Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Besides the chef's hat, Anthony Bourdain wears many others: TV personality, best-selling author, public speaker, weary world traveler, gourmand, punk-rock aficionado, proud New Yorker and, most recently, doting father. He's even kicked his lifelong smoking habit. That's right: Anthony Bourdain is no longer a chain smoker. However, the fans that know him best can rest assured that the infamously grumpy, sharp-tongued host of No Reservations has become anything but pedestrian. As he continues to explore every corner of the globe on his Emmy Award winning Travel Channel series, Anthony Bourdain encounters the weird, wild and downright outrageous personalities and places that help define the international cultural landscape. Whether it's eating the raw eyeball off a bloody seal carcass on a kitchen floor, flying through the treetops of Vancouver on a zip-line, or hunting for lizards in the desert of Saudi Arabia, Bourdain refuses to yield to middle age or tar-stained lungs when adventure comes calling. However, it's the foreign food that best captures our host's attention.

In the world of a cook, an understanding and appreciation of how others eat is akin to discovering secret societies and cryptic subcultures. Cooks have special access. As always, the food is only the first glimpse of a wider view of how people live their lives in faraway lands and unfamiliar territories. In the fog-shrouded highlands of Papua New Guinea, the last vestiges of a World War II cargo cult, or the jarring light show that is Las Vegas at night, "No Reservations" dives headfirst into life's colorful and rich pageant. Join Anthony Bourdain as he circumnavigates the globe on his conquest to discover the cities, villages and countries that provide life's truest surprises. See behind-the-scenes photos from No Reservations and watch exclusive video of Tony's #Bourdainisms. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations EDIT Join best-selling author and professional chef Anthony Bourdain as he travels the world seeking the ultimate dining experience. He will hit locales from the well known to those off the beaten path, from New Jersey to Iceland and points in between.

Along his journey, the adventuring Bourdain will share his no holds barred experience of the food and customs that flavor the different cultures of the world in a way that only he can. The show is produced by Zero Point Zero Productions. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Next Chapter NEW More Info About This Show Categories Themes witty remarks, for men, sarcastic characters, uncharted lands, celebrity chefs Important: You must only upload images which you have created yourself or that you are expressly authorised or licensed to upload. By clicking "Publish", you are confirming that the image fully complies with TV.com’s Terms of Use and that you own all rights to the image or have authorization to upload it. Please read the following before uploading Do not upload anything which you do not own or are fully licensed to upload. The images should not contain any sexually explicit content, race hatred material or other offensive symbols or images. Remember: Abuse of the TV.com image system may result in you being banned from uploading images or from the entire site – so, play nice and respect the rules!

Choose background: Watch Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Episodes Online | SideReel Get a free account 60 minutes Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is an American travel and food show on the Travel Channel. Host Anthony Bourdain visits overseas countries, cities worldwide, and places within the US, where hosts treat him to local culture and cuisine. New episodes will resume Monday July 30, 2007 at 10 PM ET. The format and content of the show is almost identical to Bourdain's earlier Food Network show, A Cook's Tour. The "Beirut" episode was nominated for an Emmy Award on July 18, 2007. Anthony Bourdain Joins CNN to Host New Weekend Program – CNN Press Room - CNN.com Blogs Anthony Bourdain Joins CNN to Host New Weekend Program Launching in Early 2013 on CNN & CNNI, Program Expands CNN’s Coverage of Food and Travel; Bourdain to Also Offer Commentary Across CNN Programs World-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain will join CNN as host of a new weekend program, creating a signature showcase for the network’s coverage of food and travel.

The announcement was made by CNN Worldwide Executive Vice President and Managing Editor, Mark Whitaker. “For more than a decade, Anthony Bourdain has been a trailblazer in educating Americans about different cuisines and cultures around the world, as well as an outspoken commentator on social trends ranging from the rise of celebrity chefs to the impact of fast food chains to the spread of vegetarianism and veganism,” said Whitaker. “Examining the world through the prism of Tony’s unique expertise and passions continues CNN’s long-standing commitment to international reporting and to promoting global understanding.” Launching in early 2013, the show will be shot on location and examine cultures from around the world through their food and dining and travel rituals. Slated to air domestically on Sundays in prime time with repeat airings on Saturday nights, it will mark a further step in broadening and distinguishing CNN’s weekend programming from its traditional weekday news coverage. The series will be produced by Zero Point Zero Production with Executive Producers and Founders Chris Collins and Lydia Tenaglia, along with Executive Producer Sandy Zweig.

