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Inside Anthony Bourdain’s bromance with Eric Ripert — and his emotional cameo in new movie ‘Tony’ about his pal

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 1170 words · By Jeanette Settembre
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Inside Anthony Bourdain’s bromance with Eric Ripert — and his emotional cameo in new movie ‘Tony’ about his pal See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Inside Anthony Bourdain’s bromance with Eric Ripert — and his emotional cameo in new movie ‘Tony’ about his pal See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Eric Ripert didn’t meet and befriend Anthony Bourdain until Tony was well into his 40s, but, in a new film, he gets to have a moment with a teenage version of his late buddy.

Common ground

7, a wayward teenage Bourdain, played by Dominic Sessa, 23, works as a dishwasher and line cook one summer in Provincetown in the 1970s, falling in love with the grimy, gritty restaurant world that would become his life and work.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/01/lifestyle/eric-ripert-makes-cameo-in-antony-bourda…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Together, they visited Peru, touring through the remote Andes Mountains”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “Ripert’s three-Michelin-star seafood temple”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Le Bernardin is a three-Michelin star French seafood restaurant and that Eric Ripert is the executive chef.
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Claim 3: “he went on to work in numerous New York City kitchens, including the Rainbow Room and Coco Pazzo Teatro”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the name 'Anthony' or unrelated topics; no evidence was found confirming his employment at the Rainbow Room or Coco Pazzo Teatro.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In American television in 2018, notable events included television show finales, cancellations, and information about controversies and carriage disputes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_in_American_television
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of dishes in Hawaiian cuisine, which includes Native Hawaiian cuisine and broader fusion cuisines within the state of Hawaii.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaiian_dishes
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a Roman gens or clan that famously included Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius). The ultimate etymology of the name is unkno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony
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Claim 4: “In 1999, he was working as the executive chef at Les Halles in the Flatiron when the New Yorker published an essay of his — “Don’t Eat Before Reading This””
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Three independent web sources confirm that in 1999, while executive chef at Les Halles, Bourdain's essay 'Don't Eat Before Reading This' was published in The New Yorker.
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web search NEUTRAL — The late chef’s 1999 essay about working in Manhattan restaurants. “Gastronomy is the science of pain,” he writes. “It was the unsavory side of professional cooking that attracted me to it in the firs…
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-befor…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 1999, Anthony Bourdain was entrenched in the Manhattan dining scene as the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles. His writing career hadn't taken off yet, but later that same year, he authored "Do…
https://www.chowhound.com/1899065/anthony-bourdain-controver…
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web search NEUTRAL — While working at Les Halles in 1999, Bourdain wrote a now-famous article for The New Yorker titled "Don't Eat Before Reading This," which gave an in-depth look at the inner-workings of a restaurant.
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/how-anthony-bourdain-chan…
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Claim 5: “In 2018, Ripert was shooting “Parts Unknown” with Bourdain in Alsace, France, when he found his comrade unresponsive in his hotel room. He’d taken his own life at age 61.”
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Claim 6: “In 2013, Ripert appeared with Bourdain on his travel show “Parts Unknown,” as his culinary sidekick.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Ripert's appearance on 'Parts Unknown' in 2013.
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Claim 7: “Ripert first met Bourdain the same year the book came out.”
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One source mentions Ripert befriended Bourdain in the 2000s after the book's publication, but it does not explicitly confirm they met in the exact year the book came out (2000).
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web search NEUTRAL — Eric Ripert. (French: [ʁipɛʁ]; born 2 March 1965) is a French chef, author, and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood.[1][2].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ripert
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web search NEUTRAL — Need to know. Chef Eric Ripert compares how Anthony Bourdain is portrayed as a 19-year-old in the new movie Tony to the man he befriended in the 2000s after Kitchen Confidential's publication.
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/chef-eric-ripert-says-anthony-1938…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kitchen Confidential was the first book Ripert read in English. Eric Ripert holding up a copy of Anthony Bourdain's book "Kitchen Confidential" Facebook. Born in Antibes, France and raised in Andorra,…
https://www.mashed.com/471794/the-truth-about-anthony-bourda…
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Claim 8: “A year later, the essay was expanded into Bourdain’s first book, “Kitchen Confidential””
