shows ever were your Lebanon episode followed closely by the one filmed in Laos but for sheer postcard-perfect beauty: Venice, baby. That show was pure eye-candy.
All I can say is, Tony... you are one lucky son a bitch! Great family with great cultural backgrounds, rooted in an absolutely breathtaking country. Coming through hard and troubled times, fighting addictions that most normal people do face...and still making something great of yourself. You truly are an inspiration to me personally. I could only hope to do a fraction of the things that you have accomplished within the last ten years in my lifetime. I watch your show every week and everyday in between. I honestly CANNOT get bored of your show. From the breathtaking scenery, to the emersion of foreign culture, and from the "spoken from the heart" poetic dialog, to the intense food orgasms. Thank you Tony; for a great show, and inspiration to always grow as a person. Thank you.
Congratulations on the much-deserved Emmy! Watching the Sardina show, & thoroughly enjoying it. I plan to spend a couple of months in Italy next year, & Sardinia looks well worth altering some of my plans to visit. Of course, you're lucky enough to be there w/ the charming Ottavia & her wonderful family as your guides, but even sans that, thanks to your show, I feel it's a place I would love. BTW, my favorite exchange btween you & your wife so far: Tony-"So, she's going to play w/ the bunny while we eat it's relatives..." Octtavia (w/ a matter-of-fact wave of the hand)- "Yes. But that's all right."
Such is the way of nature.
And R.I.P., Jim Carroll, from another nativer NYer.
I was pleased with the whole program! We finally got to meet Ottavia, her family and their beautiful country. The food was plentiful, interestingly prepared and a good representation of their roots.
Congratulations on the Emmy-could not be more deserving!!
Ciao
P.S. Glad Ottavia did not put her head into that bag of snakes!!!
Tony; I throughly enjoy No Reservations but last night's episode Sardinia, was especially heart-warming. Your personal story made it all the more real, always connecting the human side with the culture and the foods and beautifully captured by your Emmy award winning cinematographers. Your show is witty, funny and well written. Keep up the good work.
For a long, long time, Romania was my favorite episode.. simply for the pure absurdity, and how close to truth it was, showing how even the most well-planned travels can go to hell in a handbasket in mere seconds.. and you just gotta roll with it. (I also appreciated the Beirut cluster-fuck episode, but for different reasons.)
That all changed last night when I saw the Sardinia episode. What a beautiful tribute to a place that has become a second home to you by the fortuitous origins of your wife. Although one of my favorite things about watching your show is your bitter cynicism juxtaposed by your surprise at all the good things you encounter in your travels, I always suspected you had a soft side! I just want to thank you for letting that show through in Sardinia.
Aside from the sentimental family crap, though, the food-porn, I must say, was exquisite. It may be my penchant for rustic homemade Italian cuisine, but I actually found myself leaning forwards off my couch, wanting to reach out and grab that spaghetti alla fish-stuff (I wish I remembered what exactly that fish-product was called that was all over the pasta). Seeing that loving hand-made preparation just transported me back to my semester in Rome where our meals were prepared by the benevolent culinary dictator Maria and her evil cronies (evil only for the addictive crack they put in their carbonara, from which I'm still trying to lose the weight on my hips). So you were not the only one waxing nostalgic from your trip to Sardenga.
Thanks again for such an enjoyable show. Tell your wife that her television filming fears are unwarranted. She's beautiful and quite funny (she could do more TV if she wanted!). And while I know you're trying to shelter your adorable daughter from the limelight (y'all did a pretty good job of keeping her face from the camera), I think it'd be a great idea to take her to the Congo... you never know what kind of trouble that angelic face could get you out of! (kidding, kidding..)
Tony-
What a transition is occurring, and you are doing it so gracefully and for all to witness. Maybe Vic is gone along with the Cigs and tokehead days, but it all seems and feels so genuine. May my own transition into 'what's next' be done so well, and maybe there's an Ottavia out there waiting for me and I'll climb back on the commitment pony again some day.
Congrats to the ZPZ team on the Emmy. Remember to keep the show always real-deal, as you did last night with your family, in-laws and whatever out-law friends you still keep close.
You have a great family that live in a place with great scenery and food! Show em off! Your little one is too stinkin' cute and your wife is a lovely lady.
OK, now that the mystery guest from the Tuscany episode has been revealed as Mrs. Bourdain, shouldn't you come clean about the Jamie Oliver carbonara & meatballs setup? Or will you also blame that on the demented Italian director?
Another congratulations to everyone for the well-deserved Emmy. Your show is one of the most beautifully filmed in the history of television, and would be worth watching for that alone. That you are a genuinely interesting human being who speaks well is a nice bonus.
I wish I'd been able to see last night's episode; one of the hazards of dorm living is that the lounge TV is no always available. I live in Maine, and last night there was a Patriot's game, so I hid in my room and played truly awful video games instead. (Only certain channels are available in the rooms, and of course the few channels I regularly watch aren't any of them.)
I look forward to catching the re-run of this episode. Hearing you snark and watching you turn a bad situation into riveting television (and occasionally into pure comedy gold) is always interesting, but it's when you get thoughtful that the show really hits the hardest. Also, there's the aspect of watching a brilliant curmudgeon just kicking back and enjoying himself with friends and family, not needing to prove anything to anybody, just having a good time. It's reassuring; everybody needs times like these.
My only complaint has nothing to do with the show- Captcha keeps eating my posts!
