Anthony Bourdain Adds 16 Cities to Guts and Glory Tour

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Internationally renowned chef, author and television host Anthony Bourdain today announced the second leg of his Guts & Glory tour (www.AnthonyBourdainonTour.com), visiting 16 cities in the spring of 2013. The Emmy Award-winner (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Layover) will continue his North American tour and dish up candid and hysterical insights about his life's work and travels, including an open question and answer session with the audience.

“Chef-at-large” at New York's famed Brasserie Les Halles, Bourdain is the author of the bestselling Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, a shocking portrait of life in restaurant kitchens as well as the bestselling graphic novel Get JIRO! and several other titles. Two new television shows hosted by Bourdain will premiere in 2013: The Taste, a cooking competition series for ABC with Nigella Lawson, and a docu-series for CNN entitled Parts Unknown, expanding the network's coverage of travel, culture and cuisine.

Bourdain will be joined on-stage for select dates by a few friends and world famous chefs including: Roy Choi, David McMillan, Frédéric Morin, Eric Ripert, and Andrew Zimmern. Select cities go on-sale Friday, November 16. Additional information may be found at www.AnthonyBourdainonTour.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/AnthonyBourdainonTour or on Twitter @bourdaintour.

Anthony Bourdain's 2013 Guts and Glory Tour Schedule

DATE

CITY

VENUE

Joined By

2/9

Las Vegas, NV

The Pearl

Eric Ripert

4/12

San Francisco, CA

Orpheum Theater

Eric Ripert

4/13

San Jose, CA

Center for the Performing Arts

Eric Ripert

4/14

Boulder, CO

Macky Auditorium

Eric Ripert

4/16

Los Angeles, CA

Pantages Theatre

Roy Choi

4/23

Richmond, VA

Landmark Theater

Solo

4/24

Newport News, VA

Ferguson Center for the Arts

Solo

4/25

Jacksonville, FL

Times Union Center - Moran Theater

Solo

5/3

Hartford, CT

The Bushnell

Eric Ripert

5/4

Toronto, ON

Sony Centre for the Performing Arts

Eric Ripert

5/5

Montreal, PQ

Place des Arts - Theatre Maisonneuve

Frédéric Morin and Dave McMillan

5/6

Pittsburgh, PA

Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

Eric Ripert

5/7

East Lansing, MI

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Solo

5/9

Chicago, IL

Auditorium Theatre

Eric Ripert

5/10

Milwaukee, WI

Riverside Theater

Eric Ripert

5/11

Minneapolis, MN

State Theatre

Andrew Zimmern

About the Tour Producers

Guts and Glory is produced by Innovation Arts & Entertainment and Zero Point Zero Production, Inc.

Established in 1998, IAE is a diversified enterprise specializing in all forms of live entertainment. From concerts, to lectures, to Direct-from-Broadway theatrical productions, IAE has made its mark by deliberately discarding conventional wisdom to find a different path to successfully entertain audiences. IAE currently presents more then 300 events annually including Headliners, Special Attractions and a subscription based Broadway series across North America, Canada and Puerto Rico. In the 2012-2013 season, IAE will also be producing theatre tours with the iconic William Shatner and more.

Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. is a television, digital and live content production company founded in 2003 by Executive Producers Chris Collins and Lydia Tenaglia, with Partner and Managing Director Joe Caterini. Since its inception, ZPZ has produced hundreds of hours of television in 80 countries, including the Emmy Award-winning series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and Diary of a Foodie, The Layover, Mind of a Chef, Extra Virgin and MeatEater, among others.

In 2011, Laurie Barnett joined ZPZ to launch Zero Point Zero Live. The company exclusively represents a knowledgeable roster of chefs, authors, journalists and entrepreneurs. For customers, Zero Point Zero Live creates and executes memorable engagements for colleges, festivals, corporate events and conferences worldwide.