Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Format	Travel, Food
Created by	Zero Point Zero Production Inc.
Starring	Anthony Bourdain (host)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	124 (to date)
Production
Running time	domestic: one hour (approx. 0:42 per episode); international: approx. 0:48 per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	Travel Channel Arts Central (Singapore)
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	July 25, 2005 – present

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is an ongoing American travel and food show on the Travel Channel; it also airs on the Discovery Travel & Living channel around the world. Host Anthony Bourdain visits overseas countries, cities worldwide, and places within the U.S., where hosts treat him to local culture and cuisine. The series premiered in 2005 on the Travel Channel. The format and content of the show is similar to Bourdain's 2001–2002 Food Network series, A Cook's Tour.

The special episode Anthony Bourdain in Beirut that aired between Seasons 2 and 3 was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming in 2007. In 2009 the series won the Emmy for "Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming".

Episodes

Countries in green have been featured on the show at least once as of episode 124.

Season 1

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
1-01	1	"France: Why the French Don't Suck"	July 25, 2005 (2005-07-25)
Tony's debut episode of this new series has him visiting Paris. He explores the city's famous catacombs, tries out some absinthe, checks out one of the city's major meat markets, and spends the night in the room where Oscar Wilde passed away.
1-02	2	"Iceland: Hello Darkness My Old Friend"	August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)
This week Anthony travels to Reykjavík, Iceland, where in winter the volcanic islands see only about four hours of sunlight a day. Anthony finds the darkness comforting and learns how the Icelanders contend with the dark days - eating, drinking, and pumping iron!
1-03	3	"New Jersey"	August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)
Tony visits the state of New Jersey. He takes us on a trip through his birthplace trying to dispel some common misconceptions of the garden state. We learn about The Sopranos and other NJ landmarks as Tony reminisces.
1-04	4	"Vietnam: The Island of Mr. Sang"	August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)
Responding to an invitation from an old friend. Tony travels to Hanoi, Mai Chau and Tuần Châu, Vietnam with the definite feeling of James Bond-ish intrigue. Discovering food, customs and the not so sinister plans for international tourism.
1-05	5	"Malaysia: Into the Jungle"	August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)
Tony has always had an interest in "natural fusion" or the way cuisines intertwine with cultures over the course of history. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this is particularly true as a variety of cultures have blended.
1-06	6	"Sicily"	October 10, 2005 (2005-10-10)
While on the island of Sicily, Tony is treated to tripe at the II Capo Market. He tries a spleen sandwich with the Governor of Sicily (Salvatore Cuffaro). And, Tony attempts to determine where you can find the greatest cannoli.
1-07	7	"Las Vegas"	October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)
Given an assignment to write about Las Vegas food by a food magazine, Tony spends four days exploring the city and learns how it's transforming into a mecca for chefs.
1-08	8	"Uzbekistan"	October 24, 2005 (2005-10-24)
Tashkent to Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Tony explores the 2000-year-old city of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan with his friend Zamir Gotta. He partakes in local culture, attends a wedding, and also receives a traumatizing full-body massage at a sauna.
1-09	9	"New Zealand: Down Under the Down Under"	November 7, 2005 (2005-11-07)
Tony is invited to New Zealand to lecture at a gourmet food convention. But after receiving a lukewarm reception from the crowd, he decides to search for real Kiwi culture outside the city of Christchurch.

Season 2

Three special episodes were aired in 2006, one before the season, and two after.

