Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

Feb 2001 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Anthony Bourdain

About this audiobook

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.

From his first oyster in Gironda to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants of Tokyo to the drug dealers of the East Village, from the mobsters to the rats, Bourdain's brilliantly written and wonderfully read, wild-but-true tales make the belly ache with laughter.

Ratings and reviews

I read his book. But, also have the Audio. Audio funny ...especially when he mimicks accents of various nationalities. Many a night, this polished Storyteller rocks me to sleep, with his adventures~♡ I wake up in the A.M. and smile. God Bless Anthony...you are Crazy-Special indeed!

Anthony Bourdain was a great man and someone who lived life to the fullest, a great example of how to live and enjoy life and people. Anthony was great at life and he was going to do even greater things. This man is my hero and I admire him greatly. Anthony did not commit suicide, he was murdered because he was truly good and wanted to expose those who are evil. Anthony would have been a great president, he was bigger than CNN and the Food Network, he was Americas greatest ambassador. L&R❤❤❤

The way Anthony Bourdain describes all of his experience in the wild west that is fine dining back of the house kitchen work is extremely fascinating. From his journey in Japan, to his embarrassing experience with Tyrone, and the exploits of Stephen his best friend this book had me hooked from start to finish. Amazing work by Bourdain, I am looking forward to listening to more of his books if they're available. If I could rate this book higher than 5 stars I would in a heartbeat.

About the author

Anthony Bourdain is the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. He is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York City.