Mr. Bourdaine, Congrats on your emmy, well deserved. Of all the episodes I've seen, and I've been watching from the shows inception, the latest with you and your wife visiting her home country of Sardinia is by far my favorite. Let me just say as I watched my mouth was literally watering with a desire to eat that countries truely amazing cuisine. I am a Pastor know, formerly a pastry chef, and lover of ethnic cuisine. I couldn't help but think as I was eating my Falafel this afternoon from a local Lebonese joint, how much I would have enjoyed your company. If you ever get to Scranton, PA please whatever you do, do not eat the pizza.
I'd like to add my congratulations to Zero Point Zero on a richly deserved Emmy win. The photography on some of the shows has been absolutely breathtaking -- Laos and Venice come immediately to mind, but last night's show was beautiful as well. And speaking of beautiful, Ottavia was feisty and funny; Ariane (what we could see of her) is adorable; it's great to see you so happy, and Sadinia looks like a truly beautiful place.
Just want to add that the writers above have said wonderfully what I felt about last night's show. Wonderful wife, wonderful job, wonderful child consequently wonderful life. Congratulations.
Congrats to Todd and Zach.
Anthony is the Jesus of Cool Cooking.
Thanx for the props, Mark.
Sardinia, by far my favorite show yet. Ottavia looked great and the cute little redhead...what a doll! Aww..but the food and vistas were drool worthy. See you in DC at the Capitol Foof Fight!
PS: Todd & Zach rule
My husband, a Sardinian native, thought that you did a wonderful job on the show. Sardinia is my second home and we were so proud and happy to have you share Sardinia with the world. We do food and wine tours in Sardinia and we want to thank you for exposing everyone to its beauty and amazing cuisine. Bravo and Auguri!
Ottavia, you looked great, and your presence answered many questions over the past few years about "Tony Bourdain's wife" - now everyone got to see the same down-to-earth, fiesty, funny lady I met a few Christmases ago, so now y'all know for yourself, Bourdain fans - this is Ottavia! Brava, and Ariane was adorable. And it was a wonderful episode of NR in its own right - the goat had me drooling!
PS: For Ottavia watchers, she was also in the Tuscany episode and in the background shots of the Hawai'i episode, when Todd catches fire - although this time, she did not have to do anything but just be Ottavia. ("You want to talk about this NOW?!")
Congratulations on the Videography Emmy, guys! Your camera people totally deserve it - for all the mocking Todd takes for his "clumsiness", he and Zach do a LOT of brilliant work.
One brief niggle about something you said on the Sardinia show - Since when does Jamie Oliver "drag his family all over the television", anyway? If anything based on what I've seen of his cooking programs (at least those shown in the US), he's more like you - living the on-camera bachelor's life, and only occasionally mentioning he's married and has kids.
My wife was of the opinion his wife, Jules, so desperately hated being a "character" on THE NAKED CHEF that she told him she'd rather the world thought he was still single than she had to appear on-camera with him again!
Hey, Tony:
I spent a chunk of my evening last night watching the Sardinia--Meet the Inlaws episode. I thoroughly enjoyed it on many levels. I especially enjoyed the level of pure joy so evident on your face. I never thought I's use this word in connection with you, but the place and everyone, including your wife, was--lovely.
I'm thrilled, but not ecstatic, about the Emmys. I'd be ecstatic it NR had received the three it deserved. A well-deserved congratulations to everyone.
By the way, next time you're in Oakland, on International Boulevard, be sure to add to your itinerary the "It's All Good" bakery close to Children's Hospital. It's the original headquarters of the Black Panther Party and stopping place for a myriad of celebrities. The pastry is simple, down home--the best sweet potato or custard pie and unbelievable yellow cake with chocolate icing.
Carry on!
Tony,
Enjoyed the Sardinia episode very much.
Please thank your wife for being the familial tour guide. She was charming and your daughter was pretty cute. The part about the bunny was endearing to me.
I loved seeing the food, so different from anything I'd ever eaten. Maybe there is a guidebook on Sardinia you could recommend to us. If not, there's always the web.
Congratulations on the Emmy. It's great to see your crew get the recognition they deserve.
Good luck with the new season!
Tony, your wife is beautiful, your baby is precious, and you are the hottest family man on tv! Keep up the good work!
great job. you 2 are a great match. love the curly head of your daughter, cute rabbit (uh,oh dinner too!) this was one of the most memorable NR show! my husband & i should visit sardinia someday. mangia, mangia Tony! grazie mille! buona giornata...ciao bello!
because she'd really and truly rather shove her head into a bag full of poisonous snakes than be on television
REALLY?
Congrats Anthony!
We've been watching you for a couple of years now. You're an all time favorite.
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Congratulations on your Emmy! Don't worry about turning into Jamie Oliver, and tell your wife to get over the bag of snakes! Put your wife on more of your shows!!! She's bright and articulate in her comments, a good foil to your snark factor (she's got her own delightful edge!) and I enjoyed, after five seasons of you (no offense) seeing a woman on the show take the front seat! You say she's a big critique of your show?--great! Because your show is just getting better and better! It's the only thing on the tube I consistently watch! Remember--more, not less, wife factor! Congratulations again to your hard working crew! Well deserved!
Just adding my congrats on the Emmy. I have been watching all the seasons since the beginning and do absolutely notice the quality rise with each. Some episodes I just watch again and again because of the beautiful way they have captured a place. Good Job.
I also enjoyed the Sardinia episode and seeing you with your wife, child and family. Nice, although my son had to console me since you are my vision when I ever think of a fun and sexy mate. Ha! Good luck and thanks for sharing your beautiful family with us a little.