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
Special	10	"Leftovers"	March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)
2-01	11	"Asia Special: China & Japan"	March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)
China and Japan
2-02	12	"South Florida"	April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)
Miami, Florida, US
2-03	13	"Peru"	April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)
Lima, Cusco, Tambopata and Machu Picchu, Peru
2-04	14	"Quebec"	April 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)
Tony visits the province of Quebec in Canada. He visits a duck farm in with famed chef Martin Picard, then enjoys a decadent, foie gras-heavy meal at Picard's restaurant, Au Pied de Cochon in Montreal. He flies north to go seal hunting with Inuits. He also enjoys poutine, sausages with maple syrup at a sugar house, and Montreal-style bagels.
2-05	15	"Sweden"	April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24)
Tony visits Stockholm, Sweden and tries local specialties like fläsklägg (pig knuckles) and tunnbrödsrulle (Swedish flatbread).
2-06	16	"Puerto Rico"	May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01)
Tony visits Puerto Rico and tries to see the less-touristic side of the island. After a bad start drinking a piña colada at the bar where the drink was invented, he enjoys roast pork at a lechonera, as well as mofongo, goes scuba-diving in an unsuccessful attempt to catch a giant lobster, and tries horseback riding. He also searches for the mythical chupacabra, and goes sparring with boxing champion Miguel Cotto. He visits a music festival, and enjoys chicharrón in Bayamón.
2-07	17	"Japan"	May 8, 2006 (2006-05-08)
Osaka, Japan [Note: This episode is the same as part one of "Asia Special: China & Japan"]
2-08	18	"US/Mexico Border"	May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)
Tony visits Piedras Negras, Mexico and border towns in Texas, where he sees the influences that the two countries have had on each other. He also visits the Mexican restaurant credited with inventing nachos.
2-09	19	"India (Rajasthan)"	May 29, 2006 (2006-05-29)
Tony visits the state of Rajasthan in India. He visits the city of Udaipur and enjoys a vegetarian thali. He then attends a dinner and lavish party hosted by the Maharana of Udaipur. He visits a local chef for a home-cooked meal. He visits a guru in an ashram in the city of Jodhpur. He takes a long bus ride to the city of Jaisalmer, and experiences the Jaisalmer Desert Festival.
2-10	20	"India (Kolkata/Bombay)"	June 5, 2006 (2006-06-05)
Tony visits Kolkata and Bombay, India, where he learns how to play cricket.
2-11	21	"Korea"	June 12, 2006 (2006-06-12)
Tony visits Seoul in South Korea, as well as a town near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, accompanied by Nari Kye, an assistant on No Reservations. They visit a martial arts class and a spa, and try live octopus, kimchi, Korean barbecue and soju. They also meet Kye's family.
2-12	22	"Indonesia"	June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)
Bali and Jakarta, Indonesia
Special	23	"Decoding Ferran Adria"	July 03, 2006
Bourdain travels to Spain and visits the research laboratory of Ferran Adria, renowned chef of el Bulli.
Special	24	"Anthony Bourdain in Beirut"	August 21, 2006 (2006-08-21)
Documentary of a week in July 2006 when Bourdain and his crew were trapped in Beirut, Lebanon due to the Lebanon War. This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming in 2007.

Season 3

Season 3 was aired in two parts: six episodes in the winter of 2007, and nine in the summer/autumn of 2007. Two special episodes were also aired in 2007, book-ending the regular episodes.

