Ugly Delicious host David Chang pays tribute to "Uncle Tony" Bourdain, details his struggle with depression

The Daily Beast

“I miss him so much,” the celebrity chef said of Bourdain on the new episode of his podcast, adding: "What you see on TV or read about in his books, that’s actually Tony. He’s been Uncle Tony to many of us in this business. The cool uncle, the sage, the oracle, the person who will dole out advice. In many ways, he’s been my mentor and my north star, because he trail-blazed a path that would not be available to me otherwise.” Chang also revealed he has been seeing a psychiatrist on a near-daily basis for the past 15 years, due mainly to the “PTSD” of working in the restaurant industry early in his career and the “trauma” of cooking.