- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
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Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 
Format Travel, Food Created by Zero Point Zero Production Inc. Starring Anthony Bourdain (host) Country of origin United States No. of episodes 124 (to date) Production Running time domestic: one hour (approx. 0:42 per episode); international: approx. 0:48 per episode Broadcast Original channel Travel Channel
Arts Central (Singapore)Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)Original run July 25, 2005 – present Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is an ongoing American travel and food show on the Travel Channel; it also airs on the Discovery Travel & Living channel around the world. Host Anthony Bourdain visits overseas countries, cities worldwide, and places within the U.S., where hosts treat him to local culture and cuisine. The series premiered in 2005 on the Travel Channel. The format and content of the show is similar to Bourdain's 2001–2002 Food Network series, A Cook's Tour.
The special episode Anthony Bourdain in Beirut that aired between Seasons 2 and 3 was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming in 2007.[1] In 2009 the series won the Emmy for "Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming".[2]
Contents
Episodes
Countries in green have been featured on the show at least once as of episode 124.
Season 1
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate 1-01 1 "France: Why the French Don't Suck" July 25, 2005 Tony's debut episode of this new series has him visiting Paris. He explores the city's famous catacombs, tries out some absinthe, checks out one of the city's major meat markets, and spends the night in the room where Oscar Wilde passed away. 1-02 2 "Iceland: Hello Darkness My Old Friend" August 1, 2005 This week Anthony travels to Reykjavík, Iceland, where in winter the volcanic islands see only about four hours of sunlight a day. Anthony finds the darkness comforting and learns how the Icelanders contend with the dark days - eating, drinking, and pumping iron! 1-03 3 "New Jersey" August 8, 2005 Tony visits the state of New Jersey. He takes us on a trip through his birthplace trying to disspell some common misconceptions of the garden state. We learn about The Sopranos and other NJ landmarks as Tony reminisces. 1-04 4 "Vietnam: The Island of Mr. Sang" August 15, 2005 Responding to an invitation from an old friend. Tony travels to Hanoi, Mai Chau and Tuần Châu, Vietnam with the definite feeling of James Bond-ish intrigue. Discovering food, customs and the not so sinister plans for international tourism. 1-05 5 "Malaysia: Into the Jungle" August 22, 2005 Tony has always had an interest in "natural fusion" or the way cuisines intertwine with cultures over the course of history. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this is particularly true as a variety of cultures have blended. 1-06 6 "Sicily" October 10, 2005 While on the island of Sicily, Tony is treated to tripe at the II Capo Market. He tries a spleen sandwich with the Governor of Sicily (Salvatore Cuffaro). And, Tony attempts to determine where you can find the greatest cannoli. 1-07 7 "Las Vegas" October 17, 2005 Given a deadline to write about Vegas food by a food magazine, Tony spends four days exploring Las Vegas and learns how it's transforming into a mecca for chefs. 1-08 8 "Uzbekistan" October 24, 2005 Tashkent to Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Tony explores the 2000-year-old city of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan with his friend Zamir Gotta. He partakes in local culture, attends a wedding, and also receives a "relaxing" massage at a sauna. 1-09 9 "New Zealand: Down Under the Down Under" November 7, 2005 Tony is invited to New Zealand to lecture at a gourmet food convention. But after receiving a lukewarm reception from the crowd, he decides to search for real Kiwi culture outside the city of Christchurch. Season 2
Three special episodes were aired in 2006, one before the season, and two after.
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate Special 10 "Leftovers" March 27, 2006 2-01 11 "Asia Special: China & Japan" March 27, 2006 China and Japan 2-02 12 "South Florida" April 3, 2006 Miami, Florida, US 2-03 13 "Peru" April 10, 2006 Lima, Cusco, Tambopata and Machu Picchu, Peru 2-04 14 "Quebec" April 17, 2006 Québec, Canada 2-05 15 "Sweden" April 24, 2006 Stockholm, Sweden 2-06 16 "Puerto Rico" May 1, 2006 Puerto Rico 2-07 17 "Japan" May 8, 2006 Osaka, Japan [Note: This episode is the same as part one of "Asia Special: China & Japan"] 2-08 18 "US/Mexico Border" May 22, 2006 Piedras Negras, Mexico; Texas 2-09 19 "India (Rajasthan)" May 29, 2006 Rajasthan, India 2-10 20 "India (Kolkata/Bombay)" June 5, 2006 Kolkata and Bombay, India 2-11 21 "Korea" June 12, 2006 Seoul, South Korea 2-12 22 "Indonesia" June 19, 2006 Bali and Jakarta, Indonesia Special 23 "Decoding Ferran Adria" July 03, 2006 Bourdain travels to Spain and visits the research laboratory of Ferran Adria, renowned chef of el Bulli. Special 24 "Anthony Bourdain in Beirut" August 21, 2006 Documentary of a week in July, 2006 when Bourdain and his crew were trapped in Beirut, Lebanon due to the Lebanon War. This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming in 2007. Season 3
Season 3 was aired in two parts: six episodes in the winter of 2007, and nine in the summer/autumn of 2007. Two special episodes were also aired in 2007, book-ending the regular episodes.