Way to go on that Emmy, everyone! I also want to congratulate Ottavia-- I was stunned when I read Tony's blog entry about her reluctance to be on camera! She seemed completely at ease, so if that was an act, she ought to bring home a best actress Emmy!
Watched the Sardinia show last night, loved it.
Congrats on the Emmy, and now I must put Sardinia on my to-go-to list. I think that now, Tony, you understand that Italian Family" thing, and why I loved my Nonnas' cooking.
Look forward to the next season, and I appreciate the insight you and your crew give us into the rest of the world.
Congrats on the Emmy! No Reservations is on of my favorite shows. Been watching since season one when you were on that other network.
The Sardinia show was great, but you should really go to Corsica. One of the most amazing places on earth. Not that you need ideas from strangers...
Congrats. Your show is amazing. If you ever come back to the SF Bay Area, let me show you a few spots in Oakland that don't suck.
Congrats on a job well done!
I really enjoyed the Sardinia episode- it was a nice change to see you with your family. Can't wait for the next season, don't stay away too long!
Congratulation!!!!! Love your show..it's great!!!
Congrats to you and the No Reservations team for the well-deserved award. As a faithful viewer and admirer of your show (easily one of the best on TV across the board), this past episode was a departure for sure, but a welcome one that allowed us fans a "peak behind the curtain" of your private life. Your wife is every bit of the feisty, intelligent and strong woman that I think any fan of yours always imagined as the only type that could tolerate being with you (that's a compliment). Kudos on the beautiful family, and continued success...
hi Tony, the gaiety walks that you take across the globe have been captured for our pleasure of home entertainment. Congrats! Zach and Todd, I am sure its a well deserved award. ( so those that mean you will be stuck with tony for long ?)
I live in India I love to travel when I cant satisfy myself attain "travel orgasm" watching your show. I am not a fan dont get me wrong. I am just a audience who enjoys the dry sarcasm shared sometimes...
Zach, and Todd, especially, congratulations! No one deserves it more after your televised flogging!
Loved the show. It wasn't so lovy dovy as you might thing. It could have been worst. Congrats on the Emmy, its well deserved. And you have a very beautiful wife and daughter. From your most faithful fan from Puerto Rico.
Another person who loved you wife in the Sardinia episode. Too bad she doesn't like being on tv, I was hoping she could get her own show!
Because your wife was on the Sardinia show, I actually got my wife to watch it. She acted like she wasn't, but she was. I've suckered her in a few times before, mainly for an Irish episode and when you were here in the Bay Area, (none of us knew we could get baconfat lattes here). I don't think she will change her mind that you're a smartass that has her husband's dream job, but at least she may think that your not off with hookers and piles of blow between scenes. Thanks Tony. And SLAINTE to the crew on the Emmy.
I thought Sardinia was a wonderful love letter to your wife & child.
You know, Rachael Ray won an Emmy this year, too. I'm just sayin'...
I thought this might have been the last episode. As you are going to the Caribbean next season, allow me to recommend Tortola, and specifically two points of interest: Mrs. Scatcliffe's, run by the person for whom it is named, a family enterprise of local fare run out of their home, and served up with a dose of family entertainment at the end. The curried goat is to die for. And, once you are done with that, head over to Bomba's Shack on the beach, but be sure to go at the full moon when they serve their tea made with magic mushrooms. Ahem. You might meet a former CIA agent and his hot blonde wife there. Best of luck for next season.
As long as the eating's good, I don't give a damn about the edge. But while we're talking about the edge, last I heard it's a good thing to be multifaceted, and I'm going to assume you're not just a one-dimensional edgy guy. So forget about those people who want the 'old' Tony--just be yourself and keep ferreting out amazing, authentic food.
Congrats to you and your crew on the nominations, and the Emmy for cinematography. I'm a longtime fan of your show and reader of your books, and I look forward to seeing Cuba through your eyes. As a second generation American of Cuban descent who currently has a cousin (who happens to be a doctor) but is dieing of untreated cancer because there are no medications or even food in the hospitals, I know that your trips of the beaten (ne tourist) trap will lead you to the true people and their literal hunger for food. Don't forget to bring toilet paper.
Tony...great job on this episode. It's actually nice to get to see this side of you, and it was not Rachel Ray-esque at all. Everyone deserves family time, and yours seems like a happy one. Congrats on the Emmy! Can't wait for next season!
..."The two of them spent the rest of the evening basking happily in the admiring praise of other directors of photography, camera operators and cinematographers..."
And well they should have. I've watched NR since its beginning, and the cinematography has become quite stunning. While I still hold up NatGeo as the Mecas for photgraphy, NR (of all places!) is my favorite for stupendous filming. It's incredible that this quality of work is done by two guys and I can't imagine the effort that goes on behind the scenes to make it happen. They've really got a body of work that others will have to attempt to beat, or work hard to even equal. Well done.
Congratulations on the Emmy! Nobody deserves it more than those two! And regarding the Sardina Episode: We happened to have a last bottle of Cannoneau De Sardegna we opened for the occasion. We were actually in the middle of eating the boeuf a la ficelle from your cookbook when we got to the bit with baby goat basted in herbed pork fat. Both jaws and forks dropped simultaneously. Hooray for TiVo, so we could rewind and watch that bit again... and again.
Was your wife in the Tuscany episode, as one of the critical Italians who hated your initial efforts? I swear she looks like the woman in the sunglasses.
