Brief summary Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain takes you behind the scenes of the restaurant world and shares the author's personal journey to becoming a renowned chef. It provides a no-holds-barred look into the culinary industry and its high-pressure environment.

He details some of his personal misdeeds and weaknesses, including drug use. He explains how restaurants function economically and warns consumers of the various tricks of restaurateurs. For example, he famously advises customers to avoid ordering fish on a Monday as it is likely left over from the weekend or earlier.

Kitchen Confidential was a bomb. It averaged an anemic 1.8 rating and fewer than 4 million viewers, tying for 121st place alongside long-forgotten series like Reunion and Inconceivable. Despite having 13 episodes in the can, Fox executives quietly canceled it after just three airings. Only four aired in total.

Was born out of an attempt to adapt the original book into a movie called "Seared" starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher. Loosely based on the book "Kitchen Confidential" by chef Anthony Bourdain.