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
Special	25	"Leftovers 2"	January 1, 2007 (2007-01-01)
3-01	26	"Ireland"	January 1, 2007 (2007-01-01)
Tony visits Dublin and Belfast in Ireland, where he explores the legacy of the Troubles. He samples Irish stew, Guinness and some high-end restaurants, including those of chefs Paul Rankin and Seamus O'Connell.
3-02	27	"Ghana"	January 8, 2007 (2007-01-08)
Ghana
3-03	28	"Pacific Northwest"	January 15, 2007 (2007-01-15)
In Portland, Tony samples unique donuts and pizza, explores the history of the underground, and goes camping with some old friends. Tony takes in the sights of Pike Place Market, enjoys a Gypsy dinner, tries some Puget Sound geoduck, and spends some time with a meat curer friend in Seattle.
3-04	29	"Namibia"	January 22, 2007 (2007-01-22)
Tony visits Namibia and eats some of the local specialties, including, most memorably, the rectum of a recently-killed warthog, prepared by local Bushmen.
3-05	30	"Russia"	January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29)
Tony visits Moscow, Russia, accompanied by Zamir Gotta. They explore Moscow's Soviet history, including lunch with a former KGB chief, as well as some of the hangouts of Moscow's newly-rich. Tony then arranges for Zamir to get a painful spa treatment, as payback for the massage Tony got in Uzbekistan.
3-06	31	"Los Angeles"	February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05)
Tony visits Los Angeles, California, in search of the local culture, away from the glitz and glamor of Hollywood. He dines at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles with writer and screenwriter Jerry Stahl. He meets a women's roller derby team, and has French dip sandwiches with them at Philippe's, which claims to have invented the French dip sandwich. He eats at a Mexican restaurant with a mariachi band, and visits the neighborhood of Thai Town.
3-07	32	"Shanghai"	July 30, 2007 (2007-07-30)
Shanghai to Shangri-La, China
3-08	33	"New York City"	August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06)
New York City
3-09	34	"Brazil"	August 13, 2007 (2007-08-13)
São Paulo, Brazil
3-10	35	"French Polynesia"	August 20, 2007 (2007-08-20)
Tahiti
3-11	36	"Cleveland"	August 27, 2007 (2007-08-27)
Tony travels with food writer Michael Ruhlman to Cleveland, Ohio, Ruhlman's home town. They have Cincinnati chili at Skyline Chili. Tony meets comic-book artist Harvey Pekar. He also visits the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Marky Ramone, and spends time with chef Michael Symon, both at Symon's restaurant Lola and at a soul food restaurant. Parts of the episode are illustrated in Pekar's comic book style.
3-12	37	"Hong Kong"	September 3, 2007 (2007-09-03)
Tony visits Hong Kong and samples the food, like noodles and soup, with a local food blogger. He also films a fight scene with members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.
3-13	38	"Argentina"	September 10, 2007 (2007-09-10)
Patagonia, Argentina
3-14	39	"South Carolina"	September 17, 2007 (2007-09-17)
Tony visits South Carolina, where he enjoys local favorites like shrimp, grits and barbecue. He also participates in a Civil War reenactment.
3-15	40	"Tuscany"	September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24)
Tony visits Tuscany, Italy, and samples the local wine and cheese. He also clashes with the episode's director, the Italian auteur Vincenzo Tripodo, who dreams of making the episode an homage to Dante's Inferno.
Special	41	"Holiday Special"	December 10, 2007 (2007-12-10)
Bourdain visits his brother's family in Connecticut for the holidays, with special guests Queens of the Stone Age.