The Emmy award winning Zero Point Zero Production has been working with Anthony Bourdain for over a decade, producing Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Layover, A Cook's Tour, and Decoding Ferran Adria. Bourdain, whose reporting has taken him from the culinary capitals of Europe, Asia and North and South America to such historically war-torn or isolated regions as Vietnam, Mozambique, Uzbekistan and Romania, will also offer commentary on other CNN programs and platforms, domestically and internationally, providing insights into current events and debates around food and health and other cultural conversations. “I’m really looking forward to coming over to CNN. I think the world is going to get a whole lot bigger for me,” said Bourdain. “I hope that old fans and new ones will be excited about what’s coming down the road.” Bourdain has been the host of the award-winning Travel Channel series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations since 2005. He previously hosted A Cook’s Tour on the Food Network and has appeared on Bravo’s competition series Top Chef and written for HBO’s New Orleans-based drama Treme.

He is also the author of critically acclaimed non-fiction and fiction books, including the New York Times bestsellers “Kitchen Confidential" and "A Cook’s Tour." He now oversees his own line of books from Ecco, a division of HarperCollins, the first three of which are scheduled to be released in 2013. Bourdain’s many accolades include Emmy awards for programs on Haiti and Laos, and an Emmy nomination for an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which was shot in Beirut during the 2006 Lebanon War. -30- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations : Shows : TravelChannel.com Vietnam Vietnam "I'm happy with all our Vietnam shows -- probably because I’m always so ludicrously happy to be there. I could just watch the B-roll from those shows all day. It’s a good place to work, a good place to eat. A good place to be." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "I'm happy with all our Vietnam shows -- probably because I’m always so ludicrously happy to be there. I could just watch the B-roll from those shows all day. It’s a good place to work, a good place to eat.

A good place to be." -- Tony Bourdain Beirut Beirut "The 2006 Beirut show obviously holds a special place in the memories of all who were involved. Like the war that broke out around us, it happened unexpectedly. That experience changed those of us who were there. And it changed subsequent shows. We never, from that point on, forgot how arbitrary life and death can be, and how harsh life can be for the people we leave behind when we head safely home with our cameras." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "The 2006 Beirut show obviously holds a special place in the memories of all who were involved. Like the war that broke out around us, it happened unexpectedly. That experience changed those of us who were there. And it changed subsequent shows. We never, from that point on, forgot how arbitrary life and death can be, and how harsh life can be for the people we leave behind when we head safely home with our cameras." - Tony Bourdain Cleveland: Harvey Pekar Cleveland: Harvey Pekar "Harvey Pekar. We wanted to celebrate and step inside the life of Cleveland’s greatest chronicler in the style of American Splendor.

It took a lot of work and pre-production to do that. But I’m very proud of the result. Not least because I believe so fervently that the late, great Pekar was a uniquely American, wonderful and important man whose life deserves celebrating and remembering. My love for Cleveland is absolute. I may not love it for the reasons some might like -- but I love it just the same. I am honored that Harvey, may he rest in peace, liked the show." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Harvey Pekar. We wanted to celebrate and step inside the life of Cleveland’s greatest chronicler in the style of American Splendor. It took a lot of work and pre-production to do that. But I’m very proud of the result. Not least because I believe so fervently that the late, great Pekar was a uniquely American, wonderful and important man whose life deserves celebrating and remembering. My love for Cleveland is absolute. I may not love it for the reasons some might like -- but I love it just the same.

I am honored that Harvey, may he rest in peace, liked the show." -- Tony Bourdain Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong, particularly the scene where a third-generation noodle maker practices his craft, rocking painfully and disfiguringly on his bamboo pole under the faded photos of his parents, encompassed everything I believe to be good and true about people who choose to make food the very best they can. It was a beautifully shot and edited sequence -- one of our very best. If our show is principally in the business of celebrating cooks -- wherever they may cook -- and in whatever circumstances -- then this was as good an example of our work as we could ask for." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 Hong Kong, particularly the scene where a third-generation noodle maker practices his craft, rocking painfully and disfiguringly on his bamboo pole under the faded photos of his parents, encompassed everything I believe to be good and true about people who choose to make food the very best they can. It was a beautifully shot and edited sequence -- one of our very best.

If our show is principally in the business of celebrating cooks -- wherever they may cook -- and in whatever circumstances -- then this was as good an example of our work as we could ask for." -- Tony Bourdain Montana Montana " Montana , which opens with the great American author and poet Jim Harrison reading from his work, would have been a proud achievement for that alone: Jim Harrison is in it. That’s enough. But it’s also where I started to look at those parts of America so different than my own -- cowboy country, gun country, red state, Palin bumper sticker America , with a genuine affection I’d previously only felt for Vietnamese and South Americans and Europeans." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 " Montana , which opens with the great American author and poet Jim Harrison reading from his work, would have been a proud achievement for that alone: Jim Harrison is in it. That’s enough.

