Kitchen Confidential: 25th Anniversary Edition

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“If you can choke the thing down, you'll probably wake up grinning in the middle of the night. Bourdain is a force of unruly nature . . . In a style partaking of Hunter S. Thompson, Iggy Pop and a little Jonathan Swift, Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors little dreamed of by the trusting public” —New York Times

“Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois.” —New York magazine

“Hysterical.... Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors.” —New York Times Book Review

“The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages.” —USA Today

“Benedict Arnold. Alger Hiss. Anthony Bourdain.” —London Evening Standard

“With equal parts wit and wickedness, Bourdain [does] the unthinkable by revealing trade secrets that chefs and restaurateurs cringe to read” —Restaurant Business magazine

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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A great read

"Thoroughly enjoyable. I would recommend this book."

Kurtis (5/5)

Kitchen Confidential

"5/5 stars, anthony bourdains story is one to be remembered forever !"

Rylee (5/5)

A raw, heartfelt masterpiece

"I absolutely loved Kitchen Confidential. Anthony’s voice is so raw, honest, and full of life that you feel like you’re sitting right beside him in the chaos of a real kitchen. The way he talks about food, the industry, and the people who shaped him is mesmerising. I’ve always had such profound admiration for Anthony, but this book made me appreciate him even more. It’s funny, intense, vulnerable, and so uniquely him. If you care about food, creativity, or just want to hear someone speak their truth with zero filter, this is the book. I genuinely didn’t want it to end."

Farah (5/5)

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  • Published date: Jul 29, 2025
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 432
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
  • ISBN: 9781526692528
  • Dimensions: 5.05" W x 0.95" L x 7.75" H
Anthony Bourdain was the New York Times-bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, which sold over a million copies, Medium Raw, A Cook's Tour and The Nasty Bits, the cookbooks Appetites and Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.

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