Anthony Bourdain Quotes

I was really impressed with the dining scenes and how amazing the culinary scene is in Nashville.

I think D.C. has always been very, very vibrant for food. Like Boston in a way. Boston and D.C. were really the two cities that were the most active with their local chefs and their local food scene.

I think there are a lot of chefs in D.C. who have made D.C. what it is today. I am very respectful to them. I'm very admiring of what they've done.

I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.

It is an honor to open in New York City and to have the opportunity to serve and share our family's version of American Chinese food and hospitality. New York City deeply influenced my passion for food and service, and it feels good to be back.

Get to know the Chef and you will start to enjoy dining out even more.

I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.

My wife is from Chicago, and every time we go, I just love it. I love the restaurant scene, and people here are so into the food. It's one of the most exciting food cities in the country.

The rich diversity of the cuisine in Nashville is something that I'm incredibly proud of, and I think Tansuo will find a worthy place in Music City's culinary landscape.

London has become one of the great world destinations for someone who likes food.

Shows like 'Top Chef,' 'Hell's Kitchen' have helped bring attention to the culinary world on a whole, but you have to be cautious it doesn't get out of hand.

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

Food is entertainment now. People tune into 'Top Chef,' and they're not trying to replicate the recipes. Anthony Bourdain is entertainment. Instagramming your dishes is entertainment.

When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.

Frankly, Milan kind of sucks as a restaurant city. It's so fashion-obsessed that people don't pay that much attention to the food.

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.

When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.

When I first went to Las Vegas, I thought I would never go to Las Vegas; you can't get anything. But then I realized that they were trucking in almost everything; you could get a lot of your product, and I think that's why a lot of chefs actually went there.

The culinary scene in Phoenix is incredible.

I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.

God, Americans know how to cook.

Everybody has their role in the food world and what they choose to appreciate. I'm not a fine dining chef. I appreciate it. I think Thomas Keller is amazing. But I really like where I'm at; I like what I do. I like how it makes people feel.

Thanks to my parents, who had me traveling around the world mouth-first, I knew from a young age I wanted a career in food.

I'm really interested in food now. I never used to be. I always used to just eat when I'm hungry, and now it's an experience.

I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.