But it’s also where I started to look at those parts of America so different than my own -- cowboy country, gun country, red state, Palin bumper sticker America , with a genuine affection I’d previously only felt for Vietnamese and South Americans and Europeans." - Tony Bourdain Sardinia Sardinia "Sardinia was a risky show, because it was so personal, and I had a whole new Italian/Sardinian family looking over my shoulder -- and more perilously -- I had chosen to include my wife. My wife’s father’s family in the mountain towns of that incredibly beautiful island were the best "fixers" any one could have hoped for. The cinematography was incredible. And the editors, in spite of the fact that I was sitting in their laps for much of the cut and making their lives miserable, responded with a beautiful and heartfelt love letter to what is for most people an unfamiliar culture." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Sardinia was a risky show, because it was so personal, and I had a whole new Italian/Sardinian family looking over my shoulder -- and more perilously -- I had chosen to include my wife.

My wife’s father’s family in the mountain towns of that incredibly beautiful island were the best "fixers" any one could have hoped for. The cinematography was incredible. And the editors, in spite of the fact that I was sitting in their laps for much of the cut and making their lives miserable, responded with a beautiful and heartfelt love letter to what is for most people an unfamiliar culture." - Tony Bourdain Venice Venice "Venice was where we were really hitting a golden period for cinematography, I think. Using film lenses and adhering to a stylebook shamelessly lifted from works like Don’t Look Now and The Comfort of Strangers, we’d do things like wake up very early in the morning to shoot in Piazza San Marco -- intending to make the usually crowded Venice look empty and haunted. It’s an example of a show that came out just as we’d planned, looked and sounded like we wanted it to, and it also had the advantage of being filled with great characters and food." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Venice was where we were really hitting a golden period for cinematography, I think.

Using film lenses and adhering to a stylebook shamelessly lifted from works like Don’t Look Now and The Comfort of Strangers, we’d do things like wake up very early in the morning to shoot in Piazza San Marco -- intending to make the usually crowded Venice look empty and haunted. It’s an example of a show that came out just as we’d planned, looked and sounded like we wanted it to, and it also had the advantage of being filled with great characters and food." - Tony Bourdain Rome Rome "Probably my favorite show of all of them. My proudest achievement. Why” Because it was so suicidally stupid. Because no one wanted it. Because everybody thought it was a bad idea to do a show in Rome—that most beautiful and colorful of cities—in black and white. : Instead of run and gun hand held cameras and fast editing, we shot stationary, with film lenses. Instead of no lighting and barely acceptable sound, we lit as if in a studio, made frequent use of subtitles." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Probably my favorite show of all of them. My proudest achievement. Why” Because it was so suicidally stupid. Because no one wanted it.

Because everybody thought it was a bad idea to do a show in Rome—that most beautiful and colorful of cities—in black and white. : Instead of run and gun hand held cameras and fast editing, we shot stationary, with film lenses. Instead of no lighting and barely acceptable sound, we lit as if in a studio, made frequent use of subtitles." - Tony Bourdain El Bulli El Bulli "It was the most important restaurant in the world -- in its last days. And the greatest culinary artist of this or last century, Ferran Adria, had agreed to open his life and his kitchen to us. So it was important to get it right. We threw everything we had at it. Every camera, every technical innovation -- every creative idea we could come up with. We got the right guy -- the best guy -- Jose Andres -- to come along and show us, through personal reminisces, what it all meant -- and why it was important." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "It was the most important restaurant in the world -- in its last days. And the greatest culinary artist of this or last century, Ferran Adria, had agreed to open his life and his kitchen to us.

So it was important to get it right. We threw everything we had at it. Every camera, every technical innovation -- every creative idea we could come up with. We got the right guy -- the best guy -- Jose Andres -- to come along and show us, through personal reminisces, what it all meant -- and why it was important." - Tony Bourdain Holiday Specials Holiday Specials "Our last in a series of Holiday Specials was a high watermark of sorts. It has always been my belief that the pursuit of excellence in television is impossible if one does not regularly seek to cause terror and confusion at one’s network. The network’s sweetheart, Samantha Brown, playing herself as a crazed, vengeful, alcoholic and homicidal shut-in, pumped a bullet into my leg (spraying blood on a stuffed kitten) between pouring schnapps into a bowl of Fruity Pebbles." - Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Our last in a series of Holiday Specials was a high watermark of sorts. It has always been my belief that the pursuit of excellence in television is impossible if one does not regularly seek to cause terror and confusion at one’s network.