Season 4

As with Season 3, Season 4 was aired in two parts: nine episodes in the winter of 2008, and ten in the summer of 2008. Various sources have referred to the summer episodes as Season 5, but in a post on his blog regarding the September 1, 2008 episode, Bourdain refers to it as the final episode of Season 4. One special episode followed the regular 2008 episodes.

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
4-01	42	"Singapore"	January 7, 2008 (2008-01-07)
Singapore, featuring the local specialty chicken rice.
4-02	43	"Berlin"	January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14)
Tony visits Berlin, Germany and gets introduced to the city's Cold War past by a former British intelligence agent who stayed on in Berlin.
4-03	44	"Vancouver, BC"	January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21)
Tony visits Vancouver, Canada and explores the city's restaurant culture with three chef friends of his: Pino Posteraro, Hidekazu Tojo, and Vikram Vij. He also attempts to ski at Whistler, visits with the video gaming developers at EA Canada, and films a small role in the Uwe Boll action movie Far Cry.
4-04	45	"Greek Islands"	January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)
Tony travels through the Greek Islands, from Crete to Zakynthos, and tries sardines, sweetbread, lamb, snails, sea urchins and rakı. He also hunts, and eats, quail.
4-05	46	"New Orleans"	February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04)
New Orleans, Louisiana, with emphasis on post-Katrina recovery, both by locals generally and also by the local food industry in particular. Includes a visit with Emeril Lagasse, who is acknowledged in the episode as a favorite target of ridicule in Bourdain's early career. Local writer Chris Rose offers commentary on the city's conditions.
4-06	47	"London/Edinburgh"	February 11, 2008 (2008-02-11)
Tony visits London, and Edinburgh, United Kingdom and meets with local chefs and raconteurs, including chefs Fergus Henderson, Marco Pierre White and Tom Kitchin. He also records a spoken-word track with the band Morcheeba.
4-07	48	"Jamaica"	February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18)
Tony visits Jamaica and meets a dancehall artist, as well as a Rastafarian.
4-08	49	"Romania"	February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25)
Tony visits Transylvania and Bucharest, Romania, accompanied by Zamir Gotta. They attend a tourist-oriented Dracula-themed Halloween dinner at a castle in Transylvania, which Tony hates.
4-09	50	"Hawaii"	March 3, 2008 (2008-03-03)
Hawaii
4-10	51	"Into the Fire NY"	March 10, 2008 (2008-03-10)
Tony and his friend, renowned chef Eric Ripert, spend a night as line cooks at Tony's old restaurant of Brasserie Les Halles in New York City to see if they still have the skills necessary to work in a restaurant.
4-11	52	"Laos"	July 7, 2008 (2008-07-07)
Tony travels to Vientiane, Laos, where he meets a man who was a victim of an unexploded American bomb, an takes part in a Baci ceremony.
4-12	53	"Colombia"	July 14, 2008 (2008-07-14)
Tony visits the cities of Medellín and Cartagena in Colombia, and learns about its tragic past as a drug capital, as well as its more hopeful future.
4-13	54	"Saudi Arabia"	July 21, 2008 (2008-07-21)
In a special episode of No Reservations, the show ran a "FANatic contest", in which viewers were asked to submit a tape nominating their home town or country as a destination for a future episode of the show. The winner of the contest was Danya Alhamrani, and in this episode Bourdain and crew visit her hometown of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
4-14	55	"Uruguay"	July 28, 2008 (2008-07-28)
Tony travels to Uruguay with his brother to research their roots, after learning that they have family connections there. They enjoy chivitos, and other local specialties.
4-15	56	"U.S. Southwest"	August 4, 2008 (2008-08-04)
Tony travels through the US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. In Phoenix, Arizona, Tony meets with rock legend Alice Cooper at Cooper's restaurant. In Texas, he shoots machine guns and dines with another rock legend, Ted Nugent.
4-16	57	"Tokyo"	August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Tony visits Tokyo, Japan, where he enjoys snacks like takoyaki, as well as sushi and sake. He also meets with famed chef Masaharu Morimoto, and tries to learn the martial art of kendo.
4-17	58	"Spain"	August 18, 2008 (2008-08-18)
Tony re-visits Spain, which he calls the most important food destination in the world. He visits the test kitchen of pastry chef Albert Adrià, Ferran's brother, and the factory of pioneering chocolate maker Enric Rovira. At a farm, he enjoys roasted calçots during a "calçotada". He has bar tapas with chefs Juan Mari Arzak and his daughter, Elena, of the restaurant Arzak, in San Sebastián. He eats at the molecular gastronomy restaurant Mugaritz, the grill-based restaurant Etxebarri, and Arzak.
4-18	59	"Egypt"	August 25, 2008 (2008-08-25)
Egypt
4-19	60	"So Long, Summer"	September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01)
Various clips and outtakes
Special	61	"At the Table with Anthony Bourdain"	October 20, 2008 (2008-10-20)
Bourdain with guests Amy Sacco, Bill Buford, Ted Allen and Chris Wilson dine at NYC restaurant wd~50 and discuss various topics related to food and restaurants.

