Anthony Bourdain Wins Two Posthumous Creative Arts Emmys

Anthony Bourdain has posthumously won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards for the final season of his CNN series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

This year, Bourdain won in the categories of Outstanding Informational Series or Special and Writing for a Nonfiction Program. He was also nominated in four other categories: Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program, Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program, and Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program. The award ceremony honors artistic and technical achievements in television, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Last year, only three months after his death, Bourdain won six honors for Parts Unknown and spinoff Explore Parts Unknown. Bourdain’s work won in every category it was nominated for: Outstanding Informational Series or Special, Writing for Non-Fiction Program, Picture Editing for a Non-Fiction Work, Sound Editing for a Non-Fiction Program, and Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program.

According to Explore Parts Unknown executive producer Lydia Tenaglia, Bourdain always wanted to win the award for Writing for Non-Fiction. He had previously been nominated eight times. “Tony was nominated for this Emmy many times, but it had always eluded him,” she said. “So it is with tremendous bittersweetness that I accept it on his behalf.”

Now, the chef, travel documentarian, and author has won the coveted Writing for Non-Fiction Emmy twice.