The network’s sweetheart, Samantha Brown, playing herself as a crazed, vengeful, alcoholic and homicidal shut-in, pumped a bullet into my leg (spraying blood on a stuffed kitten) between pouring schnapps into a bowl of Fruity Pebbles." - Tony Bourdain Cajun Country Cajun Country "The pig slaughter and boucherie in the Cajun Country show is a personal favorite. It starts with a prayer. And it’s a scene I’m most grateful to the network for -- for leaving it alone. Pretty disturbing stuff to see a pig shot close-up to the brain. It’s ugly, and painful. But that’s what happens when you take a life for your dinner. And somebody, somewhere does -- every time you order a pork chop. We always work extra hard whenever we shoot in New Orleans or Louisiana -- to do right by them -- as they have been egregiously failed by so many others. Also, we love the place ferociously." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "The pig slaughter and boucherie in the Cajun Country show is a personal favorite. It starts with a prayer.

And it’s a scene I’m most grateful to the network for -- for leaving it alone. Pretty disturbing stuff to see a pig shot close-up to the brain. It’s ugly, and painful. But that’s what happens when you take a life for your dinner. And somebody, somewhere does -- every time you order a pork chop. We always work extra hard whenever we shoot in New Orleans or Louisiana -- to do right by them -- as they have been egregiously failed by so many others.

Also, we love the place ferociously." -- Tony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain chats with folks Anthony Bourdain chats with folks "Blanca – post-scene with Brandon Hoy and Chef Mirachi." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Blanca – post-scene with Brandon Hoy and Chef Mirachi." -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain sitting on a dock Tony Bourdain sitting on a dock "With fishermen Frankie, Tony and Captain Vinnie, who appears to be wondering who I am." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "With fishermen Frankie, Tony and Captain Vinnie, who appears to be wondering who I am." -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain poses with a man that looks like him Tony Bourdain poses with a man that looks like him "Ralphie Balzano taking me for a ride in the Buick. We could be brothers." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Ralphie Balzano taking me for a ride in the Buick.

We could be brothers." -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain with a character from The Wire Tony Bourdain with a character from The Wire "Yes, in my head I'm pretending I'm in The Wire right now." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Yes, in my head I'm pretending I'm in The Wire right now." -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain showing his excitement Tony Bourdain showing his excitement "With 'Omar Little' and 'Marlo Stanfield' at Gloria's -- they look cool. I look like an excited child." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "With 'Omar Little' and 'Marlo Stanfield' at Gloria's -- they look cool.

I look like an excited child." -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain on the Cyclone at Coney Island Tony Bourdain on the Cyclone at Coney Island "Tragically, I'd never been on the Cyclone at Coney Island before this show." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Tragically, I'd never been on the Cyclone at Coney Island before this show." -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain on the Cyclone rollercoaster Tony Bourdain on the Cyclone rollercoaster "Here, I'm refusing to get off the Cyclone because I'm having so much fun." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Here, I'm refusing to get off the Cyclone because I'm having so much fun." -- Tony Bourdain Cameraman is happy to be at Brooklyn Fare Cameraman is happy to be at Brooklyn Fare "Cameraman Jeremy Leach is struck dumb by the beauty of Brooklyn Fare's chef's table." -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "Cameraman Jeremy Leach is struck dumb by the beauty of Brooklyn Fare's chef's table." -- Tony Bourdain Camera sits on a trash can that says

 the words Thank You Camera sits on a trash can that says the words Thank You "And that, ladies and gents, is a wrap!" -- Tony Bourdain 960 1280 "And that, ladies and gents, is a wrap!" -- Tony Bourdain Tony Bourdain on the rollercoaster Cyclone on Coney Island Tony Bourdain on the rollercoaster Cyclone on Coney Island Anthony Bourdain prepares to ride Coney Island's Cyclone for the first time.

960 1280 Anthony Bourdain prepares to ride Coney Island's Cyclone for the first time. Tony Bourdain shares a meal in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain shares a meal in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain has a meal with restaurateur Eddie Huang at Pok Pok. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain has a meal with restaurateur Eddie Huang at Pok Pok. Tony Bourdain at a restaurant in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain at a restaurant in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain at Randazzo's Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay with chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain at Randazzo's Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay with chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone. Close-up picture of a roasted pig Close-up picture of a roasted pig Close-up shot of a roasted pig at Primorski restaurant off Brighton Beach Avenue. 960 1280 Close-up shot of a roasted pig at Primorski restaurant off Brighton Beach Avenue. Picture of Anthony Bourdain in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn Picture of Anthony Bourdain in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn Tony Bourdain in Sheepshead Bay.

960 1280 Tony Bourdain in Sheepshead Bay. Tony Bourdain in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn Tony Bourdain in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn Tony Bourdain in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn with local Ralph Balzano. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn with local Ralph Balzano. Tony Bourdain with Talib Kweli Tony Bourdain with Talib Kweli Tony Bourdain with music artist Talib Kweli at Roberta's. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain with music artist Talib Kweli at Roberta's. Tony Bourdain at a deli in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain at a deli in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain with Lloyd Lederman of Jay and Lloyd's Kosher Deli. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain with Lloyd Lederman of Jay and Lloyd's Kosher Deli. Tony Bourdain with actors Michael Kenneth Williams and Jamie Hector Tony Bourdain with actors Michael Kenneth Williams and Jamie Hector Tony Bourdain at Gloria's West Indian cuisine restaurant with actors Michael Kenneth Williams and Jamie Hector.

