Kitchen Confidential

25th Anniversary Edition

By: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh - introduction

Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh - introduction

Bloomsbury presents Kitchen Confidential, written and read by Anthony Bourdain.

The classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations: 25th Anniversary edition, with a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh.

BEFORE THERE WAS THE BEAR, THERE WAS BOURDAIN.

‘Elizabeth David written by Quentin Tarantino’ A.A. Gill
‘Fantastic: as lip-smackingly seductive as a bowl of fat chips and pungent aioli’ Daily Telegraph

After twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all – and he meant all.

From his first oyster in the Gironde as a child, to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain’s tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.

Kitchen Confidential will make your mouth water and your belly ache with laughter and leave you wanting more.

‘Compelling … with its intriguing mix of clever writing and kitchen patois … more horrifically gripping than a Stephen King novel’ Sunday Times

‘Extraordinary … written with a clarity and a clear-eyed wit to put the professional food-writing fraternity to shame’ Observer©2000 Anthony Bourdain (P)2000 Penguin Random House Audio

Brilliant

This book is as good as they say it is. Hugely entertaining. RIP to the legend.

Tony is Brilliant

Amazing as always, anything by Tony is brilliant. Im grateful its read by him. RIP.

An amazing tale of an amazing person

A look into the memorable, beautiful, difficult yet intensely passionate life, of one of the most iconic souls in recent history

Brilliant storytelling with the voice of the maestro Chef, author, storyteller

Anthony Bourdain gives us a raw portrait of his life as a chef, from scrubbing floors and pots and pans to running and flopping multiple businesses - he’s a gifted and natural storyteller and his narration makes it so much more real. A pity he’s not around for round two. What a loss.

A perspective changer

Listening to this I was drawn in with Bourdain’s descriptive yet Frank nature. His words, his tone and his willingness to take it in the chin inspired and assured me that everything is going to be alright. I had an emotional response to the ending knowing that Bourdain was no longer living how his book had inspired. I’m so happy I listened to this instead of reading it. Thank you Anthony Bourdain. ❤️‍🔥