Anthony Bourdain would have been 63 today.
To mark the late TV personality's birthday, chefs Eric Ripert and Jose Andres launched"Bourdain Day," encouraging others to celebrate the chef, and announced a scholarship in his honor from his alma mater, The Culinary Institute of America.
Bourdain hosted three TV series that married his love of travel and food:"No Reservations" and"The Layover" for the Travel Channel and"Parts Unknown" for CNN. Bourdain was found dead on June 8, 2018, in a luxury hotel in the tiny village of Kaysersberg in the Alsace region of northeast France. He appeared to have hanged himself, according to Christian de Rocquigny du Fayel, the prosecutor of Colmar in Alsace region, southeast of Kaysersberg. Just before his death, Bourdain had been filming an episode of"Parts Unknown" with Ripert.
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