--- description: No, it is not a sandwich title: Anthony Bourdain Has Settled the Hot Dog Question Once and For All image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19a164ddcc91a166/6988a6f48e060197574678b0/anthony-bourdain.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Anthony Bourdain Has Settled the Hot Dog Question Once and For All by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 20, 2016 11:38 PM CUT  Anthony Bourdain, on June 2, 2016 in New York City. Anthony Bourdain, on June 2, 2016 in New York City.Mike Pont—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 20, 2016 11:38 PM CUT In recent years, there has been [heated](http://www.eater.com/2016/6/2/11838314/jimmy-kimmel-is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich "undefined") [debate](http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/06/26/325803580/what-burritos-and-sandwiches-can-teach-us-about-innovation "undefined") [around](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/07/a-hot-dog-is-not-a-sandwich/75362898/ "undefined") the age-old question: Is a hot dog a sandwich? Finally, we have an answer from someone who ought to know. In a [Reddit AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/53p6kb/i%5Fam%5Fanthony%5Fbourdain%5Fand%5Fim%5Freally%5Fgood%5Fat/d7v1kh8 "undefined") on Tuesday, a fan posed the question to celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. “I’ve noticed this question coming up again and again,” he wrote. “No. I don’t think it’s a sandwich. I don’t think a hamburger is a sandwich either. The fact that it’s in between bread–the bread is a delivery system, a ballistic delivery system. It is not a classic sandwich, in my view.” “I mean,” he continued, “if you were to talk into any vendor of fine hot dogs, and ask for a hot dog sandwich, they would probably report you to the FBI. As they should.” Hear ye, hear ye: Let it be known that on this the 20th of September, 2016, Anthony Bourdain has ruled decisively that a hot dog is not a sandwich. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4502225/anthony-bourdain-hot-dog-sandwich-reddit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4502225/anthony-bourdain-hot-dog-sandwich-reddit/"},"headline":"Anthony Bourdain Has Settled the Hot Dog Question Once and For All","datePublished":"2016-09-20T23:38:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:43:33.555Z","description":"No, it is not a sandwich","url":"https://time.com/4502225/anthony-bourdain-hot-dog-sandwich-reddit/","keywords":["celebrities","Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19a164ddcc91a166/6988a6f48e060197574678b0/anthony-bourdain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19a164ddcc91a166/6988a6f48e060197574678b0/anthony-bourdain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The (RED) Supper","caption":"Anthony Bourdain, on June 2, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Mike Pont—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4502225/anthony-bourdain-hot-dog-sandwich-reddit/","name":"Anthony Bourdain Has Settled the Hot Dog Question Once and For All"}}]}] ```