Season 5

Season 5 is another split season, with 10 episodes aired in the winter of 2009, and 10 episodes following in the summer.

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
5-01	62	"Mexico"	January 5, 2009 (2009-01-05)
Tony travels to Mexico with Carlos, the Mexican executive chef of Les Halles, and the two visit Puebla, Carlos's home town, and Mexico City. Tony eats Mexican foods like tortillas and roast pork and drinks pulque, an alcoholic beverage. He also attends a lucha libre school.
5-02	63	"Venice"	January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)
Tony goes in search of the less-touristic side of Venice, Italy, and meets locals and enjoys deep-fried crabs, bacala and boiled calves' heads.
5-03	64	"Washington, D.C."	January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19)
Tony visits Washington, D.C. and explores the diversity of its culinary options, including Irish, Mexican and Ethiopian food, as well as local landmark Ben's Chili Bowl. He also visits the International Spy Museum and practices one espionage technique, the dead drop.
5-04	65	"Azores"	January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
Tony travels to the Portuguese islands of the Azores, and visits a boiling geyser.
5-05	66	"Chicago"	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)
Tony visits Chicago and samples local favorites like sausages and deep-dish pizza, as well as upscale dining. He also enjoys a giant "Three Little Piggies" sandwich with radio personality Mancow Muller.
5-06	67	"Food Porn"	February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09)
The episode shows various clips from previous shows of appetizing-looking meals. It also includes new footage of various chefs talking about food, including an extended conversation between Bourdain and chef David Chang while they eat at Chang's restaurant Momofuku Ssäm Bar.
5-07	68	"Philippines"	February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)
Tony visits Manila, Pampanga, and Cebu in the Philippines, traveling around with one of the runners-up of his "FANatic" contest. Some of the restaurants they visited were Mila's Kambingan , Bale Dutung and Aling Lucing's (Angeles City, Pampanga); King Ginno's Pares, Lumpia House and Cafe Ysabel (Manila); and finally Capitol Site Eatery in Cebu. After tasting Cebu's famous Lechon, he considered it as the "Best Pig Ever."
5-08	69	"Disappearing Manhattan"	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)
Tony visits old establishments in Manhattan that are becoming a rarity in the city. He visits several old food stores in Hell's Kitchen with chef Michael Lomonaco, Keens Steakhouse with food writer Joshua Ozersky, Russ & Daughters and Katz's Delicatessen with novelist Joel Rose, Eisenberg's Sandwich and some of the German establishments in the Yorkville neighborhood with tour guide "Famous Fat Dave", Hop Kee in Chinatown with chef Chris Cheung, Le Veau d'Or with food writer Michael Batterberry, and dive bar Sophie's with writer Nick Tosches.
5-09	70	"Sri Lanka"	March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02)
Tony visits Colombo, Sri Lanka, samples the local food, and discusses the aftermath of the Sri Lankan Civil War and the 2004 tsunami.
5-10	71	"Vietnam: There's No Place Like Home"	March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09)
Tony visits Vietnam, accompanied by his former boss, Les Halles owner Philippe Lajaunie, and visits the countryside, street markets and newly upscale areas of Ho Chi Minh City. At the end of the episode, he considers moving there.
5-11	72	"Chile"	July 13, 2009 (2009-07-13)
Tony visits Santiago and Patagonia in Chile. He attends a Chilean rodeo event, and enjoys sopaipillas and beef braised in wine.
5-12	73	"Australia"	July 20, 2009 (2009-07-20)
Tony visits Melbourne, Australia, and samples food from the city's diverse ethnic communities, as well as at high-end restaurants. He also learns how to play Trugo.
5-13	74	"Rust Belt"	July 27, 2009 (2009-07-27)
Tony visits the "Rust Belt" cities of Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan and Buffalo, New York, accompanied by Zamir Gotta. In Baltimore they meet with several of the cast members of the television show The Wire. In Buffalo they meet one of the other runners-up of the "FANatic" contest, Nelson Starr, and see his rock band perform. Zamir is discovered to have become a celebrity in the US in his own right, as a result of his previous No Reservations appearances.
5-14	75	"Down on the Street"	August 3, 2009 (2009-08-03)
A collection of street food clips from past shows, mostly in Asia.
5-15	76	"San Francisco"	August 10, 2009 (2009-08-10)
Tony dines at various restaurants in San Francisco, California.
5-16	77	"Thailand"	August 17, 2009 (2009-08-17)
Tony travels to Thailand, and catches the beginning of the 2009 political unrest there. He also enjoys street food in Bangkok and explores Phuket.
5-17	78	"Montana"	August 24, 2009 (2009-08-24)
Tony travels to the state of Montana in the United States, where he visits a ranch, eats local specialties like beef and buffalo, and meets with writer and local legend Jim Harrison.
5-18	79	"Burning Questions"	August 31, 2009 (2009-08-31)
Tony answers the top 10 questions from viewers, submitted and voted on at the Travel Channel's website. His answers are illustrated with clips from the show.
5-19	80	"New York Outer Boroughs"	September 7, 2009 (2009-09-07)
Tony visits the "outer boroughs" of New York City: Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. In Staten Island, Tony meets with musical pioneer David Johansen at a tiki bar. He visits ethnic Queens restaurants with chefs David Chang and Chris Cheung.
5-20	81	"Sardinia"	September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14)
Bourdain travels with his wife Ottavia Busia to her ancestral home of Sardinia, Italy.

Season 6

Some episodes of Season 6 included in-show product placement for the Chase Sapphire credit card.