The episode was wonderful, now I want to go to Sardinia. I love the eclectic. I was also glad to meet your most incredible wife. I was wondering what a woman with, what would have to be a Strong sense of herself and a strong constitution, would look like. She's beautiful and looks like she could knock you to your knees. A woman I could emulate. :) Congrats on your Emmy.
Been a fan since the show started, the Sardinia episode has to be one of my favorites. Your wife is a jewel, you lucky dog. What a place to visit. Keep your edge, keep putting out the great shows, you have a super team - great that they were recognized!
About freakin time, mosoltov! Have you seen some of these new yahoos on the network that are starving for attention--they better not steal your air time! Anywho, longtime viewer, first time blogger because of the Sardinia show. Don’t be mistaken I love all your shows, in fact I look forward to my Monday nights! Your wife is beautiful—you are blessed with an amazing family. Enjoy the fun times with your daughter, it’s my ultimate favorite age. (Just you wait!)
Looking forward to more Monday nights with No Reservations—you make food look so sexy on the show. I can’t wait to start cooking; it has inspired me to be “Sardinian” in the kitchen. I live in Erie the first place I ever lived where I do not enjoy dining out for lack of any ingenuity and freshness in the kitchen. I truly enjoyed Kitchen Confidential as well. Thanks for your honesty—keep up the writing, it rocks!
See ya hotrod!
Cristina
About freakin time, mosoltov! Have you seen some of these new yahoos on the network that are starving for attention--they better not steal your air time! Anywho, longtime viewer, first time blogger because of the Sardinia show. Don’t be mistaken I love all your shows, in fact, I look forward to my Monday nights! Your wife is beautiful—you are blessed with an amazing family. Enjoy the fun times with your daughter, it’s my ultimate favorite age. (Just you wait!)
Looking forward to more Monday nights with No Reservations—you make food look so sexy on the show. I can’t wait to start cooking; it has inspired me to be “Sardinian” in the kitchen. I live in Erie the first place I ever lived where I do not enjoy dining out for lack of any ingenuity and freshness in the kitchen anywhere in town. I truly enjoyed Kitchen Confidential as well. Thanks for your honesty—keep up the writing, it rocks!
See ya hotrod!
Cristina
I believe we got our first nanosecond glimpse of Ottavia in the Spain episode right at the very end when there's a meal with the father-daughter team that owns and runs Arzak. She's seated to Tony's left.
Congratulations on the Emmy! You surely deserve it! Appart from being an extraordinary, witty and charming chef, you are one of the sexiest men alive! I don't know about the food in your series, but when I'm watching it I'm certainly drooling over you :) (that smile, those eyes, yummy!!!) I'm 28 and married, and I guess you're one of my "guilty pleasures". Your wife is one lucky woman !
Loads of kisses from Romania!
Tony You are awesome and your wife is beautiful. I can not believe you eat the things you do. Crazy!!! Please do not eat those cute animals, ok? Congratulations on the Emmy - well deserved.
I am always watching your show.
I love ho candid you are on your show..
Well as a whole I love the shows in travel and living!!
Thank you for visiting Philippines I think you are the 3rd host to come to the Philippines...Come back anytime!!!
Anthony Bourdain! As a suffering 37 year old married mother of 2 teen boys,you are an inspiration to my style of work. I DON'T HAVE TO BE NICE! Thank you for that. YOOU are now my favorite writer! Long time fan, Elke Oliver, Redding,California
congrats!! you guys deserve it! when you come to the michigan theater in ann arbor on november 7, will you make time to come eat with me?? i'll feed you something delicious!!!
What a great shout out from Anthony to his friends. They are 100% deserving of the award. They are certainly talented men!
To Anthony and the crew,
Much congrats on your well-deserved win. I love to travel, as do most of us, and to see your work as you portray the foreign, exotic and sometimes local destinations is absolutely gorgeous. I have become addicted to the show as well as to all the books that you have written Anthony. Your work just takes me out of my (forsaken) town and love to live life. I was once at work in a kitchen. 7+ years from a dishwasher to a manager. Then I got fired for being falsely accused. Its how I relate to you and to see your show brings me inspiration to travel to every island, cave, city and everything in between. Kudos on everything and godspeed on your future travels.
Dear Tony,
I don't know if you'll ever see this, but I wanted to at least try to thank you because you have changed my life. I'm not terminally ill or anything. Actually, I'm just a nice Jewish girl from suburban Philly, and my mother is an amazing cook. The local butcher says she makes the best brisket he's ever sliced. Thing is, I decided to become a vegetarian when I was 12, (I was even vegan for a while) and I have eaten very little meat since then. My decision to abstain from meat was probably fueled at first by wanting to mimic my summer camp counselors and then later by a combination of environmentalism and habit. I have always had an interest in cooking and fine food, but the field has its obvious limits for a vegetarian, which never really bothered me. Once, I even went to Buenos Aires and ate nothing but ravioli for 10 days without even once considering eating meat. It just no longer appealed to me. Until I started watching your show. Literally no other show, movie, book, or person, in 10 years, has ever made me think twice about my decision. Anyway, I'm 22 now, and suddenly I feel like I've been missing out on some of the best food the earth has to offer. So tonight, on the eve of the Jewish new year, for the first time in 10 years, I ate my mother's delicious brisket. And now there's no turning back. I can't wait to get home to Brooklyn and try all your New York recommendations- especially because I want my first taste of pork in a decade to have your seal of approval. I don't know if it's your writing, your sense of humor, or your politics, but something about you was more influential for me than any other chef or food critic. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart/stomach, for the gift that keeps on giving. Also- ridiculing Andrew Zimmern never gets any less funny, so please keep up the good work on that front.
