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Sep 15, 2021 · An overview of the chatter from Kensington Palace and beyond. Tom Vitale, Bourdain’s longtime director and producer, on discovering an unfinished manuscript left behind by the late chef.
Oct 1, 2021 · Anthony Bourdain's producer Tom Vitale didn't see his suicide coming. Celebrity News. exclusive. Anthony Bourdain’s producer ‘did not think in a million years’ he would kill...
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Vitale says that he’d long thought that one day he might write a book about his life on the road with Bourdain. “When we were traveling, I always sort of dreamed, ‘One day, gosh, I have to write about these stories,’” he says. “Because what happens off-camera is a lot crazier than what makes it to air. But that drive went away after Bourdain’s deat...
“In The Weeds” is packed with anecdotes about the wild circumstances that Bourdain and the production crew often found themselves. In Libya, roving militias first threatened them and then asked to be paid to protect the crew. A trip down the Congo River — a longtime dream of Bourdain’s, thanks to his love of both the novel “Heart Of Darkness,” and ...
Vitale resists the temptation to beatify Bourdain, who, as he writes, was not always easy to work for. “He was tough,” Vitale says. “For anyone who’s read (Bourdain’s memoir) ‘Kitchen Confidential,’ I think they will recognize that Tony from the kitchen, and that’s how he always was. “He wasn’t a saint,” he says. “But he was still definitely a hero...
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Jun 15, 2021 · For two years after the celebrity chef died by suicide in June 2018, Bourdain's longtime director and producer Tom Vitale says he was "unable to go back to work." Instead, Vitale constantly...
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Jun 25, 2019 · Published June 25, 2019. If Anthony Bourdain ever appeared on your television screen, there’s a good chance Tom Vitale stood behind the camera. Vitale spent virtually his entire career working alongside Bourdain, first as a tape logger on A Cook’s Tour, working his way up to post-producer for No Reservations, and finally, directing some of ...
Nov 2, 2021 · Tom Vitale’s memoir is about a career shaped by Anthony Bourdain. Hachette Books. By Dennis Lee November 2, 2021 9:40 am EST. Anthony Bourdain was an asshole. He was also a generous person, a deeply troubled man, and a frustrating mystery, even to those who knew him. It's been over three years since Bourdain died by suicide.
Oct 5, 2021 · Tom Vitale. 4.26. 7,290 ratings789 reviews. **Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world and what it was like to work with a legend.
