Anthony Bourdain ‘is cremated in France less than a week after killing himself in a hotel room’

Chef, writer and television host Anthony Bourdain has reportedly been cremated in France, just days after he died by suicide. 

Bourdain’s ashes will be flown back to the United States on Friday, a source told People Magazine.  

On Sunday, his mother Gladys told Page Six the family were awaiting approval from the French Government to return Bourdain’s body to America, and were expecting it to take a few days. 

The Parts Unknown host, 61, was found dead in his room at the Le Chambard hotel in France on Friday after hanging himself.

Friend Eric Ripert, who had been helping the father-of-one make an upcoming episode of his show, was the one to make the grim discovery.

He went to Bourdain’s hotel room after he did not attend dinner or breakfast, which they were scheduled to eat together. 

Bourdain’s funeral will be organised by his ex-wife, Ottavia, as she is still legally his next of kin, his mother Gladys has claimed.

‘Although they’re separated, she’ll be in charge of whatever happens,’ she said on Sunday. 

‘We haven’t talked for a couple days. I’m sure she’s as broken up as I am.’