Anthony Bourdain wins pair of posthumous Emmy Awards for his series Parts Unknown – three months after he committed suicide while filming the beloved show in France

  • Late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain won two posthumous Emmys on Sunday
  • Bourdain won the Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Informational Series or Special for his CNN series Parts Unknown
  • Bourdain filmed in six different locations before he killed himself on June 8  

By Jessa Schroeder For Dailymail.com

Published: 02:19 BST, 10 September 2018 | Updated: 02:27 BST, 10 September 2018

Anthony Bourdain won two posthumous Emmy awards for his hit travel and food series ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ on Sunday night.

The late American chef was recognized for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Informational Series or Special. 

Bourdian last won an Emmy in 2016 for Outstanding Informational Series or Special. He also won the award in 2015, 2014 and 2013. 

A colleague said on his behalf: ‘For me and for all the folks that have worked for him in the last 20 years, I want to say his writing was always fiercely intelligent, real, no bullshit.

‘His writing was inimitable… he’s truly on a journey to parts unknown. We wish we could have shot that journey with him.’

Bourdain hanged himself while staying at the Le Chambard hotel in Kaysersberg, France, where he was filming an upcoming episode for the CNN series. 

Parts Unknown first aired in April 2013. The show will return to CNN for a final series late this fall and will include one episode narrated by the star.

It will comprise of seven episodes; five in which Bourdain appears and two in which he does not.

A CNN spokesperson told DailyMail.com last month: ‘We can confirm that there will be a new, seven-episode season of Parts Unknown premiering in fall 2018 (date TBA), which includes one episode with Bourdain’s narration – Kenya with W. Kamau Bell (title TBA).

‘It will be similar in format to previous Parts Unknown episodes. ‘

The final two will show first how the producers made the series in the wake of his death and the final episode will reflect on how he impacted the world.

Before he died, he narrated an episode that had been filmed in Kenya with TV host W. Kamau Bell in March.

He also filmed in Manhattan, Mexico, Bali, Texas and Spain but did not have a chance to add his signature voice over to those scenes before he died.

 

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