960 1280 Tony Bourdain at Gloria's West Indian cuisine restaurant with actors Michael Kenneth Williams and Jamie Hector. Outside shot of deli in Brooklyn Outside shot of deli in Brooklyn Exterior shot of Jay and Lloyd's Kosher Deli in Sheepshead Bay. 960 1280 Exterior shot of Jay and Lloyd's Kosher Deli in Sheepshead Bay. Close-up shot of duck with kumquat at Blanca restaurant. 960 1280 Close-up shot of duck with kumquat at Blanca restaurant. Tony Bourdain with Zamir Gotta in Brighton Beach Tony Bourdain with Zamir Gotta in Brighton Beach Tony Bourdain with good friend Zamir Gotta on the boardwalk at Brighton Beach. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain with good friend Zamir Gotta on the boardwalk at Brighton Beach. Tony Bourdain at Sunny's barbecue in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain at Sunny's barbecue in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain with brothers Sunny and Ralph Balzano at Sunny's Bar in Red Hook. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain with brothers Sunny and Ralph Balzano at Sunny's Bar in Red Hook.

Tony Bourdain and others hold up their catch of the day Tony Bourdain and others hold up their catch of the day Tony Bourdain, Dave Pasternack and fishing buddies with the catch of the day. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain, Dave Pasternack and fishing buddies with the catch of the day. Tony Bourdain eats clams in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain eats clams in Brooklyn Tony Bourdain having clam strips at Ruby's bar in Brighton Beach. 960 1280 Tony Bourdain having clam strips at Ruby's bar in Brighton Beach. Anthony Bourdain blasts Travel Channel upon his exit - latimes November 13, 2012 |By Patrick Kevin Day Anthony Bourdain (Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Images ) Anthony Bourdain has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind, and he's not changing a thing as he makes the transition from Travel Channel, his home for the last seven years. That includes tearing into his former bosses when he feels they deserve it. As Bourdain rings down the curtain on the final season of his long-running show, "No Reservations," he ripped the channel's executives in a particularly hostile post on his personal Tumblr page.

The source of his anger is a decision to insert post-production product placement of a Cadillac into one of the final episodes of "No Reservations" without consulting the writer and chef first, making it appear that Bourdain was endorsing the car by riding around in one. "After the first airing of the commercial, I let the network know of my extreme displeasure," Bourdain wrote. "Fair warning one would think. They ran it again anyway." Though Bourdain admitted that he's not been above this sort of thing in the past -- he took money from a credit card company to include its ads within the context of the program a few years ago -- he's angry about a perceived lack of respect the new management at Travel Channel has shown him. "I have had a long and mostly very happy relationship with Travel Channel over the last eight years," he wrote. "For almost all of that time, they were incredibly supportive of what me and my partners were doing -- and of me personally. A number of different owners, a number of different administrations came and went.

But in the last year or so things started to take a definite turn for the worse." In a statement, Travel Channel responded, "We’ve enjoyed a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Tony and his production team, but his decision to make further remarks on this matter in the public domain is unfortunate." Bourdain accused the execs of "cynically and cheaply" attempting to repurpose video from his shows to create new content. And, of course, there's the Cadillac product placement. He apologized to Cadillac, with whom he says he has no issue. But the new regime at Travel Channel gets an earful. And they will continue to get an earful, no doubt, when Bourdain appears on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Tuesday night. His new show on CNN is scheduled to debut in the spring.

ALSO: Anthony Bourdain set for new CNN show: 'No Reservations' host to star in net's new weekend show - tribunedigital-chicagotribune Anthony Bourdain set for new CNN show: 'No Reservations' host to star in net's new weekend show May 29, 2012|Jill Goldsmith | Variety Chef, author and Emmy winner Anthony Bourdain is jumping to CNN as host of a new weekend show to create a "signature" for the network's coverage of food and travel, the news net said Tuesday. He'll start this fall after wrapping up his obligations with Travel Channel with appearances on CNN shows and work on his new as yet untitled program that will launch next year on CNN and CNN International, CNN Worldwide exec VP and Managing Editor, Mark Whitaker told Variety. He'll also write for CNN.com. "I think the world is going to get a whole lot bigger for me," said Bourdain in a statement. "I hope that old fans and new ones will be excited about what's coming down the road." Bourdain's producer of a decade, Zero Point Productions, will move with him to CNN. CNN hasn't yet decided how the lineup will be shuffled.

