(Los Angeles, CA) – Anthony Bourdain will bring his Guts & Glory tour (www.AnthonyBourdainonTour.com) to 12 cities this fall. The internationally renowned chef, author, and television host (Travel Channel’s Emmy Award-winning Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Layover) will visit cities for one night only, sharing candid, often hysterical insights about his life’s work and travels, including an open question and answer session with the audience.

The “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 candid, hysterical, and sometimes shocking portrait of life in restaurant kitchens – as well as his newest work, the bestselling graphic novel Get JIRO!, and several other titles.

2013 will see the premiere of two new television shows hosted by Bourdain: The Taste, a cooking competition series for ABC, and a docu-series for CNN, expanding the network’s coverage of travel, culture, and cuisine.

In addition to ten solo shows by Bourdain, Eric Ripert will join his friendly nemesis for two of their popular Good vs. Evil shows in Ft. Worth (November 9) and Houston (November 10). Ripert is the Chef and Co-Owner of New York City’s universally acclaimed Le Bernardin, is the host of PBS’s Emmy Award-winning Avec Eric, and served as guest judge (and “fan favorite”) on Bravo’s Top Chef for the past four seasons. His newest series, On the Table, premiered in July 2012 on YouTube’s Reserve Channel.

Select cities go on-sale August 17th. Additional information may be found at www.AnthonyBourdainonTour.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/AnthonyBourdainonTour, or on Twitter @bourdaintour.

Anthony Bourdain’s 2012 Tour Schedule
November 1 Birmingham, AL UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
November 2 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theater
November 3 Nashville, TN TPAC: Andrew Jackson Hall
November 7 Kingsville, TX Jones Auditorium
November 8 San Antonio, TX Laurie Auditorium
November 9 Ft. Worth, TX Bass Hall (with Eric Ripert)
November 10 Houston, TX Jones Hall for the Performing Arts (with Eric Ripert)
November 11 Midwest City, OK Rose State Performing Arts Theatre
November 15 Buffalo, NY Shea’s Performing Arts Center
November 16 Boston, MA Symphony Hall
November 17 Baltimore, MD France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
November 18 Dayton, OH Schuster Center

Guts and Glory is produced by Innovation Arts & Entertainment. 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 entertaining audiences. IAE currently presents over 300 events annually including Headliners, Special Attractions, and subscription based Broadway series, across North America, and in Canada, and Puerto Rico. In the 2012-2013 season, IAE will also be producing theatre tours with the iconic William Shatner and more.

Guts and Glory is also produced by Zero Point Zero, 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 coming aboard in 2009. 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.