He had a sort of take on things that was truly one of a kind and he was a natural bringing anyone and everyone together.DId I agree with everythng he esposed? Hardly. But, I never missed his show.
He trashed the down home style of Paula Dean and her style of cooking. Soon after Dean was vilified for something racist, she supposedly said 15-20 years before. I know that Bourdain had nothing with what happened to Dean, but I dont tend to like people who look down on the down home country types.