Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is a food-oriented travelogue show starring chef, author and world traveler Anthony Bourdain. The Travel Channel series follows Bourdain as he explores the local culture and cuisines of cities in the U.S. and abroad. The show closely resembles Bourdain's earlier Food Network show A Cook's Tour. The No Reservations "Beirut" episode was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Since the debut of the show in 2005, Bourdain has visited Vietnam, Malaysia, Las Vegas, Uzbekistan, New Zealand, Peru, Indonesia, Beirut, India, Japan, China, Ghana, Namibia, Hong Kong, Romania and Jamaica.

Anthony Bourdain is a best-selling author, celebrity chef and television personality. Bourdain came to the general public's attention following the publication of his best-selling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. The book chronicled Bourdain's life as a chef with such establishments as New York's Brasserie Les Halles.

Bourdain began his career as a chef in the seafood restaurants of Provincetown, Massachusetts and graduated in 1978 from the Culinary Institute of America.

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