That said, it’s certainly high praise from Rosenthal, considering he also took on widespread praise from the same overall audience, not only for Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil, but also for its PBS-set docu-series I’ll Have What Phil’s Having, which even won the host a James Beard Award.
Not everyone fully appreciated everything Anthony Bourdain was doing, but critics and Hollywood seemed to love it.
Bourdain was showered with Emmys and various other awards throughout his career for his work on Parts Unknown, along with his contributions to the food industry as a whole, so there were definitely more people taking notice of his abilities beyond Phil Rosenthal.