Its weekend evenings currently include "Piers Morgan Tonight," "CNN Presents" and "CNN Newsroom." The move is a blow to Travel Channel and parent Scripps Networks Interactive, with eclectic globetrotter Bourdain one of the best-known personalities in its stable. The network wished him all the best, and said it has a deep bench. As part of Travel Channel's strategic repositioning of the brand and its core programming mission, the network has been aggressively developing new talent, new voices and new shows," a spokesperson said. "Anthony Bourdain has been an iconic figure at Travel Channel for eight groundbreaking seasons" of "No Reservations'," a Travel Channel spokesperson said, noting that new episodes of that show and "The Layover" will run through 2013. "Bourdain programs will always have a home on Travel Channel. We are proud of the great storytelling Tony has brought to the network. We congratulate him on his new venture and look forward to working with him on new projects in the future." Bourdain has been the host of the award-winning Travel Channel series "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" since 2005.

He previously hosted "A Cook's Tour" on the Food Network and has appeared on Bravo's competition series "Top Chef" and written for HBO's New Orleans-based drama "Treme." "For more than a decade, Anthony Bourdain has been a trailblazer in educating Americans about different cuisines and cultures around the world," said Whitaker. "Examining the world through the prism of Tony's unique expertise and passions continues CNN's long-standing commitment to international reporting and to promoting global understanding," he said. Launching in early 2013, show will be similar to "No Reservations," shot on location and examine cultures from around the world through food, dining and travel. It's slated to air domestically on Sundays in prime time with repeat airings on Saturday nights. The net called it another step in broadening and distinguishing CNN's weekend programming from its traditional weekday news coverage. Click here for more television news on Variety.com.

MORE: The Layover: Travel Channel Announces Bourdain's New Show - Eater The Layover: Travel Channel Announces Bourdain's New Show pin According to a press release, the Travel Channel has officially greenlit Anthony Bourdain's new show, The Layover (the original title was 24-Hour Layovers ). No Reservations production company Zero Point Zero is producing the ten-episode, one-hour weekly series. Last month Bourdain described the new show as "faster, more democratic and more caffeinated than No Rez. But just as obnoxious." Here's how the Travel Channel put it: "With only 24-48 hours in each city, he is pressed for time to show viewers the essential 'must see' places, people and foods.

Bourdain will travel throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe revealing insider tips that only the most seasoned traveler would know." Said Lydia Tenaglia of Zero Point Zero: "It's Tony going straight at a city and showing what he thinks can and should be accomplished in a limited amount of time – brace yourself." TRAVEL CHANNEL GREENLIGHTS PRODUCTION FOR “THE LAYOVER”, A NEW ORIGINAL TRAVEL SERIES HOSTED BY ANTHONY BOURDAIN THAT BRINGS NEW MEANING TO THE 24-48 HOUR LAYOVER EXPERIENCE Network Partners with Award-Winning Production Company, Zero Point Zero (“Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations”) For Second Original Series Chevy Chase, Md – July 26, 2011 – Travel Channel has greenlit production for “The Layover,” a new original travel series hosted by Anthony Bourdain, the host of the Network’s Emmy award-winning travel series “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations”. Travel Channel has partnered with Zero Point Zero to produce this ten episode, one-hour weekly series. Chris Collins, Lydia Tenaglia and Anthony Bourdain will serve as executive producers for Zero Point Zero, and Stone Roberts will serve as the executive producer for the Travel Channel.

This marks the second original series the award-winning production company will produce for the Network. It produced Travel Channel’s seventh season of ‘No Reservations’, which recently earned four 2011 Emmy nominations. “The Layover” is slated to premiere in fourth quarter 2011. In this new original series, Bourdain is back and like you’ve never seen him before. He is high octane, gritty and traveling with a sense of urgency. With only 24-48 hours in each city, he is pressed for time to show viewers the essential “must see" places, people and foods. Bourdain will travel throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe revealing insider tips that only the most seasoned traveler would know. Viewers will be treated to a ringside seat as he quickly gathers local intel, faces the enemy of time and distance, gets off the tired old tourist path and tries something new, all within a matter of hours. “This is a chance to show viewers the secrets of Tony's traveling routine: cracking open the essence of each city, getting right to the marrow of every experience, and making the most out of every moment.

These shows are not only about finding the best of every city, but they're filled with amazing tips and tricks for where to go, where to stay, where to eat, and how to get around -- as only Tony can share them and ZPZ can get them on tape!," said Fred Graver, SVP, Programming & Development, Travel Channel. “This series will inspire the occasional traveler and surprise even the most seasoned traveler." ‘The Layover’ will give viewers a hyper-caffeinated, utilitarian take on the Bourdain travel experience,” said Lydia Tenaglia, Zero Point Zero. “It’s Tony going straight at a city and showing what he thinks can and should be accomplished in a limited amount of time – brace yourself.” Anthony Bourdain is a 28-year veteran of professional kitchens, having worked as a dishwasher, line cook and chef in places good, bad and horrible -- most of them in New York City. In 2000, he published a memoir of his experiences in the culinary underbelly. “Kitchen Confidential” became an unlikely, but enduring, international bestseller.

