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The Best Celeb Traveler of 2011 Is...

December 29, 2011 at 9:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

It's that time of the year again, the time when the year just plain ends. Alas, we can't just let 2011 go that easily, especially since travelers spent it both up in the air and up in arms over a crazy range of topics, encompassing everything from nudie scans to tarmac delays. Needless to say, we're ready for 2012, but first we're taking a brief look back at the best of 2011 with the Jaunted Travel Awards,—or as we fondly refer to them—The Jauntys.

We've had it with the Kim Kardashians and Angelina Jolies of the celebrity First Class flyer ranks; 2011's honoree is not only a consummate traveler who knows his way around airports, but he's entertaining and real. He's Anthony Bourdain, chef, author, tv show host and overindulger.

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Get a Little More Anthony Bourdain in Your Life Tonight

November 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM | by | Comments (0)

Tonight's the night.

Anthony Bourdain is back. And instead of being in the kitchen or in the middle of a meal, he's on airplanes and on streets around the world, sharing the places he thinks are cool and worthy of a visit when you're on a limited time and limited budget. That's the entire gist of his new Travel Channel series The Layover, which premieres this evening at 9pm EST/8pm CST.

His first stop is Singapore, where he'll be drinking (duh) and eating (duh x 2), but also stopping in the red-light district and at the Thieves Market. Will we see a whole new side of the lovable curmudgeon? It's likely, but there still seems to be quite a bit of eating going on in The Layover, which could just as easily feature in his other series, No Reservations.

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Does Anthony Bourdain Ever Stop Traveling?

July 28, 2011 at 10:49 AM | by | Comments (0)


Andrew Zimmern & Bourdain at a Travel Channel shindig

...The short answer is no. The long answer is yes, for vacation and appearances and parties like the one at which we interviewed him, but when Anthony Bourdain is on the go, he's like an Energizer Bunny. City to bustling city, restaurant to street market food stall...you know how his usual No Reservations show goes. Now the Travel Channel is speeding him up even faster, in a new show simply called The Layover.

Eater National has the juicy details:

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Make a Reservation to See Anthony Bourdain Live

November 16, 2010 at 1:15 PM | by | Comments (2)

Globetrotting Anthony Bourdain is on the road, but it's not for his travel show No Reservations. Instead, the chef, host and author is on tour, making rare live appearances to give the back story on all of his adventures.

On the "Bourdain Live" tour, the executive chef of the Brasserie Les Halles restaurants and Kitchen Confidential author will also talk about his culinary adventures, like eating a warthog sliced from a rusty knife in Namibia.

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What Anthony Bourdain Thinks About In-Flight WiFi

October 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM | by | Comment (1)

There are some big travel issues a-brewing out there, and we're keen to find out what some big travel personalities think about them. So we caught up with Anthony Bourdain, chef and author and host of The Travel Channel's popular food travel show No Reservations to get the straight dope on how, or how not, In-Flight WiFi has affected his travel routine.

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Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern Spill Their Vacation Vices

Where: 30 Rockefeller Plaza [map], New York, NY, United States
October 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM | by | Comments (3)

Last night, while the country watched a new episode of 30 Rock, we took the elevator to the actual Top of the Rock for a party to celebrate the launch of the new Chase Sapphire, a traveler-centric rewards card. Chase has partnered up with The Travel Channel to promote the card, and as a result, the party was co-hosted by none other than Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern.

Munching through multiple chocolate and praline-covered bacon strips with a sunset view of the city below, we managed to tackle both Bourdain and Zimmern to chat about some current travel trends. For their answers to one of the biggest airline questions right now, you'll have to wait for the full video reveal on Monday, but for now we'll share what they name as their favorite vacation spot...

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Who Wants To Buy The Travel Channel? Anyone? Bueller?

August 24, 2009 at 11:14 AM | by | Comments (0)

"Confessions of a Travel Writer" must have gone over even worse than we thought: According to the L.A. Times, Cox Communications is quietly selling off the Travel Channel, its only national cable network.

Cox grabbed the Travel Channel last year in a deal with Discovery, since which time its audience has grown some 35 percent among adults ages 25-54. (We'll call that the "Wistful Staycationers" cable package.) But insiders say Cox never wanted to be in the cable game, which is why it slapped a $700M price tag on the channel and is in talks with NBC Universal, News Corp. and Food Network owners Scripps.

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Anthony Bourdain Uncovers Non-Sucky Venice

Where: Venice, Italy
January 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM | by | Comment (1)

Venice is among Europe's most visited cities, and for many travelers it's also one of the most disappointing, once they realize this ancient city-state is chock full of cruise ship passengers, overpriced tourist traps, $100 gondola rides and, as Anthony Bourdain so succinctly puts, beaches that attract "a who's who of international douche-dom."

On this week's "No Reservations," Bourdain is the latest traveler intent on finding that non-touristy, trapped-in-time Venice. You know, the one that doesn’t suck.

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Surviving AC: The Celebrity Chef Invasion

June 29, 2008 at 2:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

Who goes to Atlantic City? We sent Neal Ungerleider to find out.

With Atlantic City casinos in a competitive frenzy for guests' dollars, everyone needs a gimmick. It seems like Caesars has found a successful niche of its own: Hosting television food show-related events.

We arrived in Atlantic City during the Toast to the Coast festival, which trotted out celebrity chefs/cooking personalities Roland Meisner, Ingrid Hoffman and Guy Fieri for cooking demos and offered a live show with Giada De Laurentiis. There was also the chance to meet Hoffmann and Fieri at a pool party over at Harrah's (whose previous guests include both Kim Kardashian and Tila Tequila), along with a food expo and several other events spread throughout Harrah's Atlantic City properties.

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Tony Bourdain Flies Continental

Where: Rome, Italy
June 23, 2008 at 11:45 AM | by | Comment (1)

At least he did on his latest trip into Rome. From our new favorite iPhone-carrying tipster:

Saturday. 8 am Rome time. At Fiumincino, Anthony Bourdain gets his and his family's luggage. The stars are just like us. Flew Continental from Newark, my flight, saw him on it.

Clearly Bourdain should be happy that checked bags are free on transatlantic flights. Maybe he's in town to check out the awesome eats?

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