Anthony Bourdain, Fergus Henderson, and Chris Cosentino, Guts & Glory Panel, 2006

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When they appeared together in this panel, Anthony Bourdain and Fergus Henderson knew each other: Bourdain ate at Henderson’s St. John in London and fell to his knees in front of the chef to sing his praises. The bone marrow became one of Bourdain’s all-time favorite dishes, as the two were both devotees of what Bourdain called “real” cooking: offal.
At the 2006 StarChefs International Chefs Congress, Bourdain, Henderson, and San Francisco’s Chris Cosentino discussed nose-to-tail cooking on the Guts & Glory panel. “I’m not sure [St. John] was actually a concept,” Henderson said. “It was just sort of the food that I enjoy. I’ve always thought it’s common sense to use all the animal. It’s polite, as well, once you knock it on the head to use it all.” Long before cooking shows made the normally unpopular cuts trendy, the three chefs delved into the best offal dishes they’d tasted, sustainability, land versus sea offal, where to buy blood in Chinatown, and Bourdain’s (alleged) experience eating illegal ortolan.
“It’s a menu led by the slaughterhouse,” Henderson said. “Let nature lead the menu rather than you trying to control nature.”

[@keithsweat7513]

God bless Fergus, I think hes doing much better

[@reyaku4272]

That thing behind Fergus looks like a Dalek.

[@conqueringlion420]

Tuff crowd when it comes to humor chefs don’t know how to taste it

[@elliswalton1962]

My up most respect to these culinary kings.

[@RofLmaonnaise]

My utmost respect as well. Offal is so underrated by the general population. Beef tongue and heart have so much flavor.

[@bacon-chewtoy]

The guy on the left is shaking really bad he must be nervous

[@prairieknitter]

No he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease many years ago.

[@williamtaylor874]

hi he has parkinsons poor chap.

[@nickdonaghy6360]

At this time his Parkinson's disease meant that he had troubles with mobility but still had his speech. A surgery somewhere down the line after this helped his mobility, but made speech more difficult

[@JontyBlue67]

Fergus' Parkinsons got much worse which made it impossible to cook. Fergus took a huge chance on surgery and it helped his physical symptoms and allowed him to get back in the kitchen. The negative of the surgery was that it limited his ability to communicate his thoughts, not reduce his thoughts, just reducing his ability to express them.