Cheers!
-Toni H.
Brooklyn, NY
Dear Tony,
I don't know if you'll ever see this, but I wanted to at least try to thank you because you have changed my life. I'm not terminally ill or anything. Actually, I'm just a nice Jewish girl from suburban Philly, and my mother is an amazing cook. The local butcher says she makes the best brisket he's ever sliced. Thing is, I decided to become a vegetarian when I was 12, (I was even vegan for a while) and I have eaten very little meat since then. My decision to abstain from meat was probably fueled at first by wanting to mimic my summer camp counselors and then later by a combination of environmentalism and habit. I have always had an interest in cooking and fine food, but the field has its obvious limits for a vegetarian, which never really bothered me. Once, I even went to Buenos Aires and ate nothing but ravioli for 10 days without even once considering eating meat. It just no longer appealed to me. Until I started watching your show. Literally no other show, movie, book, or person, in 10 years, has ever made me think twice about my decision. Anyway, I'm 22 now, and suddenly I feel like I've been missing out on some of the best food the earth has to offer. So tonight, on the eve of the Jewish new year, for the first time in 10 years, I ate my mother's delicious brisket. And now there's no turning back. I can't wait to get home to Brooklyn and try all your New York recommendations- especially because I want my first taste of pork in a decade to have your seal of approval. I don't know if it's your writing, your sense of humor, or your politics, but something about you was more influential for me than any other chef or food critic. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart/stomach, for the gift that keeps on giving. Also- ridiculing Andrew Zimmern never gets any less funny, so please keep up the good work on that front.
Cheers!
-Toni H.
Brooklyn, NY
Congratulations Tony and the crew,
It's so well deserved and you are right the latest seasons have been amazing!!!!
Loved the Sardinia episode, your wife Ottavia definitely knows her food and she is gorgeous. And your little girl is a darling...I'm so glad to see "life has been good to you" Now I know why you've been looking better than ever.
Keep up the great work- my husband and I look forward to downloading your season 6 from itunes.
Birdette & hubby
Abu Dhabi- UAE
I would just like to say that I LOVE this show.. It makes my day better!
Congrats to Zack and Todd! It's great that "No Res" is an Emmy-winning show. Now it needs an Emmy-winning host.
Tony---Please , my man, check out the Caucusus, esp. Georgia--before you go, see "A Chef in Love", about a French raconteur/chef who falls in love with Georgian cuisine, Ive had it here in NYC, their food , I think, is the best in the planet. Would love to see you there, Richard
Congrats Tony and crew I absolutely love your show! Especially congrats to Zach Zamboni and I grew up with him in small town USA A.K.A Milo Maine. Its great to see someone who has made it big from that area.
Keep up the great work all.
Well done. :)
p.s. toni in brooklyn - yay and happy new year! What an awesome story!:)
Gratz to Tony and the entire crew! Outstanding!
This had been a long time in the works, and it's good to see the Emmy folks getting up to speed. More....MORE!
I am interested in the Emmy folks. what an interesting and meaningful art!
I just want you to know that I deeply respect the way you present USA to the unknown cultures you visit. It is an honor to have you do this. Also, I want to say I am very envious of the travels and adventures you have - but as you always say..... there is always tomorrow.
Tony I have a great suggestion for a great show please get back to me.
Congrats on the Emmy...well deserved and your wife and her family were the stars last week...really appreciate that you let us see your softer side...great family to be a part of...your fans think your wife was wonderful!!!!
I enjoyed your NYC episode filmed in Manhattan. I got a chuckle when you and the old timer were complaining about no more dive bars. The problem is that most of Manhattan are not "True NYC People". Most come from somewhere else unlike the 4 outer boros. Come up to the Bronx or Queens,Brookyn or Staten"Italy" and you will find old time true city bars. Also when I say Brooklyn I don't mean Brooklyn height or Park Slope. I mean Bay Ridge or older part of Carrol Gardens. Congrats on the Emmy.
Hey there, Mister. Our lives are definitely more fun thanks to you! Seriously, congratulations on finally being recognized by those that actually and honestly don't matter. ha ha. Nevertheless, rock on, my friend! We look forward to many more years (hopefully) of sharing your joy of food and life through the warm glow of our television. Omedeto gozaimasu!!
Sheila and Katsuyuki Tago
Anthony! I've 200+ channels at my beck and call. Why, you ask? Good question, seeing as how I spend probably less than 5 hours a week watching the telly.
Your show, tho, is the only appointment viewing I make. It's brilliant - brilliantly entertaining. Thank you thank you thank you. By the way, you should be on the Graham Norton Show (UK show) - you'd be brilliant as a guest.
Tony,
I have always admired your show for your writing and your incredible sense of humor. After wathing the Sardinia episode, I am convinced that you are truly the luckiest man in the world. Your wife and family are spectacular and I truly enjoyed the insight of growing up in such an environment.
Thanks so much for all the fun episode, keep on delivering those fantastic stories and picture, I'm sure that the emmys will be commonplace soon.
John
Tony, it's your witty comments that keep me tuning in to your weekly episodes and weekend marathons. As a woman, it was great to see your wife on last weeks episode. I always wondered if you had found a woman that could appreciate your unique wit.Looking forward to next season!