He has since milked that lucky break for everything it's worth, following up with the gonzo-travel diary, “A Cook's Tour”; a historical account of the notorious turn-of-the-century cook and disease carrier, "Typhoid Mary"; the crime novels "A Bone in the Throat," "Gone Bamboo" and "The Bobby Gold Stories"; "The Les Halles Cookbook"; a collection of essays entitled “The Nasty Bits”; and the companion book to the Travel Channel series, ‘No Reservations’. His recently released, “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook”, is the long-awaited follow-up to “Kitchen Confidential”, and is an insider’s perspective on the changes in the restaurant business. Since embarking on a round-the-world trip for "A Cook's Tour," he has continued traveling for ‘No Reservations’ (now in its seventh season), for various publications, for public-speaking engagements and because he likes it. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ottavia, and his daughter, Ariane.

About Zero Point Zero: Zero Point Zero is a television and digital content production company founded in 2003 by Executive Producers Chris Collins and Lydia Tenaglia, with partner and Managing Director Joe Caterini coming aboard in 2009. Since its inception the company has produced over 270 hours of television in 80 countries around the world including the critically acclaimed and award winning series: Anthony Bourdain No Reservations. Since 2009 ZPZ has received13 Emmy nominations, including primetime nominations for Editing, Writing and Best Non-Fiction Series for Anthony Bourdain No Reservations and a win for Best Cinematography. Other recent productions include the 2009 EMMY- winning Diary of a Foodie and 2010 EMMY nominated, Adventures with Ruth for PBS; the 2010 series, Brew Masters for Discovery; and The Wild Within for Travel Channel. In 2011 ZPZ created the Lucky Peach Ipad App and print journal with Chef David Chang, and the definitive meat guide, Pat LaFrieda’s Big App for Meat.

About Travel Channel: TRAVEL CHANNEL ( is a network and Web site that connects viewers to the power and joy of human journeys that inspire, surprise, and entertain. Travel Channel is the world’s leading travel media brand, and the network is available in 96 million U.S. cable homes. Its Travel Channel HD™ simulcast is distributed to almost 37 million homes and is available on every major provider. Travel Channel is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD, and maintains offices in New York and Atlanta. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), which also owns and operates HGTV ( DIY Network ( Food Network ( Cooking Channel ( and Great American Country ( is the manager and general partner. Anthony Bourdain Exits Travel Channel for CNN | Hollywood Reporter Anthony Bourdain Exits Travel Channel for CNN 8:01 AM PDT 5/29/2012 by Marisa Guthrie COMMENTS Getty Images UPDATED: The globe-trotting chef and author will get his own show in early 2013 and will make visiting global hot-spots a priority. Globe trotting No Reservations star Anthony Bourdain is leaving Travel Channel for CNN.

The chef, author and media personality will get his own program on the cable news network in early 2013. He'll become the marquee personality in CNN’s efforts to broaden its lifestyle programming especially during the weekend hours. PHOTOS: CNN Heroes 2011: Anderson Cooper, Miley Cyrus Pay Tribute to 10 Inspirational 'Extraordinary Individuals' No Reservations is in its eighth season on Travel, where Bourdain also writes a popular blog. A spinoff series The Layover recently began production on season two. New episodes of both shows will continue to air into 2013. In a statement, the Travel Channel called Bourdain an "iconic figure" at the network. "We are proud of the great storytelling Tony has brought to the Network," the statement continued. "We congratulate him on his new venture and look forward to working with him on new projects in the future." Bourdain's untitled CNN program will air Sunday evenings and repeat on Saturdays. It will follow a similar format to No Reservations, according to Mark Whitaker, CNN Worldwide executive vp and managing editor. But with the support and apparatus of an international news organization behind him, Bourdain will be able to visit even many more global hot spots.

"I think he’s been a little bit frustrated," Whitaker told The Hollywood Reporter. "He’s gone to a lot of places at the Travel Channel but there are some places that he hasn’t been able to go." Indeed, Bourdain and his No Reservations crew were filming in Lebanon in 2006 when the war between Hezbollah and Israel forced them to flee. Bourdain has said he felt "persistent shame and regret" over leaving the country then; they were evacuated by U.S. Marines. He returned to Lebanon in 2010. STORY: Anthony Bourdain's 'Bone in the Throat' to Hit the Big Screen The CNN deal, which officially kicks off this fall when production on the first season of eight episodes begins, also calls for Bourdain to appear as a contributor on other CNN programs. And Whitaker predicts that viewers could begin to see him on the network this fall. Bourdain's blog also will move to the CNN web site. His CNN show will be produced by Zero Point Zero Production, which also produced Travel’s No Reservations. Whitaker said the goal is to do two seasons of eight episodes each year. Traveling to war- and disaster-torn locales has become a Bourdain signature.