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
6-01	82	"Panama"	January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11)
Tony visits Panama, including a trip to Manuel Noriega's old house, and a trip into the rainforest, where he meets some local tribespeople. He also watches as the police set fire to a multi-million-dollar seized stash of cocaine.
6-02	83	"Istanbul"	January 18, 2010 (2010-01-18)
Tony visits Istanbul, Turkey and samples lahmacun, doner kebab, islak burger, midye dolma, börek and rakı. He also visits the Blue Mosque.
6-03	84	"Brittany"	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
Tony travels to Brittany, France and enjoys some of the local specialties, like crepes, cider and oysters.
6-04	85	"Prague"	February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
Tony enjoys the old-world charms of Prague in the Czech Republic, and travels with local Michelin-awarded chef Zdenek Pohlreich.
6-05	86	"Hudson Valley, NY"	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
Tony visits cities in Hudson Valley in New York State, accompanied at times by food writer Michael Ruhlman. He enjoys local crabs, visits his alma mater The Culinary Institute of America and Mohonk Mountain House, and has lunch with actor Bill Murray in Yonkers.
6-06	87	"Ecuador"	March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01)
Tony visits Ecuador's capital Quito in ecuadorian Andes to try some street food and local soups. He tries guinea pig in Sangolqui. Then he goes to the coast of Ecuador to try local seafood in Puerto Lopez, Salango, Montañita, and Manglaralto. Finally he tries some local stews in Guayaquil and experiences an ecuadorian crab party.
6-07	88	"Obsessed"	March 8, 2010 (2010-03-08)
Anthony talks to chefs and bloggers whose obsessive love for food drives them to noteworthy feats.
6-08	89	"Harbin, China"	March 15, 2010 (2010-03-15)
Tony visits the city of Harbin in northeastern China and experiences the mix of Chinese and Russian cultures there. He also visits an eccentric local entrepreneur who enjoys karaoke and all things American.
6-09	90	"Provence"	March 22, 2010 (2010-03-22)
Tony and crew stay at a villa in Provence, France, and Tony tries daube, aioli, terrine and Ricard Pastis, and plays pétanque. He then attempts to cook a provençal meal for some of the locals.
6-10	91	"Vietnam: Central Highlands"	March 29, 2010 (2010-03-29)
Da Lat and Hanoi, Vietnam
6-11	92	"Techniques Special"	April 5, 2010 (2010-04-05)
Bourdain and various chefs illustrate basic cooking techniques.
6-12	93	"Maine"	April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12)
Tony travels to Maine, guided by one of his cameramen, Maine native Zach Zamboni.
6-13	94	"Food Porn 2"	April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19)
Like the first "Food Porn" episode, this episode features a mix of previous clips and new footage. The episode is introduced by porn actor Ron Jeremy.
6-14	95	"Caribbean Island Hopping"	July 5, 2010 (2010-07-05)
Tony visits St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He meets with chef Norman van Aken, a fusion pioneer, and they visit the Tobago Cays. He also participates in an opossum hunt, and eats the resulting stew. He goes scuba diving, and eats at a cafeteria-style restaurant in the capital city, Kingstown.
6-15	96	"US Heartland"	July 12, 2010 (2010-07-12)
While on a speaking tour through the United States, Tony visits the cities Livonia, Michigan, Columbus, Ohio, Minneapolis, Denver, Austin and Milwaukee and searches out high-end and innovative dining, to counter a perception that some have that the middle of the United States represents a culinary wasteland.
6-16	97	"Liberia"	July 19, 2010 (2010-07-19)
Liberia
6-17	98	"Kerala, India"	July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26)
Tony visits the state of Kerala in India, where he enjoys the local cuisine such as malabar matthi curry, and meets local film star Mammootty on the set of the film Pokkiri Raja.
6-18	99	"Where It All Began"	August 2, 2010 (2010-08-02)
Tony introduces footage taken by a documentary crew who were filming Bourdain in 2001 immediately after the publishing success of his book Kitchen Confidential.
6-19	100	"Dubai"	August 9, 2010 (2010-08-09)
Tony visits Dubai and samples some of the local highlights, including fine dining and the indoor ski resort Ski Dubai. He also meets and eats with some of the locals, including some young sheiks and foreign workers.
6-20	101	"Rome"	August 16, 2010 (2010-08-16)
Tony visits Rome, Italy and meets artisans of pasta, cheese and other local specialties. The episode was filmed entirely in black and white, and is intended as an homage to Frederico Fellini's films, especially La Dolce Vita.
6-21	102	"Back to Beirut"	August 23, 2010 (2010-08-23)
Tony and crew return to Beirut after their last attempt was derailed by the 2006 Lebanon War.
6-22	103	"Making of India"	August 30, 2010 (2010-08-30)
The Zero Point Zero crew's behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Kerala episode
6-23	104	"What Were We Thinking Special"	September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)
Tony and the crew of No Reservations discuss the making of the show, from its beginning to the present.
6-24	105	"100th Episode - Paris"	September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)
For the 100th episode, Tony travels to Paris and meets with Eric Ripert and various local chefs, and they discuss the past and future of French cooking.
6-25	106	"Madrid"	September 13, 2010 (2010-09-13)
Tony visits Madrid, Spain and enjoys local delicacies like jamón ibérico and black pudding.
6-26	107	"Holiday Special"	December 6, 2010 (2010-12-06)
Tony and his friends plan a huge potluck holiday dinner. The episode includes holiday-inspired music videos from the band Das Racist.