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate Special 25 "Leftovers 2" January 1, 2007 3-01 26 "Ireland" January 1, 2007 Dublin, Ireland 3-02 27 "Ghana" January 8, 2007 Ghana 3-03 28 "Pacific Northwest" January 15, 2007 In Portland, Tony samples unique donuts and pizza, explores the history of the underground, and goes camping with some old friends. Tony takes in the sights of Pike Place Market, enjoys a Gypsy dinner, tries some Puget Sound geoduck, and spends some time with a meat curer friend in Seattle. 3-04 29 "Namibia" January 22, 2007 Namibia 3-05 30 "Russia" January 29, 2007 Moscow, Russia accompanied by Zamir Gotta. 3-06 31 "Los Angeles" February 5, 2007 Los Angeles 3-07 32 "Shanghai" July 30, 2007 Shanghai to Shangri-La, China 3-08 33 "New York City" August 6, 2007 New York City 3-09 34 "Brazil" August 13, 2007 São Paulo, Brazil 3-10 35 "French Polynesia" August 20, 2007 Tahiti 3-11 36 "Cleveland" August 27, 2007 Cleveland, Ohio 3-12 37 "Hong Kong" September 3, 2007 Hong Kong 3-13 38 "Argentina" September 10, 2007 Patagonia, Argentina 3-14 39 "South Carolina" September 17, 2007 South Carolina 3-15 40 "Tuscany" September 24, 2007 Tuscany, Italy Special 41 "Holiday Special" December 10, 2007 Bourdain visits his brother's family in Connecticut for the holidays, with special guests Queens of the Stone Age. Season 4
As with Season 3, Season 4 was aired in two parts: nine episodes in the winter of 2008, and ten in the summer of 2008. Various sources have referred to the summer episodes as Season 5, but in a post on his blog regarding the September 1, 2008 episode, Bourdain refers to it as the final episode of Season 4.[3] One special episode followed the regular 2008 episodes.
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate 4-01 42 "Singapore" January 7, 2008 Singapore, featuring the local specialty chicken rice. 4-02 43 "Berlin" January 14, 2008 Berlin, Germany 4-03 44 "Vancouver, BC" January 21, 2008 Vancouver, Canada 4-04 45 "Greek Islands" January 28, 2008 Crete to Zakynthos, Greece 4-05 46 "New Orleans" February 4, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana, with emphasis on post-Katrina recovery, both by locals generally and also by the local food industry in particular. Includes a visit with Emeril Lagasse, who is acknowledged in the episode as a favorite target of ridicule in Bourdain's early career. Local writer Chris Rose offers commentary on the city's conditions. 4-06 47 "London/Edinburgh" February 11, 2008 London, and Edinburgh, United Kingdom 4-07 48 "Jamaica" February 18, 2008 Jamaica 4-08 49 "Romania" February 25, 2008 Transylvania and Bucharest, Romania accompanied by Zamir Gotta. 4-09 50 "Hawaii" March 3, 2008 Hawaii 4-10 51 "Into the Fire NY" March 10, 2008 Brasserie Les Halles, New York City 4-11 52 "Laos" July 7, 2008 Vientiane, Laos 4-12 53 "Colombia" July 14, 2008 Medellín and Cartagena, Colombia 4-13 54 "Saudi Arabia" July 21, 2008 At the invitation of Danya Alhamrani, Bourdain and crew visit her hometown of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 4-14 55 "Uruguay" July 28, 2008 Uruguay 4-15 56 "U.S. Southwest" August 4, 2008 California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas 4-16 57 "Tokyo" August 11, 2008 Tokyo, Japan 4-17 58 "Spain" August 18, 2008 Spain 4-18 59 "Egypt" August 25, 2008 Egypt 4-19 60 "So Long, Summer" September 1, 2008 Various clips and outtakes Special 61 "At the Table with Anthony Bourdain" October 20, 2008 Bourdain with guests Amy Sacco, Bill Buford, Ted Allen and Chris Wilson dine at NYC restaurant wd~50
and discuss various topics related to food and restaurants.Season 5
Season 5 is another split season, with 10 episodes aired in the winter of 2009, and 10 episodes following in the summer.
