We can go on with a lengthy exposition about who Anthony Bourdain is, but what he has to say is far more interesting. The host of “No Reservations” on the Travel Channel, Bourdain will appear at the Chicago Theatre Saturday to muse on food, television, and surely, Rachael Ray. Here he is.

You’re a chef by training. How do you keep 4,000 people in a theater entertained?

I’m gonna walk out on stage and just start talking. I don’t have props or an entourage or DJs. I’ll just talk for an hour about what’s exciting or pissing me off at the moment.

You do know Guy Fieri has a T- shirt cannon at his stage shows.

Right! He’s got a giant blender. A “flair” bartender, whatever that means. I don’t have T-shirts, I don’t have merchandise. I don’t even have wardrobe. He has the cool yellow chef’s coats with “Culinary Gangsta” spelled out on them. It’s like Wayne Newton.

What’s with all you food folks touring? Paula Deen, Guy Fieri, now you? Maybe you should organize a Monsters of TV Chefs Mega Tour.

At the end of the day, all of these guys have to cook. I don’t even cook on stage. I don’t really understand it, but it’s fun for me to do. It’s lucrative …I talk for about an hour and then I take questions.To the extent that they’ve been drinking, that makes a big difference. Hopefully, the questions are provocative and hopefully confrontational.

You enjoy the confrontation?

I’d rather be challenged by somebody, rather than have somebody say, “Dude, where are you going to have drinks after the show?” I love a spirited debate as much as anybody. I even like being wrong, if something can make a good case … on something. In a lot of ways, that’s what I do professionally, traveling. I’m confronted by my own ignorance or misunderstandings all the time.

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