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Anthony Bourdain had a no white chef's policy for Houston episode.

Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:08 pm
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:08 pm
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As PaperCity’s own Jailyn Marcel pointed out when the Houston Parts Unknown first aired, none of the city’s celebrity chefs even sniffed a bit of air time. It turns out most of them never had a chance to get on. Foodie power players such as Chris Shepherd, Bryan Caswell and Ronnie Killen were out from the moment Bourdain issued his “no white people” command.

It’s hard to argue with the results (though when it comes to race, someone is always going to object). Bourdain’s Houston show is one of the most critically-acclaimed episodes of Parts Unknown ever. Bourdain tells the New Yorker that he wanted to look at Houston “as a Vietnamese and Central American and African and Indian place.”

There is little doubt Bourdain accomplished his mission — no matter his methods. The episode provided a fascinating look at the Houston that many of the residents populating all the mid-rises and high-rises popping up don’t even know.


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Posted by jlnoles79
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:12 pm to
I really liked Chef's Tour and No Reservations. His cnn show blows
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:13 pm to
his show. he can do as he pleases

as the viewing audience, we have the choice to watch or not

that is the beauty of a free market
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:19 pm to
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his show. he can do as he pleases

as the viewing audience, we have the choice to watch or not

that is the beauty of a free market


these responses are retarded

no one is saying what he did is illegal.
This post was edited on 4/12/17 at 4:20 pm
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:26 pm to
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Anthony Bourdain had a no white chef's policy for Houston episode.


Of course he did. While not surprising, it is completely hypocritical and disingenuous.

Food is a form of art. People take inspirations form other cultures to create something for others to enjoy. By instituting a "no whitey" policy, you are essentially being bigoted for no other reason to be a bigot. What if that white person is from abroad? What if his inspiration is from Africa or Spain or Central America? Food doesn't have a race.

I am in no way, less able to make an African dish than someone from Africa unless it's due to geographic specific foods that are not acquired here. The same goes for any chef in Houston.

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Bourdain tells the New Yorker that he wanted to look at Houston “as a Vietnamese and Central American and African and Indian place.”


That's not what Houston is, though. Yes that is part of it, but so are those evil white chefs too. Houston is a giant amalgamation of differing cultures and imposing a "no whitey" rule is just plain bigoted to be bigoted.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
52765 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:27 pm to
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these responses are retarded

no one is saying what he did is illegal.


No one stated as much.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36588 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:27 pm to
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I really liked Chef's Tour and No Reservations. His cnn show blows


I like his book and a lot of his shows. This latest season was straight up grandstanding. This Houston episode was an hour long "see this is why you shouldn't vote trump"

I am not even a trump guy but I have no ideology why guys like bill Simmons and Bourdain spent so much time beating a dead horse.


This article is click bait but whatever
This post was edited on 4/12/17 at 4:33 pm
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
52765 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:29 pm to
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I like his book and a lot of his show. T


No Reservations was great.

Medium Raw was pretentious food snobbery at its finest, while doing his best to impersonate Hemingway.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50093 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 4:39 pm to
I don't watch his new show...boring as all hell.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48829 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 6:27 pm to
I've read two of his books, which I enjoyed. I've watched a lot of his shows in all incarnations and I've enjoyed them as well.

He's still a self-righteous, pretentious, ex heroin addict, silver spoon shoved up his narrow arse douchebag.

But I wouldn't mind his job.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75156 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 6:31 pm to
Who wouldn't want his job?
This post was edited on 4/12/17 at 6:42 pm
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
10700 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 7:48 pm to
All Liberals are racist jerks. Stick to food Tony.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67024 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:30 pm to
Last season was really rough, especially his claptrap about Brexit and Mussolini. It was so heavy handed, arrogant, and patronizing. He needs to back away from some of his political bias. It's ok in small doses, but at this point, it's just making him look like a bigoted jackass.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:33 pm to
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Who wouldn't want his job





Someone with the effervescent voice of Tom Fitzmorris.





























Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50093 posts
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:33 pm to
bigoted jackass....really, he's more of a pompous jackass to me.
Posted by Spaulding Smails
Milano’s Bar
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:21 pm to
WAHHHH, Tony Bourdain isn't doing his show how I like it!! WAHHH
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:28 pm to
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I am in no way, less able to make an African dish than someone from Africa unless it's due to geographic specific foods that are not acquired here. The same goes for any chef in Houston.


If I'm getting some African food, I'd better not see some cracker back there in the kitchen.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
22443 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:39 pm to
In Tony's defense, there aren't many white chefs in Houston worth visiting.
Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
22774 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:40 pm to
You're in rare form here lately.
Posted by glorymanutdtiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2012
3788 posts
Posted on 4/13/17 at 1:00 pm to
Houston probably has the best Indian food in US
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