From the Publisher
Annie Leibovitz meets "Heat" in this award-winning photographer's
stunning celebration of world-famous chefs and their final meals.
Chefs have been playing the "My Last Supper" game among themselves
for decades, if not centuries, but it had always been kept within
the profession until now. Melanie Dunea came up with the ingenious
idea to ask fifty of the world's famous chefs to let her in on this
insider's game and tell her what their final meals would be. "My
Last Supper" showcases their fascinating answers alongside stunning
"Vanity Fair"-style portraits. Their responses are surprising,
refreshing, and as distinct from each other as the chefs
themselves. The portraits--gorgeous, intimate, and playful--are
informed by their answers and reveal the passions and personalities
of the most respected names in the business. Lastly, one recipe
from each landmark meal is included in the back of the book. With
"My Last Supper," Dunea found a way into the typically harried,
hidden minds of the people who have turned preparing food into an
art. Who wouldn't want to know where Alain Ducasse would like his
supper to be? And who would prepare Daniel Boulud's final meal?
What would Anthony Bourdain's guest list look like? As the clock
ticked, what album would Gordon Ramsay be listening to? And just
what would Mario Batali eat for the last time?
Featuring: Ferran Adria, Jose Andres, Dan Barber, Lidia Bastianich,
Mario Batali, Rick Bayless, Michelle Bernstein, Daniel Boulud,
Anthony Bourdain, Scott Conant, Gary Danko, Helene Darroze, Alain
Ducasse, Wylie Dufresne, Suzanne Goin, Gabrielle Hamilton, Fergus
Henderson, Thomas Keller, Giorgio Locatelli, Masa Kobayashi, Nobu,
Jamie Oliver, Jacques Pepin, Gordon Ramsay, Michel Richard, Eric
Ripert, Marcus Samuelsson, Charlie Trotter, Jean-Georges
Vongerichten and more...
About the Author
Anthony Bourdain is the executive chef at brasserie Les Halles in New York. After two years at Vassar College, he attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. He has since spent more than two decades working in professional kitchens. His memoir "Kitchen Confidential" (2001) was expanded from an article he'd written for "The New Yorker" magazine about life behind the scenes in restaurant kitchens. The book described life in those kitchens in even more lurid detail, and it became a surprise international bestseller. In late 2000, Bourdain set out to travel his way across the globe, looking for, as he puts it, "kicks, thrills, epiphanies" and the "perfect meal." The book, and its companion Food Network series "A Cook's Tour," chronicle his adventures and misadventures on that voyage. Bourdain is also the author of two satirical thrillers, "Bone In The Throat" and "Gone Bamboo", as well as the "Urban Historical, Typhoid Mary."