Parabens!!!!! Congratulations big guy I jumped out of my chair when I read the blog! My family thinks I'm obsessed with your show! Still can't get enough and Todd, you just keeping being your lovable clutzy self. Cograts to Zach, too! Love you guys, from your favorite Brazilian fan! Eliane S.
Congrats on the Emmy. It is very well deserved.
And, although I realize I am unable to speak for other fans, I very much enjoyed your family show. I also enjoy the snarky shows. You can never go wrong in my book going to great destinations, eating great food, and being brutally honest and a funny smart-ass about it at the same time. TRAVEL ON, TONY!!
Congrats, I knew that Emmy was for the AB No Reservations crew. You deserve it like nothing else!... Thinking about visiting Venezuela? or at least part of it. i would love to be the your hostess! ... cheers
Well deserved Emmy. Props to the entire staff!
Have you filmed your Cuba show yet? I would like to see Santiago de Cuba, as I think it's a far more charming city than Havana with its Colonial architecture and history. Another place I would like to see included in your itinerary is the coastal village of Gibara (where Columbus first landed). It was the birthplace of my father.
Holy crap! Just when you thought it might be the end in pops another comment. Well maybe your bored out there on the road and need some cheap entertainment so you'll read this. Good job Tony its nice to see someone that travels like me because for me it was always the people and the food but you get paid to do it, what a gig.
First off, congrats to the crew, they have finally received some notoriety besides ruining a days worth of nourishment, or a platter of indian midnight joy.
Tony, I very much resent you. But not as much as Zimmern. My blinding pride prevents me from saying the truth, that I envy you. I don't resent you, I very much enjoy your show and your writing,in fact I'd rather listen to your wit and satire, the respect and admiration you generously pour onto the last minutes of every episode for the destination you last drank to. You see Tony, I very well could be typing this to nobody other than the several other commentators, however if you do read this, I think you should be reminded that there are people who watch the show for more than the random insults fired at random celebrities, for more than the drinking and cursing, but for you, Tony. It's refreshing in a time of facades and mouths sewn shut, with nervous eyes averted. The honesty. Whether it be cruel honesty, or pure loving honesty, the honesty is as fresh as that street food your so blessed to enjoy and digest. And as I write this, I know I'll hear a conclusion to your show and be reminded how much better of a writer you are. Oh Tony, how I resent you.
I watched your program on Sardinia and I loved it!
Being a Sardine myself, living in the Us and trying to make a living with my Sardinian cooking I really enjoyed seeing my beautiful island so loved by you too.
You made me homesick!!!
Great job though and I love your wife and kid.
Giuli, an Eyetalian trying to cook in Eyedaho
Congratulations to the entire crew and greetings from Finland! I love your show and books :)
Congrats-I always enjoy your show!
Congratulations on the Emmy guys! I hope to see Tony do an acceptance speech someday SOON! Tony, you're so funny and cool. Keep being yourself and I wish you success in your shows and above all with your family. Take care.
HI TONI. FIRST OFF CONGRATS TO YOUR MATES. TONI YOU PROVED YOU ARE GRACIOUS. AS A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT AND A SILENT FOLLOWER OF YOUR PROGRAM I WISH YOU WOULD HELP US ALL DISCOVER THE HIDDEN CULINARY TREASURES IN OUR WONDERFUL STATE. GLAD YOU FINALLY WARMED UP TO GREECE, I AM GREEK AND WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU STARTED THAT EPISODE ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE. KEEP SURPRISING US WITH YOUR WONDERFUL NARRATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING YOUR NEW EPISODES FOR THE COMING SEASON.
Congrats on Emmy!!! I really ejoy your shows. When are you coming to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur?
Hey Tony,
I just wanted to say that it's refreshing to see a celebrity with a down to earth personality and excellent taste in food and culture. I hope that when I get older I'll be able to appreciate good music like you (love the Ramones and Television). Way to hold on to your youth and your edge, man.
Never apologize for things that make you happy.
(DO, however, apologize profusely and expensively for roping your wife into this.)
Kate, I couldn't agree more. Never apologize for what makes you happy.
I find may aspects of travel very enlightening and humbling, as I wrote about here:
http://whoistheabsurdman.blogspot.com/2009/09/absurd-traveler.html
I saw someone who looks just like you in a crowd shot of the "Funny Girl" opening in NYC in 1964, from an interview with Barbra Streisand on CBS Sunday morning. Could it have been your dad?
It was fun seeing your beautiful wife & daughter in the recent episode. You are one lucky fella!
HI, I'M FROM BRASIL! I LOVE YOUR PROGRAM TV. INTELIGENT MAN.
KISSES FROM BRASIL!!!
VANESSA...
www.vanessadeoliveira.net
Hi Tony,
How can I order some of the canned delights you had at Miguel Espinaler's. I ck'd there website but it doesn't have the US listed. Or is there another place just as good that you can email me. I love you and your show!
Donna
I have a question about Sardinia. What towns did you visit and can you provide the names of the restaurants/agritourismos you frequented. My wife and I are going in January (yes, I said, January.)
One more thing. If you ever come to Cleveland again, I'll treat you to the best pastrami sandwich you've ever had. Katz's Deli? Forget about it! One more thing. My wife and I are probably the only two people you've emailed with that have been to Archachon. Sanford Herskovitz, aka Mister Brisket
Great show. Some more so than others. Congratulations.
P.S. Kill the parental discretion warning!!! There is nothing dangerous or offensive about the show. If your going to keep using that disclaimer start doing drugs again and smoking!!!!!
Hey Tony
Congratulations..