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Multiple sources confirm 'Kitchen Confidential' was published a year after the 1999 New Yorker essay.
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web search NEUTRAL — A lifelong lover of writing and literature, Bourdain published his essay “Don’t Eat Before Reading This” in the New Yorker in 1999. Kitchen Confidential was published one year later and became, to Bou…
https://www.supersummary.com/kitchen-confidential/background…
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web search NEUTRAL — The first exposure most foodies got to Anthony Bourdain was an eye-catching 1999 article in The New Yorker entitled "Don't Eat Before Reading This," which began with the memorable line "Good food, goo…
https://www.mashed.com/464391/the-untold-truth-of-anthony-bo…
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web search NEUTRAL — His writing career hadn't taken off yet, but later that same year, he authored "Don't Eat Before Reading This" — an essay for the New Yorker that spilled a few trade secrets about the dining scene. Th…
https://www.chowhound.com/1899065/anthony-bourdain-controver…
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Claim 9: “Ripert, the acclaimed 61-year-old Le Bernardin chef and restaurateur, has a cameo”
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Two independent web sources explicitly state that the 61-year-old Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin has a cameo in the movie 'Tony'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown is an American travel and food show on CNN that premiered on April 14, 2013. In the show, Anthony Bourdain travels the world uncovering lesser-known places and explorin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain:_Parts_Unknow…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Ripert (French: [ʁipɛʁ]; born 2 March 1965) is a French chef, author, and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood. Ripert's flagship resta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ripert
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Le Bernardin is a three-Michelin star French seafood restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Eric Ripert is the executive chef, and he is co-owner along with Maguy Le Coze.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Bernardin
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Claim 10: “For another episode, the pair visited China”
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Claim 11: “Bourdain graduated from the CIA in 1978”
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While Wikipedia confirms Bourdain's identity and the existence of the CIA, the provided evidence does not explicitly state the year he graduated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Michael Bourdain ( bor-DAYN; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is an American travel and food show that originally aired on the Travel Channel in the United States and on Discovery Travel & Living internationally. In it, host Ant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain:_No_Reservati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is a private culinary school with its main campus in Hyde Park, New York, and branch campuses in St. Helena and Napa, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Singap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culinary_Institute_of_Amer…
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Claim 12: “In the A24 biopic “Tony,” out Aug. 7, a wayward teenage Bourdain, played by Dominic Sessa, 23, works as a dishwasher and line cook one summer in Provincetown in the 1970s”
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Multiple sources confirm the A24 film 'Tony' stars Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain in Provincetown. Web search results confirm the limited release date of August 7.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dominic Sessa (born October 25, 2002) is an American actor. He made his film debut with a breakthrough role in Alexander Payne's Christmas comedy drama film The Holdovers (2023), for which he won the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Sessa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A24 is an American independent film production and distribution company based in New York City. It launched in August 2012, released its first film, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, in F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A24_films
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony is an upcoming American biographical comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Matt Johnson. The plot is based on Anthony Bourdain's early years working in Provincetown, Massachusetts, stories…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_(2026_film)
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Claim 13: “Antonio Banderas also stars as his boss and mentor, Emila Jones is his crush, and Leo Woodall and Stavros Halkias play misfit kitchen staffers.”
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Multiple web sources, including the official A24 site and trailers, list Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, and Stavros Halkias as cast members.
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web search NEUTRAL — Emilia Jones. Leo Woodall. Antonio Banderas. Stavros Halkias.
https://a24films.com/films/tony
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web search NEUTRAL — From director Matt Johnson and starring Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommers, Stavros Halkias, with Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas. TONY – In theaters this August.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1mT_QPwt-Q
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web search NEUTRAL — Cast. Monica Raymund, Emilia Jones, Dominic Sessa, Leo Woodall, Stavros Halkias, Antonio Banderas. Synopsis.
https://www.odeon.co.uk/films/tony/HO00009176/
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