American chef and author whose memoir "Kitchen Confidential" (2000) lifted the lid on the restaurant industry, revealing how butter is reused, uneaten bread is sent to the next table, Monday seafood is days old and hollandaise sauce swims with bacteria. The book stunned and delighted readers.
Bourdain took his own life in 2018, aged 61.
The decision doesn't have to be logical; it was unanimous.