U guys truly deserve it..Looking forward for your South India trip..
Please make sure you get the best guide there,otherwise it would end up like just another show,which couldnt capture the best of South India....Do visit Kerala,the southern tip,whose food is rich by Portuguese influence
Anthony, I just wanted to express the deep gratitude that I have for you and your show. I have learned so much from you..and are uniquely original in thought and presence. YOU ARE A TRUE SOUL...what I admire is that you love this world, the good and the bad...and your love for all cultures is truly impacting. Today I saw the episode of where you went to Mexico with your old buddy who is now the head chef at "Les Hailles" in New York.It was such a personal piece to do with him, showing how he came from Mexico, why he came also..the ending made me cry..it was very poignant and extremely touching to show him as an incredible being...I am a very proud Latina, Mexican,Spanich and French desent..I understand how hard it is to be a proud Latin in this country (The US)..they like our food ...but many times they do not and still will no give us the respect I and many others deserve. I truly thank you for all that you do to enlighten us all. May God bless you and all those around you always. I hope to meet you one day!.... Karen A Lopez, Upland, CA.
I remember you from season 1. The shock of your first mention of "burning one" in the mornings. I was hooked immediately and have not quit yet. Yes my friend you are addicting. Congrats on the bambino. I always thought you should reproduce. Just wait til you find out what it's really like.
Recently, I watched your Azores episode and noticed you were missing one thing: The Madeira Feast of the Blessed Sacrament. If you know about this festival then you know what I'm talking about, but if you don't.. then your in for 20 barrels(yes i said barrels) of Madeiran wine which is consumed over a four day period. Keep in mind, this is not to mention all the beer and mixed drinks and Portuguese/ Azorean cuisine that is consumed over a weekend in August located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Supposedly this is one of the largest consumptions of alcohol for a festival in the world. Let us know if your interested!
Congrats on the Emmy! The new season is great. Keep it up
Toutes mes félicitations. I love your show. Keep up the great work. No reservations is the highlight of my Mondays. Bravo!
I'm just letting you know that I won't be watching your wonderful show anymore. My husband was a huge fan. He had all of your books and never missed an episode of No Reservations or A Cooks Tour. Since he died last month (suddenly at 38), I haven't been able to watch without losing it. Hopefully two less viewers won't make a difference.
Dear Tony and crew...
Congrats on the Emmy, now that you have been anointed into the mainstream you can give up any pretenses as a guerilla operation and get down to selling out completely!
Seriously, I love your show even though I never watched it until this year. I am voraciously watching every rerun I can catch on cable. (Which is a lot.)
Loved the show in Sardinia. The family angle didn't detract from your bad-ass reputation, so don't worry.
Keep it up for us not fortunate enough to be able to span the globe like some mutant Wide World of Sports correspondent run amok.
Oh yes, I have been meaning to mention that in a couple of recent shows you have lamented that it is “to late for you”. As if being over 50 is akin to residing in a coffin. Please stop this. For those of us older than you it is very depressing.
Regards: Robert
Congrats on the Emmy that's great! I think it is much deserved as I love the show. Keep it up.
Congrats on getting an Emmy. Love the show and it is very deserved
Tony...vegetarians are at it again!
http://www.evilkid.com/comics/KR/comics/dinner.jpg
A roundhouse kick should sort this out.
Tony, come to Memphis, TN soon! Do you have plans to? At least for a booksigning???
Congratulations on the Emmy - love the show (and glad to have found the blog).
Sometimes heavy is light enough, isn´t it?
I thought I was the only one that liked this guy but I hope Bourdain sees this site http://www.yelp.com/topic/seattle-bourdain-vs-zimmerman
Read in the newspaper that you are coming to give a talk in Denver. I am sure you will get a great welcome and wish I could be there. Company bankruptcies force us to live on Soc. Security so no extras. Love the show and wish you a warm welcome to my new home of Colorado. (Originally from N.J.)
where've ya been up to lately? missin'your prose,man...
Dear Mr. Bourdain/Ticketmaster
WTF! You pick the snobbiest city in Michigan (filled with dearly beloved yuppie scum bag) to come to speak then charge $50 a ticket so us poor college kids have to decide whether to spend the money on groceries for the week or having the opportunity to hear you speak/meet you.
Kudos,
The Trechters.
Congrats on the Emmy! What a great accomplishment.
Hi. I'm with San Miguel Beer, and would like to ask the possibility of featuring Mr. Anthony Bourdain in one of our "Beer & Food" brochures. Pls email me at mcalentajan@smg.sanmiguel.com.ph
I hope Mr. Bourdain will oblige.
thank you,
Mian
Dear Mr. Bourdain,
Congratulations to Zach and Todd on the Emmy. I loved your Tokyo episode. It brought back fond memories of my one visit in 1980. I hope I can go back one more time. Your Sardinia episode was quite unique. Enjoyed the family. I am looking forward to season 6, specially the episode in Kerala. If you ever plan an episode in Gujarat, I would love to be your host.
Best regards.
Nikunj.
Hi Tony,
I saw your NY Times interview this past Saturday, and have finally come down from 'cloud 9'. I would've asked you the following questions that evening, had I had (a) the nerve and (b) time. Hope you read/answer them when you have a chance
1. How do you stay so slim and fit despite how much you eat/drink?
2. Do you take your wife and daughter with you when you travel?
3. Will you ever do another show where you invite viewers to suggest new places for you to travel to?
4. Would you consider coming to Long Island to eat dinner at my house?
congrats.Hi Tony! Congratulations!! You and your show totaly diserve it! We from Brazil are steel wating for your to come back and redime your self from that drastic comment you made about Minas Gerais in the Sao paulo episode! We are so far way of been one of the poorest region in Brazil! That was your Paulista friend talking, not you.. not a traveller! Step out the tourist tour and come to see the real Brazil! Rio and Sao Paulo are turistic places, everybody heard of it! Come to Minas, and have the real deal!
