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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

  • TV-PG
  • 2013–2018
  • 12 seasons
  • Documentary
  • 7.7

Get hungry, get curious, get lost.

Bourdain travels across the globe to uncover little-known areas of the world and celebrate diverse cultures by exploring food and dining rituals. Known for his curiosity, candor, and acerbic wit, Bourdain takes viewers off the beaten path of tourist destinations – including some war-torn parts of the world – and meets with a variety of local citizens to offer a window into their lifestyles, and occasionally communes with an internationally lauded chef on his journeys.

Episodes

Season three of the top-rated Emmy and Peabody award-winning CNN Original Series began on Sunday, April 13 at 9pm, ET, with a look at the people, food, culture and history of India’s Punjab region. The eight-episode season also features excursions to Las Vegas, Lyon, France, Mexico City, the Mississippi Delta, Russia, Bahia, Brazil, and Thailand.

8 episodes
  1. 1Punjab, India

    45 minApr 13, 2014

    In the Season 3 premiere of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," Tony explores Punjab -- one of the most beautiful and relatively unknown areas of India. Punjab is the Sikh Holy Land, and is also India's agricultural breadbasket.

  2. 2Las Vegas

    45 minApr 20, 2014

    Anthony Bourdain travels to Las Vegas, a city known for over-indulgence, with food author Michael Ruhlman and visits locales that include Huntridge Tavern (in the shadow of the strip), and famed restaurant é by Jose Andres. Also featured are Penn Jillette, and former mayor Oscar Goodman.

  3. 3Lyon, France

    45 minApr 27, 2014

    World-renowned French chef Daniel Boulud takes Tony back home to the food-obsessed city and farm where he was raised on a journey into the roots of gastronomy. In this food-centric episode, Bourdain accompanies world-renowned chef/restaurateur Daniel Boulud as they travel back to Boulud's hometown of Lyon, France for a "once-in-a-lifetime" pilgrimage to the so-called Mecca of French cuisine's rich food culture and legendary chefs, with a focus on Nouvelle Cuisine innovator Paul Bocuse.

  4. 4Mexico City

    45 minMay 4, 2014

    Bourdain travels to Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Cuernavaca to commune with local residents who express their passion through food, art, and the struggle for an improved quality of life. Addressing the latter issue, Bourdain talks with journalist Anabel Hernandez on the impact of the area’s drug trade-related violence.

  5. 5Russia

    45 minMay 11, 2014

    It's been nearly a decade since Tony has set foot in Russia with his longtime drinking buddy/travel partner Zamir Gotta. Vladimir Putin is more powerful than ever. On the eve of the Sochi Games, the country is on lockdown, but Tony and Zamir aren't known for keeping their mouths shut and following orders.

  6. 6Mississippi Delta

    45 minMay 18, 2014

    Bourdain goes off the beaten path and explores some of the food and history of Mississippi including downtown Jackson’s Big Apple Inn, known for its “Pig Ear Sandwich” and as a Civil Rights Era gathering place, and then travels into the Mississippi Delta to Po’ Monkey’s Social Club, a juke joint located in an old sharecropper structure.

  7. 7Thailand

    45 minJun 1, 2014

    Bourdain and his crew head to the Chiang Mai province of Northern Thailand along with celebrated chef and Thai food specialist Andy Ricker (Pok Pok restaurants) to explore the country’s distinctive eating and drinking scene that varies by region and season.

  8. 8Bahia, Brazil

    45 minJun 8, 2014

    Parts Unknown tours Bahia, known as the “African heart of Brazil” and internationally recognized for its Afro-Brazilian music, art, design and food. A look at the dance/martial art of Capoeira, the region’s legendary food vendors, Salvadoran fishing neighborhoods, and a BBQ on the beach are featured.

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Series cast

Anthony BourdainSelf - Host95 episodes
Eric RipertSelf - Chef, Le Bernardin2 episodes
Michael RuhlmanSelf1 episode
Penn JilletteSelf1 episode
Oscar GoodmanSelf1 episode
Daniel BouludSelf1 episode
Anabel HernándezSelf1 episode
Zamir GottaSelf1 episode
Dave McMillanSelf - Chef / Owner, Joe Beef1 episode
Fred MorinSelf - Chef & Owner: Joe Beef1 episode
Zach ZamboniSelf1 episode
Andy RickerSelf1 episode
Jonathan DawsonSelf - Journalist1 episode
Martin PicardSelf - Chef1 episode
David ChoeSelf - Artist1 episode
Daniel McCabeSelf - Documentarian1 episode
Pablo MoraSelf - Teacher1 episode
OmarSelf - Ex-Freedom Fighter1 episode

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