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate 5-01 62 "Mexico" January 5, 2009 Puebla and Mexico City 5-02 63 "Venice" January 12, 2009 Venice 5-03 64 "Washington, D.C." January 19, 2009 Washington, D.C. 5-04 65 "Azores" January 26, 2009 Azores, Portugal 5-05 66 "Chicago" February 2, 2009 Chicago 5-06 67 "Food Porn" February 9, 2009 Various clips 5-07 68 "Philippines" February 16, 2009 Manila, Pampanga, and Cebu 5-08 69 "Disappearing Manhattan" February 23, 2009 Manhattan 5-09 70 "Sri Lanka" March 2, 2009 Colombo 5-10 71 "Vietnam: There's No Place Like Home" March 9, 2009 Vietnam 5-11 72 "Chile" July 13, 2009 Chile 5-12 73 "Australia" July 20, 2009 Victoria, Australia 5-13 74 "Rust Belt" July 27, 2009 Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Buffalo, New York accompanied by Zamir Gotta. 5-14 75 "Down on the Street" August 3, 2009 collection of street food clips from past shows, mostly in Asia 5-15 76 "San Francisco" August 10, 2009 San Francisco, California 5-16 77 "Thailand" August 17, 2009 Thailand 5-17 78 "Montana" August 24, 2009 Montana 5-18 79 "Burning Questions" August 31, 2009 location(s) t.b.c. 5-19 80 "New York Outer Boroughs" September 7, 2009 Outer Boroughs of New York City, New York 5-20 81 "Sardinia" September 14, 2009 Bourdain travels with his wife Ottavia Busia to her ancestral home of Sardinia, Italy Season 6
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate 6-01 82 "Panama" January 11, 2010 Panama [1] 6-02 83 "Istanbul" January 18, 2010 Istanbul, Turkey 6-03 84 "Brittany" January 25, 2010 Brittany, France 6-04 85 "Prague" February 1, 2010 Prague, Czech Republic 6-05 86 "Hudson Valley, NY" February 8, 2010 Hudson Valley, New York, U.S.A. 6-06 87 "Ecuador" March 1, 2010 Quito, Sangolqui, Puerto Lopez, Salango, Montañita, Manglaralto and Guayaquil. 6-07 88 "Obsessed" March 8, 2010 Anthony talks to chefs and bloggers whose obsessive love for food drives them to noteworthy feats. 6-08 89 "Harbin, China" March 15, 2010 Harbin, China 6-09 90 "Provence" March 22, 2010 Provence, France 6-10 91 "Vietnam: Central Highlands" March 29, 2010 Da Lat and Hanoi, Vietnam 6-11 92 "Techniques Special" April 5, 2010 Bourdain and various chefs illustrate basic cooking techniques. 6-12 93 "Maine" April 12, 2010 Maine 6-13 94 "Food Porn 2" April 19, 2010 Various clips 6-14 95 "Caribbean Island Hopping" July 5, 2010 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6-15 96 "US Heartland" July 12, 2010 Livonia, Columbus, Minneapolis, Denver, Austin, Milwaukee 6-16 97 "Liberia" July 19, 2010 Liberia 6-17 98 "Kerala, India" July 26, 2010 Kerala 6-18 99 "Where It All Began" August 2, 2010 Bourdain before Kitchen Confidential and No Reservations 6-19 100 "Dubai" August 9, 2010 Dubai 6-20 101 "Rome" August 16, 2010 Rome 6-21 102 "Back to Beirut" August 23, 2010 Beirut 6-22 103 "Making of India" August 30, 2010 The Zero Point Zero crew's behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Kerala episode 6-23 104 "What Were We Thinking Special" September 6, 2010 6-24 105 "100th Episode - Paris" September 6, 2010 Paris 6-25 106 "Madrid" September 13, 2010 Madrid 6-26 107 "Holiday Special" December 6, 2010 Tony and his friends plan a huge potluck holiday dinner. Season 7
