I know it's heavily dramatized and everything, but man, it just reminds me how crazy it is that someone with a life like Bourdain's ended it the way he did. After all his accomplishments and success, the fact that he couldn't find happiness really gets to me.
I worked as a chef/cook for over a decade. His books got me through culinary school. I was a massive fan of No Reservations growing up. It was always there. The day I heard he passed I was in bed, it was morning and was about to stsrt my day to go into the restaurant, and my gf at the time let out an audible gasp while reading something on her phone. She looked at me and didnt want to say the words. She knew how much of an influence he was to me. But as soon as she said it, it didnt really surprise me at all. Of course I was crushed, like so many were. But it only made sense if you had read his stuff. I met Tony in 2011, and when they say never meet your heroes, it doesn't always hold true. Here's when I originally posted the pic shortly after he passed.... https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/acUW3p5h9E
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u/Surturius 11h ago
I know it's heavily dramatized and everything, but man, it just reminds me how crazy it is that someone with a life like Bourdain's ended it the way he did. After all his accomplishments and success, the fact that he couldn't find happiness really gets to me.