Tony Bourdain And Eric Ripert Plan Radio Show

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 13th 2010 at 6:01PM

Tony Bourdain has always seemed to me to be the Howard Stern of the food world, brash, smart and always entertaining. So it makes sense that he will be joining the Sirius XM network with his own radio show. Bourdain and his friend, fish-loving French chef Eric Ripert are going to have a five-week radio show on Sirius XM's Martha Stewart Living Radio.

Bourdain told the AP that part of his personal challenge is to see how uncomfortable he can make Ripert. If you've ever watched the two interact on "No Reservations" you know that Ripert is the more subdued of the pair, although not without his own sense of humor. I can only assume that for Ripert, the charming chef of Le Bernardin, his own personal challenge might involve making sure Bourdain doesn't go too far off the rails. At least it is on satellite radio so Bourdain won't have to keep his love for salty language in check, in fact the pair are planning a "food porn" radio segment devoted to saucy descriptions of culinary creations.

The show "Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert: Turn & Burn", will run for five weeks starting February 18. The first episode will also feature another charismatic chef, the flame-haired bon vivant Mario Batali. On February 25 they will broadcast live from the South Beach Food and Wine Festival and speak with special guests during the live broadcast, including Chef Daniel Boulud.

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BehindTheKnife.com Feb 15th 2010 10:32AM

Can't wait to see what Tony will talk about...he recently spoke about what he did with a dry piece of penne back when he was working in the kitchen:

http://www.behindtheknife.com/articles/anthony-bourdain

Lisa

kjoycethecarlton Feb 17th 2010 8:32AM

As a Pittsburgh restaurateur and avid internet and car listener of satellite radio, I am looking forward to this show. Mel continues to attract and create interesting content for satellite radio. I used to only listen to Howard. Now in addition to hearing his whole show because of the internet, I find myself checking out some of the other channels.