He was awarded an Emmy for an episode shot in Haiti in the wake of the earthquake there and he was nominated for an Emmy for the 2006 Beirut installment of No Reservations. "He's not a conventional journalist," said Whitaker. "But what he does is highly journalistic." Email: Marisa.Guthrie@thr.com Anthony Bourdain Wants 'Bigger and Better' Version of 'No Reservations' at CNN | Hollywood Reporter 11:48am PT by Erin Carlson Anthony Bourdain Wants 'Bigger and Better' Version of 'No Reservations' at CNN Getty Images CNN The popular TV foodie-adventurer tells THR about leaving Travel Channel to join the cable news network. When Anthony Bourdain decided to close up shop on No Reservations, the globe-trotting Travel Channel docu-series that showcased his acerbic, no-nonsense personality, and launch a new show on CNN, skeptics raised eyebrows: would the ratings-plagued, mainstream cable news network tone down Tony, or allow him to be himself with ... no reservations?

"They love us for the right reasons, and they were clear that they would not expect me or my team to morph into something that we're not," the chef, author and media personality tells The Hollywood Reporter of CNN, which debuts a yet-to-be-titled, Bourdain-fronted program early next year. "They wanted us to just keep doing what we've been doing, keep doing what they've appreciated us for and ... help us move up and on to bigger and better." He adds: "I mean, I'm not gonna barbeque in The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and (talk) about the election results. I'm gonna stay within my area of presumed expertise or experience." Bourdain, who's taking his No Reservations crew with him aboard the network, says he and his agent met with CNN executives for a number of "very, very, very encouraging" meetings -- "probably the best meetings I've ever had" -- that resulted in his official recruitment to the channel in May.

STORY: Bourdain's 'No Reservations': Final Season Gets a Premiere Date When CNN initially reached out, an incredulous Bourdain "made a point of sending them, just in case they hadn't seen them, some of the really wilder, more creative and unusual shows that we've done that made Travel Channel nervous." The former chef, whose media career took off following the success of his 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential, was wooed by CNN's global reach and resources. "Look, they have an infrastructure on the ground and, for a lot of years, there've been places we've tried to get into that we've been unable to" he says. "There are some shows that we just haven't been able to do, like going up the Congo River ... going to post-conflict Libya. These are shows that would have been very, very difficult to do with Travel, in spite of best intentions. CNN has infrastructure and a whole world of contacts and experience in all these places.

So, right away, that makes CNN a very attractive organization to work with because they can help us shoot in these places in ways that few other organizations could, certainly no travel or food network could." Another perk, he adds, is that his forthcoming program -- which will air Sunday evenings and follow a similar format to No Reservations -- will be easily broadcast around the world, whereas countries like Malaysia and Indonesia that get Reservations are often seasons behind. "We like hearing right away from people in Hong Kong if we screwed up and didn't go to the right bar," Bourdain observes. STORY: ABC Orders Cooking Competition With Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson As for the Travel Channel cult favorite, which earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding informational programming in 2007 for an episode in which Bourdain was stranded in Beirut during the bombings there, the series kicks off his ninth and final installment on Sept. 3. The premiere takes place in Austin during the South by Southwest festival "and, in a lot of ways, shows me making peace with hipsters," he notes. The final episode focuses on Brooklyn, which holds special meaning for Bourdain.

"I like the idea of bringing this around full circle, of ending up in New York," says the East Coast native and Manhattan resident. "I've had a really good run," he continues. "The Travel Channel has been remarkably good to me and (allowed) me and my team to basically go anywhere we wanted and make television exactly the way we wanted with, really, next to no interference. And it's been a charmed life. All my dreams have come true." Besides CNN, Bourdain also joins ABC to host an untitled cooking competition alongside TV chef Nigella Lawson for which there is no air date yet. "It's scary but I'm taking a serious shot at what is a very established competitive reality format," he teases. "Can we do it in an interesting way? You know, I have a creative role in this process so it's another strange, hopefully bold venture that I'm really looking forward to doing, actually. I love Nigella and I can't tell you who, but there's a lot of people who are gonna be involved in the show." Filming begins soon, and according to Bourdain, the set is tricked out "like the climactic scene in a Bond film.

Like an inside-the-volcano kind of set. Just seeing that put together and understanding that I'm gonna be sitting on that stage is a little intimidating."

Question: Who hosted the show "No Reservations" on the Travel Channel?
Answer: Anthony Bourdain