THE LIFE OF BOURDAIN

Fell in love with a restaurant hostess Bourdain’s second wife, Ottavia, was a hostess at one of Ripert's restaurants when her whirlwind romance with Bourdain began. On their second date, the pair got matching tattoos of a chef’s knife, and after their daughter Ariane born in 2007, they tied the knot within 11 days. The pair split in 2016, but remain on good terms, despite the new woman in Bourdain’s life.

He was sure what the next big food trend will be Bourdain had a prediction for those wondering which dish would be all over restaurant menus. His bet was that the Filipino dish, sisig - a pork dish made with various parts of the pig - will soon be in high demand in US “It’s hot, sizzling, crispy, sticky, delicious bits of pork with many textures,” he once said in an interview with CNN Philippines

Was to open own food market His latest project Bourdain Market - an international food market was slated to open at Pier 57 in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood by 2019. It was a $ 60 million endeavor that he hopes will allow visitors to try authentic eats inspired by the street hawker markets of Singapore.

He was a genius trick for finding the best food in town. When it came to places he had never been, Bourdain had a clever way to get tips on the go- to food stops: “provoke nerd fury online,” he told Esquire. “Go to a number of foodie websites with discussion boards. Let’s say you're going to Kuala Lumpur - just post on the Malaysia board that you recently returned and had the best rendang in the universe, and give the name of a place, and all these annoying foodies will bombard you with angry replies.’’