Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain

Synopsis

Anthony Bourdain joins The Balvenie to celebrate some of America’s most talented and dedicated craftspeople. From hand-tailored suits to cast iron skillets, Raw Craft is an online film series documenting the lives and works of the committed individuals at the forefront of the American craft movement.

First Air Date: 2015-02-04

Last Air Date: 2019-10-25

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 14

Networks: YouTube

Top Cast

Anthony Bourdain as Himself - Host
Andy Rourke as Himself
Tré Cool as Himself

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Borough Furnace (2015-02-04)

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie visit Borough Furnace in Syracuse, New York, a metal casting workshop founded and operated by couple John Truex and Liz Seru in 2011 who make handcrafted, small batch skillets using a traditional casting process that has been updated for environmental responsibility.
Ep. 2: Frank Shattuck (2015-04-28)

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie visit the legendary “boxing tailor,” Frank Shattuck, in Upstate New York to learn what it takes to create true “bench-made suits.”
Ep. 3: Steve Goodson (2015-06-09)

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie head to New Orleans, the Birthplace of Jazz, to meet legendary saxophone designer, Steve Goodson, who has been creating and restoring brass instruments for the last 40 years. In this episode Anthony is introduced to the incomparable "category five" saxophone.
Ep. 4: Bob Kramer (2015-09-02)

Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to Olympia, Washington to see firsthand how master bladesmith, Bob Kramer crafts the perfect kitchen knife from melted meteorite. Kramer is one of only one hundred twenty-two certified master bladesmiths in the U.S. and the only one who specializes in forging the word's finest kitchen knives.
Ep. 5: Arion Press (2015-09-11)

Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to San Francisco, California to meet with Andrew Hoyem, master typographer and printer of Arion Press. One of the last of its kind, Arion Press has only a handful of members on its staff, all fellow craftsmen dedicated to this age old process. Each works meticulously to create the books in multiple parts.
Ep. 6: Dufftown (2015-10-01)

Anthony Bourdain heads to The Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Scotland to explore the magic and tradition of whisky making practiced there since 1892. Meet the special group of Scots who have kept the age-old process of single malt whisky making alive over the generations.