Jose Andres and Eric Ripert Say Anthony Bourdain.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty
José AndrésandEric Ripertare remembering their late friend,Anthony Bourdain.
Ripert, 58, joined Andrés, 54, on hisLonger Tablespodcast on Tuesday to reminisce about the chef and the impact he had on them both.
While discussing their consumption of meat and seafood, Andrés said, “I wonder what our friend Anthony Bourdain listening to us would be thinking about us right now, because he’s saying something up there somewhere, like, ‘Are those two guys crazy? What are they talking about?’"
“Yes, I think Anthony would tell us that we are nuts and he would eat a burger,” Ripert said, before the two shared a laugh.
“You know, I think, unfortunately, the passing of our good friend Anthony Bourdain, I feel that brought you and I closer together,” Andrés said. Ripert agreed.
Chef Jose Andres and Host Athony Bourdain attend the DC Central Kitchen’s Capital Food Fight event at Ronald Reagan Building on November 11, 2014 in Washington, DC.Larry French/Getty
Larry French/Getty
Andrés then recalled the day Bourdain died.
“I remember I was in Guatemala on the day that our friend decided to go to another, better life," he said to Ripert. “And I remember the day - I spoke briefly with you and I know you went through this like a true friend and champion because you were so near him when all of that happened.”
Chefs Anthony Bourdain (L) and Eric Ripert attend Ocean Liner dinner.Neilson Barnard/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty
Ripert was filming an episode ofParts Unknownin France with Bourdain at the time of his death. In one of the last photos taken of Bourdain, the two were seen in the countryside on atandem bicycle.
“He was a very great friend of ours, of you José, he loved you very much, very great friend of mine, very noble man,” said Ripert. “And we were very lucky to have him as a friend.”
In 2018, Ripert and Andrés announced that June 25, Bourdain’s birthday, would be #BourdainDay.
The duo shared a video onInstagram, where they raised their glasses in tribute to their friend, inviting followers to join and use the hashtag to post their own videos on that day each year.
Andrés previously opened up toPEOPLEabout the lateParts Unknownhost when discussing his discovery+ travel show,José Andrés and Family in Spain.
“I had a good mentor. He was a poet. He was a guy that understood the moment and was able to transform the moment into a phrase that we’ll forever remember,” theWorld Central Kitchen organizationfounder told PEOPLE. “I feel I was very blessed to know him.”
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Ripert broke his silenceon theKitchen Confidentialauthor’s death for the first time in November of 2018.
“We had 20 years of friendship on television and off television because I was invited on the show many times and we were traveling and it was always tremendous fun,” he toldCBS This Morning.
source: people.com