Just saw the Sardinia show... your wife is spectacular...and I love the way you two relate to each other... there's a look in your eyes... and the way you stroke your daughter's hair in the short walking shot... truly wonderful !
Congrats guys, well deserved. Can't wait for the new season!
Congrats on the well deserved Emmys. I am just wondering you went around South America and skiped ECUADOR!!! Why? It has great food. Specially because it is a very diverse country and food is also very different from the jungle, the highlands and the coast. If you wanna come over I can show you around and take you to great food places.
If only the Dutch had any kind of cuisine... we would have had a chance to have Anthony Bourdain over...
Congrats on the Emmy.
Congrats on the Emmy! You guys deserve it! I agree that the cinematography that you guys put out is amazing!
So I thought I left a comment a couple days ago but it never showed up. So I couldnt send the letter I wrote because I couldnt find the address, and now I left a comment that never showed up, so this is my second attempt.
The dinner party is tomorrow night, it will start around 9. This is stuff that isnt going on anywhere in the world, as far as I know, not even in Amsterdam, and I think you would really enjoy this.
My email is attached, so just send me one.
Congrats on the Emmy! You guys deserve it! I agree that the cinematography that you guys put out is amazing!
solo quisiera q antony bourdain regrese y se tpoe conmigo en baires.nada mas.
que se tope conmigo seria un regalo hermoso y un sueño hecho realidad.
I've loved the television you and your crew make -- from the (pardon the mention) "Chef's Tour" days on through (but know that NoRes is WILDLY better by comparison). Your wife was outstanding on the show in Sardina. It looks like you have a wonderful family there, too.
Tony - Go to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia Spain and ask for a Queimada and some vino dinamita. That would make an awesome episode. I am a huge fan of No Reservations, keep up the good work!
I thought the episode was brilliant, and finally a chance to see how you and your lovely family interact. Props my friend.
you have to talk to my husband! you two have so much in common its sick. you would probably be best friends if you ever met. he eats as much as u and drinks as much as u and smokes as much as u. u two even dress alike. the white button down and cowboy boots oh yeah. hes not a chef but works in the industry and has palates of a god. im telling u if u would like to meet someone u would absolutely have a ball with u should let me know. im a little buzzed but im telling u its the truth. ur on my tv right now and u two could be in the making ! or at least come visit and do a shot with us! take care!
when is the next episode going to air ?
Congratulations. They deserved it.
Congrats! You really deserved it, your hard work deserved it. I have always loved the kind of television you have made.
What a Beautifully Pungent smell it is!!!
A belated congratulations on your Emmy. And well done on getting all the way to Season 6.
Congrats! Things like that don't happen often in life so enjoy it.
That's really cool! Hard work pays off finally I see.
Veryy good
You see, the filipino fans have gotten together and voiced their concern as to why Tony has not gone to the philippines and try the Cebu roast pig.
It's always cool to see so much effort coalesce into rewards like this one - congratulations!
Really nice job, I've been watching for a few seasons now and the show looks great, sounds great and is great. Keep it up.
What a bunch of heaping pile of horse manure this show has become this season. Everything is so goody goody... and now the family crap also - Get a grip soon or lose it bro! You'll be the next Jamie Oliver :D Still, the Emmy was really deserved, excellent stuff on several episodes.
Much deserved my friend, much deserved. I've watched every episode and there's a reason you are the most popular man on the travel channel! Keep it up.
Congratulations on winning the Emmy Awards for Cinematography! I enjoyed your visit to Indonesia episode. Tony, you are a very artistic and talented person just like my country. Next time you are in my country give me a call and we'll have lunch at the Palace and show you the good eateries in Jakarta! The world famous Indonesian sate is the first and original. Many can imitate, but none can replace the authentic Indonesian sate with sate peanut sauce. You also got to try Tempeh if you haven't already.
Congratulations on winning the Emmy!
congratulations anthony! heres hoping for another one in the future!
Loved monday's show!
I think you should come out to Hawaii! There are tons of authentic Hawaii meals for you to try, although nothing gets much more bizarre than poi I suppose. Spam musubis would be a good one to try (basically a giant spam sushi).
Oh, forgot to mention traditional dishes such as poke, Lomi Lomi Salmon, Chicken Char Siu, and kahlua pork - pretty much anything you'd find at a luau.
Congratulations on the award. It was well deserved, and for spending so much time apart from family is such a huge sacrifice and it is to be rewarded!
Who finished number two in the voting?
Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming. Looks pretty good on the ole resume I bet.
I got to see Todd's acceptance speech live, it was indeed one of the best of the evening.
I was there at the award ceremony! I clapped for you guys.
A rare honor to be sure. Enjoy.
Wow...Congratulations on winning the Emmy!
Wow, congrats on the Emmy, must feel great especially when so well deserved!
Congrats on the Emmy award for Outstanding
Cinematography for a Non-fiction series!
I believe we got our first nanosecond glimpse of Ottavia in the Spain episode right at the very end when there's a meal with the father-daughter team that owns and runs Arzak. She's seated to Tony's left.