Season 7

Ep.Num.	Overall	Title	Airdate
7-01	108	"Haiti"	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
Tony visits Haiti, a country still recovering from the 2010 earthquake and dealing with a cholera epidemic in and an impending hurricane. He visits a relief camp run by Sean Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization.
7-02	109	"Cambodia"	March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07)
Tony seeks to reconnect with the historically rich country of Cambodia. While sampling local seafood, Tony sits down with politicians to discuss the country's difficult Khmer Rouge past.
7-03	110	"Nicaragua"	March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)
Tony visits Nicaragua to sample the cuisine, and in the process examines the cultural extremes in the country.
7-04	111	"Vienna"	March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)
Tony visits Vienna, Austria.
7-05	112	"Ozarks"	March 28, 2011 (2011-03-28)
Tony visits West Plains, Missouri, backdrop of the book and film Winter's Bone, and eats at Fred and Red's.
7-06	113	"Brazil (the Amazon)"	April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)
Tony visits the city of Belém and the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil,
7-07	114	"Boston"	April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)
Tony visits the South Boston section of Boston, the neighborhood known as "Southie", and meets with local celebrities like journalist Howie Carr.
7-08	115	"Japan"	April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)
Weeks before the March 2011 quake, Tony visits Hokkaido, Japan.
7-09	116	"Cuba"	July 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)
Tony travels to Cuba in the search of the island's heart and soul where beauty abounds in the people, the food and the architecture and streets that are riddled with cars hobbling from before Fidel Castro's coup d'etat.
7-10	117	"Macau"	July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)
Tony visits the island nation of Macau, now known as the "Vegas of Asia", and tries his hand at some casino games. He also visits the Macau Tower bungee jump, the largest in the world, and takes the ultimate plunge.
7-11	118	"Naples"	July 25, 2011 (2011-07-25)
Tony travels to Naples, Italy, considered to be the root of Italian-American cuisine, to find out the differences and similarites between the original and its American counterpart.
7-12	119	"El Bulli"	August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
Tony visits elBulli, a renowned restaurant in Spain, and gets to cook and dine with chef Ferran Adria.
7-13	120	"US Desert"	August 8, 2011 (2011-08-08)
Tony explores the Mojave Desert of southern California with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age.
7-14	121	"Ukraine"	August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15)
Tony and Zamir travel through the abandoned city of Chernobyl in Ukraine, site of a nuclear accident 25 years earlier. They then travel elsewhere in Ukraine and sample local food like green borscht.
7-15	122	"Kurdistan"	August 22, 2011 (2011-08-22)
Tony and his crew venture to the war zone of Kurdistan in Iraq, as well as Turkish Kurdistan in Turkey, to explore the tragic history and hopeful future of the Kurds.
7-16	123	"Cajun Country"	August 29, 2011 (2011-08-29)
Tony goes to New Orleans and meets up with some of the crew of TV show Treme. He then continues east into the bayou and Cajun country.
Special	124	"Holiday Special 2011"	December 12, 2011 (2011-12-12)
Tony's Christmas takes a turn towards the bizarre. Norah Jones sings, Tony seeks answers from chef Dave Arnold, Tony cooks with Lidia Bastianich and Christopher Walken, and Samantha Brown shoots a gun.

Related

Title	Airdate
"No Reservations: Iceland: Special Edition"	March 20, 2006 (2006-03-20)
Bourdain and show producer Chris Collins re-view Season 1's "Iceland" episode with DVD-style behind-the-scenes commentary.
"What's Your Trip with Anthony Bourdain"	May 21, 2007 (2007-05-21)
Pilot episode for a proposed new series with Bourdain presenting travel videos submitted by viewers.

Future episodes/specials

Posts on Bourdain's blog and other articles have mentioned filming or planning upcoming episodes and specials covering South Louisiana, Kansas City and the Congo. He also mentioned filming an episode in Finland in a Q&A session for reddit.

Home video releases

As of October 2011, Travel Channel has released five collections of the series on DVD with a sixth collection to be released on November 29, 2011. As of September 2010, collections 1-4 and 6-8 are available to view on Netflix's "Watch Instantly" feature. Despite that the series has been shot mostly with high definition video cameras, it is not available for purchase in high definition format like Blu-ray Disc. However, many episodes from Collection 4 and later can be streamed from Netflix in high definition.

The DVD releases do not have subtitles enabled for the hearing impaired. (Broadcast episodes do have closed-captioning available.)

