Laurie Woolever and Anthony Bourdain in Queens in 2016. “Once a year I would choose from the list of locations they were shooting Parts Unknown, and I would go,” she says. CNN.

CNN Laurie Woolever and Anthony Bourdain in Queens in 2016. “Once a year I would choose from the list of locations they were ...

On June 7, 2018, Laurie Woolever sent her boss Anthony Bourdain a text to check in. She and others close to the famed chef turned TV host were worried about him. He was shooting his CNN series ...

Meet Laurie Woolever: Anthony Bourdain’s ex-assistant – who also worked for Mario Batali – details the days leading up to his death in her new memoir and opens up about her affairs and ...

In Care and Feeding, released on March 13, Woolever describes working in New York’s restaurants in the 90s, being groped by Batali and dealing with Bourdain’s death as her marriage imploded.

For years, Laurie Woolever toiled, partied, and recovered in the New York City restaurant trenches alongside two men with outsized personalities and reputations: Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain.

Anthony Bourdain's longtime assistant Laurie Woolever worked from home long before the pandemic. Woolever was Bourdain's ...

Laurie Woolever and Anthony Bourdain in Queens in 2016. “Once a year I would choose from the list of locations they were shooting Parts Unknown, and I would go,” she says.

Five minutes before her Zoom interview with PEOPLE is scheduled to start, Laurie Woolever is logged on and ready to talk. Her boss, the late Anthony Bourdain, was notoriously punctual, and now ...

Five minutes before her Zoom interview with PEOPLE is scheduled to start, Laurie Woolever is logged on and ready to talk. Her boss, the late Anthony Bourdain, was notoriously punctual, and now “if I’m ...