Ep.Num. Overall Title Airdate 7-01 108 "Haiti" February 28, 2011 Tony visits Haiti, a country still recovering from the 2010 earthquake and dealing with a cholera epidemic in and an impending hurricane. He visits a relief camp run by Sean Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization. He also live Tweets during the episode. 7-02 109 "Cambodia" March 7, 2011 Tony seeks to reconnect with the historically rich country of Cambodia. While sampling local seafood, Tony sits down with politicians to discuss the country's difficult Khmer Rouge past. 7-03 110 "Nicaragua" March 14, 2011 Tony visits Nicaragua to sample the cuisine, and in the process examines the cultural extremes in the country. 7-04 111 "Vienna" March 21, 2011 Tony visits Vienna, Austria. 7-05 112 "Ozarks" March 28, 2011 Tony visits West Plains, Missouri, backdrop of the book and Oscar-nominated film Winter's Bone and eats at Fred and Red's. [4] 7-06 113 "Brazil (the Amazon)" April 11, 2011 Tony visits the city of Belém and the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, [5] 7-07 114 "Boston" April 18, 2011 No Reservations in Boston is not about the fine-dining establishments, nor is it about what new, young chefs are creating on the cutting edge of Boston cuisine. This episode is about the tough and infamous side of Boston. This episode is about Southie. [6] 7-08 115 "Japan" April 25, 2011 Weeks before the March 2011 quake, Tony visits Hokkaido, Japan. 7-09 116 "Cuba" July 11, 2011 Tony travels to Cuba in the search of the island's heart and soul where beauty abounds in the people, the food and the architecture and streets that are riddled with cars hobbling from before Castro's coup d'etat. 7-10 117 "Macau" July 18, 2011 Tony knew Macau as the place where fireworks were made. Those factories have since been replaced by casinos and now the island is known as the "Vegas of Asia." Tony visits the Macau Tower bungee jump, the largest in the world, and takes the ultimate plunge. 7-11 118 "Naples" July 25, 2011 After learning from two Italian American chefs in New York that Italian food was forever changed in this American land of plenty, Tony wonders what was lost in long trip from the Italian homeland. Arriving in the historic Central District of Naples, Tony is immed 7-12 119 "El Bulli" August 1, 2011 Tony visits elBulli, a renowned restaurant in Spain and gets to cook and dine with Chef Ferran Adria. 7-13 120 "US Desert" August 8, 2011 Tony explores the Mojave Desert of southern California with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. 7-14 121 "Ukraine" August 15, 2011 Tony and Zamir go through a former top secret Soviet site, the ghost town of Chernobyl, drink and eat green borscht. 7-15 122 "Kurdistan" August 22, 2011 Tony and his crew venture to the war zone and fledgling nation of Kurdistan to explore the tragic history and hopeful future of the ethnic group known as the Kurds. 7-16 123 "Cajun Country" August 29, 2011 In the last show of the season Tony goes to New Orleans and meets up with some of the crew of tv show Treme. He then continues east into the bayou and Cajun country. Related
Title Airdate "No Reservations: Iceland: Special Edition" March 20, 2006[7] Bourdain and show producer Chris Collins re-view Season 1's "Iceland" episode with DVD-style behind-the-scenes commentary. "What's Your Trip with Anthony Bourdain" May 21, 2007 Pilot episode for a proposed new series with Bourdain presenting travel videos submitted by viewers. Future episodes/specials
Posts on Bourdain's blog and other articles have mentioned filming or planning upcoming episodes and specials covering South Louisiana and the Congo.[8][9][10]
Home video releases
As of October 2011, Travel Channel has released five collections of the series on DVD with a sixth collection to be released on November 29, 2011. As of September 2010, collections 1-4 and 6-8 are available to view on Netflix's "Watch Instantly" feature. Despite that the series has been shot mostly with high definition video cameras, it is not available for purchase in high definition format like Blu-ray Disc. However, many episodes from Collection 4 and later can be streamed from Netflix in high definition.
It is noteworthy that the DVD releases do not have subtitles enabled for the hearing impaired. (Broadcast episodes do have closed-captioning available.)