• Collection 1 (4 discs) (2005)
  • Disc 1- Paris, New Jersey
  • Disc 2- Sicily, Las Vegas
  • Disc 3- New Zealand, Malaysia
  • Disc 4- Iceland, Vietnam
• Collection 2 (3 discs) (2006)
  • Disc 1- Sweden, Puerto Rico, Quebec, U.S./Mexico Border
  • Disc 2- India (Rajasthan), India (Kolkata/Mumbai), Korea, Indonesia, Ireland
  • Disc 3- Ghana, Namibia, Lebanon, Pacific Northwest
• Collection 3 (3 discs) (2007)
  • Disc 1- Russia, Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong
  • Disc 2- French Polynesia, Cleveland, Brazil, Argentina
  • Disc 3- Singapore, South Carolina, Berlin, Tuscany
• Collection 4 (3 discs) (2008)
  • Disc 1- Vancouver, New Orleans, London/Edinburgh, Greek Islands, Jamaica, Hawaii
  • Disc 2- Into the Fire, Laos, Tokyo, Uruguay, Colombia
  • Disc 3- Spain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C., US Southwest, Bonus Features
• Collection 5 - Part 1 (3 discs) (2010)
  • Disc 1- Romania, So Long Summer, Mexico, Venice
  • Disc 2- Azores, Chicago, Food Porn, Philippines
  • Disc 3- Disappearing Manhattan, Sri Lanka, Sardinia, Chile, Bonus Materials (Alternate Universe)
• Collection 5 - Part 2 (3 discs) (2011)
  • Disc 1- Australia, Buffalo/Baltimore/Detroit, Down on the Street, San Francisco
  • Disc 2- Thailand, Montana, NYC Outer Boroughs, Vietnam: No Place Like Home
  • Disc 3- Brittany, Obsessed, Provence, Bonus Materials (Alternate Universe)
• Collection 6 - Part 1 (3 discs) (November 29, 2011)
  • As of October 2011, the contents of the Discs have only been given as "10 Episodes"

Notable guests

• On the Season 3 New York City episode, Andrew Zimmern appeared in one segment. Bourdain appeared as a guest on the New York City episode of Zimmern's Travel Channel show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, which aired the same day. The two shows were edited such that one show led nearly seamlessly into the other.

• Bourdain's wife Ottavia Busia, who is a native of Sardinia, Italy, appeared anonymously on the Season 3 Tuscany episode, as one of the disgruntled diners eating the food he prepares. She is also featured prominently in the Season 5 episode when the Bourdains visit Sardinia. Also featured in the Season 6 Rome and Season 7 Naples episodes.

• In the Berlin episode (Season 4) he has lunch with German politician Gregor Gysi.

• In the Sicilian episode Bourdain meets Sicily's Governor Salvatore Cuffaro.

• Bourdain's brother Chris was his companion on the Season 4 Uruguay episode.

• Both Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent appear in the U.S. Southwest episode. Other musicians who have appeared on the show include Queens of the Stone Age, Marky Ramone, David Johansen, Das Racist, and Paul Godfrey from Morcheeba.

• In the Puerto Rico episode he boxed with and had lunch with boxer Miguel Cotto

• Bill Murray was a guest in the Hudson Valley episode.

• In the Haiti episode (Season 7) Tony meets with Sean Penn in the tent city built by his relief group, J/P Haitian Relief Organization.

• Authors Jim Harrison, Chuck Palahniuk, Jerry Stahl, Harvey Pekar, George Pelecanos, Daniel Woodrell, Ian Rankin, Michael Ruhlman, Gary Shteyngart, Evan Rail and Nick Tosches have all appeared on the program.

• The many chefs who have appeared include Ferran and Albert Adrià, Eric Ripert, Gastón Acurio, Thomas Keller, Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto, José Andrés, David Chang, Marco Pierre White, Jun Sakamoto, Wylie Dufresne, Homaro Cantu, Michael Symon, Juan Mari Arzak and Elena Arzak, Andoni Aduriz, April Bloomfield, Fergus Henderson, Gabrielle Hamilton, Jiro Ono, Scott Conant, Chris Cosentino, Pino Posteraro, Hidekazu Tojo, Vikram Vij, Edward Tuson, Martin Picard, Joël Robuchon, Alvin Leung, David Munoz, Olivier Rollinger, Paul Kahan, Michael Lomonaco and Emeril Lagasse.

External links

• Official website
• Series schedule
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com Homepage
• Bourdain's quail of a time. February 7, 2009.