According to Deadline, Bourdain won the honours for outstanding writing for a non-fiction program and outstanding informational series. His CNN series, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, took home additional wins for picture editing, sound editing and sound mixing. The series Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown, was named outstanding short-form reality series.
“Tony was nominated for this Emmy many times,” producer Lydia Tenaglia said as she accepted the writing trophy. “But it had always eluded him, the one he had always coveted, so it is with tremendous bittersweetness that I accept it on his behalf.”
“He’s really off on a journey to parts unknown,” she added. “We wish we were there to shoot it with him, and he really would have written the hell out of that episode.”