- Collection 1 (4 discs) (2005)
- Disc 1- Paris, New Jersey
- Disc 2- Sicily, Las Vegas
- Disc 3- New Zealand, Malaysia
- Disc 4- Iceland, Vietnam
- Collection 2 (3 discs) (2006)
- Disc 1- Sweden, Puerto Rico, Quebec, U.S./Mexico Border
- Disc 2- India (Rajasthan), India (Kolkata/Mumbai), Korea, Indonesia, Ireland
- Disc 3- Ghana, Namibia, Lebanon, Pacific Northwest
- Collection 3 (3 discs) (2007)
- Disc 1- Russia, Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong
- Disc 2- French Polynesia, Cleveland, Brazil, Argentina
- Disc 3- Singapore, South Carolina, Berlin, Tuscany
- Collection 4 (3 discs) (2008)
- Disc 1- Vancouver, New Orleans, London/Edinburgh, Greek Islands, Jamaica, Hawaii
- Disc 2- Into the Fire, Laos, Tokyo, Uruguay, Colombia
- Disc 3- Spain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C., US Southwest, Bonus Features
- Collection 5 - Part 1 (3 discs) (2010)
- Disc 1- Romania, So Long Summer, Mexico, Venice
- Disc 2- Azores, Chicago, Food Porn, Philippines
- Disc 3- Disappearing Manhattan, Sri Lanka, Sardinia, Chile, Bonus Materials (Alternate Universe)
- Collection 5 - Part 2 (3 discs) (2011)
- Disc 1- Australia, Buffalo/Baltimore/Detroit, Down on the Street, San Francisco
- Disc 2- Thailand, Montana, NYC Outer Boroughs, Vietnam: No Place Like Home
- Disc 3- Brittany, Obsessed, Provence, Bonus Materials (Alternate Universe)
- Collection 6 - Part 1 (3 discs) (November 29, 2011)
- As of October 2011, the contents of the Discs have only been given as "10 Episodes"
Notable guests
- On the Season 3 New York City episode, Andrew Zimmern appeared in one segment. Bourdain appeared as a guest on the New York City episode of Zimmern's Travel Channel show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, which aired the same day. The two shows were edited such that one show led nearly seamlessly into the other.
- Bourdain's wife Ottavia Busia, who is a native of Sardinia, Italy, appeared anonymously on the Season 3 Tuscany episode, as one of the disgruntled diners eating the food he prepares.[11] She is also featured prominently in the Season 5 episode when the Bourdains visit Sardinia. Also featured in the Season 6 Rome and Season 7 Naples episodes.
- In the Berlin episode (Season 4) he has lunch with German politician Gregor Gysi.
- In the Sicilian episode Bourdain meets Sicily's Governor Salvatore Cuffaro.
- Both Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent appear in the U.S. Southwest episode. Other musicians who have appeared on the show include Queens of the Stone Age, Marky Ramone, David Johansen, Das Racist, and Morcheeba.
- In the Puerto Rico episode he boxed with and had lunch with boxer Miguel Cotto
- Bill Murray was a guest in the Hudson Valley episode.
- In the Haiti episode (Season 7) Tony meets with Sean Penn in the tent city built by his relief group, J/P Haitian Relief Organization.
- Authors Jim Harrison, Chuck Palahniuk, Jerry Stahl, Harvey Pekar, George Pelecanos, Daniel Woodrell, Ian Rankin, Michael Ruhlman, Gary Shteyngart, Evan Rail and Nick Tosches have all appeared on the program.
- The many chefs who have appeared include Ferran and Albert Adrià, Eric Ripert, Thomas Keller, Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto, José Andrés, David Chang, Marco Pierre White, Jun Sakamoto, Wylie Dufresne, Homaro Cantu, Michael Symon, Juan Mari Arzak and Elena Arzak, Andoni Aduriz, April Bloomfield, Fergus Henderson, Gabrielle Hamilton, Jiro Ono, Scott Conant, Chris Cosentino, Pino Posteraro, Hidekazu Tojo, Vikram Vij, Edward Tuson, Martin Picard , Joël Robuchon , Alvin Leung, David Munoz, Olivier Rollinger, Paul Kahan, Michael Lomonaco and Emeril Lagasse.
References
- ^ Nominees for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards In 32 Categories Announced By NATAS (PDF), p. 21. Emmys.tv, July 17, 2007. Press release. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ 61st Annual Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards (PDF), p. 16. Emmys.tv, November 12, 2009. Press release. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ Bourdain, Anthony (1 September 2008). Goodbye to all that. Travel Channel.
- ^ "Ozarks - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations". Travel Channel. http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Episodes_Travel_Guides/Ozarks. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations". Travel Channel. http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain?intcmp=hp_nav_shows. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ "Boston - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations". Travel Channel. http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Episodes_Travel_Guides/Boston. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ Iceland: Special Edition. No Reservations, TVGuide.com.
- ^ Bass, Erin Z. (20 June 2011). "Anthony Bourdain in Cajun Country". Deep South Magazine.
- ^ Bourdain, Anthony (12 July 2009). "Antonio/Antonia". Travel Channel.
- ^ Bourdain, Anthony (18 February 2011). "Both Ends Burning". Travel Channel.
- ^ "Authors@Google: Anthony Bourdain" interview (Flash Video). Google Talks, November 21, 2007. YouTube.
- ^ Bourdain, Chris (July 20, 2008). "No Reservations Uruguay: A Brother’s Diary". No Reservations Crew blog. Travel Channel.
External links
- Official website
- Series schedule
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at the Internet Movie Database
- TV.com Homepage
- Bourdain's quail of a time. February 7, 2009.
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