Guy had a way of talking about anything & everything that just drew you in. Bourdain.- Bourdain’s episode of The Layover in Toronto is what got me pumped before moving there. His storytelling enthralled me and I laughed throughout the two talks I saw him give in Toronto, while wishing I had his eloquence and vocabulary.

Bourdain taught me more about cultures around the world than any class in school. This is unbelievable, especially because we just ate at one of his recommended places in Toronto. 'At the end of the day, we're all just cooks,' said Vivian. 'That's the way he always went about his life.' Vivian said he will remember Bourdain for his openness and honesty, and for how he treated everyone he met like equals. 'Every time the show airs we get an influx of visitors from the U.S. 'He liked the idea that it had a lot of chef-driven restaurants.'īourdain's on-air endorsement worked wonders for his restaurant. 'When he came, we were still at our younger stages, but he could see the excitement of the Toronto dining scene,' said Vivian. The owner and head chef at Beast Restaurant remained friends with Bourdain over the past few years. Vivian told CBC Radio's Here and Now despite Bourdain's beef with Toronto's architecture, he was excited about Toronto's up-and-coming food landscape.

With his time, his words, his encouragement, in all things, he was so generous.- Vivian was Bourdain's tour guide for the episode. I'm so sad for me.- at our many email exchanges, often serious, sometimes gossipy and full of that trademark Tony humour-the kind that cuts through all the fat-I'm struck by his generosity. I'm in shock, devastated and at a total loss for words (the right and wrong ones). I'm so sad for me,' Agg wrote on Twitter. It's not a good-looking town,' he said of Toronto. 'You've got all the worst architectural fads of the 20th century.'īut for Bourdain, the food may have redeemed the trip. One of his favourite stops was at The Black Hoof on Dundas Street West, where he ate horse tartare and took shots of alcohol through a hollowed beef marrow bone.īlack Hoof owner Jen Agg said she was devastated when she heard the news.

He visited restaurants, bars and quirky stores - and didn't mince words about what he thought of the city. In a 2012 episode of The Layover (a precursor to the more well-known Parts Unknown on CNN,) Bourdain took a whirlwind tour of the city showing what a traveller could do in 48 hours. Why suicide is more than a mental health issueīourdain's televised adventures took him around the world, including to Toronto.Celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain dead at 61.

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