In reality, the events that led to Bourdain’s time at the Culinary Institute of America were much more pedestrian. At the same time, a charismatic cook named Sal (Leo Woodall) draws him into a world of drugs and promiscuity. But the real Bourdain encouraged an openness to others that is easily taken for granted and doesn’t come naturally to most. In a world that often dismisses food service as low-status work, Bourdain insisted on its dignity. The world could never live up to Bourdain’s expectations, but people of faith know that it doesn’t have to.