On 2015-06-17, Jeßus > wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:29:21 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

>>Bourdain's a poser.

> Which TV chefs /don't/ fit that definition (being a poser)?

He is NOT a TV/celebrity chef. All his notoriety comes from writing
and an author and script writer of a travel show. Yes, he is World
reknown cuz he was once a chef, but it boils down to his books. One
episode of one of his shows has a friend who related how he was shocked
to discover Anthony was a chef, not merely a struggling writer.

Listening to him talk on his shows, he reveals he is very well read
and has a good --if a NYC-- sense of humor. His ability to string
together catchy phrases while being both humorous and informative is
quite well developed. I hope you don't think anyone but himself is
writing the dialogue for his various travel shows.

If you don't think he's a writer, read his other book, A Cook's Tour,
to see how hard he works at being a writer. That book had Tony flat
wearing out every thesaurus he could lay his hands on.

nb