Who's Hotter? Young Colicchio vs. Young Bourdain
Thomas Colicchio, courtesy The Feed Bag, and Tony Bourdain, courtesy Michael Ruhlman's blog.
This is a toughie. Both were stud muffins in high school, but based on VFF (Voluminous Fluff Factor), we must hand it to Bourdain. That hair is just too good. Who would you have gone to the prom with?
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51 Comments:
easily bourdain
BaguettenBrie at 8:50PM on 10/15/08
Bourdain! He looks like he was one of the bad kids, while Colicchio looks far too wholesome for my taste.
modysoul at 8:54PM on 10/15/08
Bourdain...but maybe not to the prom, exactly.....
lemons at 9:00PM on 10/15/08
I think Colicchio was kinda cute. Bourdain looks too much like a teacher I had in high school. Who was a woman. I like my men manly lookin ;)
JigsawJones at 9:08PM on 10/15/08
Colicchio. Bourdain looks like he might knock off a convenience store on the way home from prom--Colicchio looks like he just wants to get to second base.
maered at 9:14PM on 10/15/08
Colicchio.
But I have to say, both have definitely improved with age.
wookie at 9:36PM on 10/15/08
@wookie ~ Right on!
Colicchio reminds me of my high school sweetheart. Bourdain reminds me of my high school desire. Decisions, Decisions. Wait, how old are they???? I could be mistaken on all counts.
izatryt at 9:49PM on 10/15/08
Well, Bourdain's hair resembles the guy I did go to prom with...
jayevee at 10:03PM on 10/15/08
I think Anthony is one of the sexiest men alive but I have to give it up to Tom. He'd totally be my prom date. He went to Catholic school....just like I did...we'd like...totally have SOOooo much to talk about.
Trikki427 at 10:10PM on 10/15/08
Colicchio. hands down. Then and now. With and without hair. Bourdain looks like a druggie, stinky, lazy dropout. I like Colicchio's body better, too. Funny thing izatryt - he reminds me of my high school boyfriend, but John had Paul Newman eyes and a gorgeous smile and was better looking! I should post a prom photo somewhere. He actually cooked my birthday dinner two years ago - and he is a fantastic cook, still handsome and sexy. ;)
PerkyMac at 10:10PM on 10/15/08
Wow. My money's on Colicchio. LOVE Anthony, but I don't want a guy's hair to show me up in my prom picture. Sorry, Tony. Hellooooo, Tom...
myfirstkitchen at 10:59PM on 10/15/08
Anybody else see a resemblance between Tony Bourdain and Howard Stern? Ewwwww. Must be the long, frizzy volumized permed hair?
PerkyMac at 11:25PM on 10/15/08
is there really any question here? colicchio, hands down. must say, i like the bald better.
supersu75 at 11:26PM on 10/15/08
bourdain
LoCo at 11:35PM on 10/15/08
Frankly, if either one of those "stud muffins" had asked me out I would have turned into a lesbian on the spot. And if I'm going to go the other way, it had better be because some babe was totally hot, and not because Tom C. and Anthony B. were such ... gah. Who can say what the word is for "unattractive on all counts guy?" Really, girls -- why do we bother with these lame items at all? I know they grew up to be good chefs and writers, but in high school, who cares about cooking or writing? In high school who cares about anything but whatever will quell your desperation at at the moment?
VictoriaB at 11:37PM on 10/15/08
What's behind door number 3? These are the choices? I dated a Colicchio clone. He said the word "yo" a lot. Called me babe. I once threw a vase of flowers at him. Flashback, ouch I am old.
JerzeeTomato at 11:42PM on 10/15/08
@Perky--I was thinking Weird Al. I'd definitely go with Colicchio then, but I like Bourdain better now.
buffy at 12:58AM on 10/16/08
I would have told my mom I was going with Tom, and met Tony at the prom.
beth1 at 1:05AM on 10/16/08
@buffy - OMG Tony was SO Weird Al - how did I not see that instantly?
@beth1 ~ You are my daughter, I knew it! You are grounded, young lady. ;-D
PerkyMac at 9:40AM on 10/16/08
I'd have to pick Coliccio, Bourdain is somehow looking a bit too Herman Munsterish for me in that photo, despite the flowing locks.
peachfish at 9:49AM on 10/16/08
definitely tom. i think the fro is way better and also less intimidating than anthony's mop!
thuscwspake at 10:12AM on 10/16/08
anthony. cuz' i can imagining us ditching prom to go see a punk show instead. my kinda guy.
i would of made out with tom under the bleachers though. ha ha.
gastronomeg at 10:30AM on 10/16/08
um, cant i have both????
but for serious - i *heart* tom so much - total hottie......
thats not to say i wouldn't also make out with tony if he asked.....
deliciousnyc at 11:04AM on 10/16/08
absolutely Tom----yum!
nichole at 11:16AM on 10/16/08
Bourdain's a hottie now, but that hair then? eek.
ilovermonteats at 11:22AM on 10/16/08
neither... they need to thank time because both those photos are awful!!!!
MadelynRodriguez at 11:24AM on 10/16/08
Tom. I always liked boys with curly hair when I was a teenager. Opposites attract, I guess.
holdthemayo at 11:38AM on 10/16/08
I would have gone with Tony. My mom would have approved of Tom, though.
aungeinphx at 11:46AM on 10/16/08
Can't really tell from Bordain's pic all that much;
but I'd do him now so I bet I'd do him then.
hungrychristel at 12:10PM on 10/16/08
Ummm, I guess I'd go to the prom with Tom, because he's dressed for it, but I'd really rather just smoke a joint with Tony under the bleachers. And make out while listening to Zeppelin.
Kerosena at 12:16PM on 10/16/08
Tony, with that long, messy mop, hunched posture, and ill-fitting weird mama clothes, more exemplifies the word dork, than date. Hey, you don't supposed he/she's been passing as a man all these years?
PerkyMac at 1:19PM on 10/16/08
I bet that Tony went to prom dateless, with all his buds, and wore one of those tuxedo t-shirts with black chuck taylors. I bet Tom had a better time at the dance, but Tony Pwned the after party.
JudgeFudge at 1:35PM on 10/16/08
Bourdain, obviously. But would we actually go to prom or just hang out in the parking lot, being delinquents? I hope the latter.
islandchild at 1:51PM on 10/16/08
Oh definitely bad boy Tony.
aharste at 3:12PM on 10/16/08
Bourdain for sure. There's nothing sexier than a man with a sharp wit and provocative intelligence.
Food Gal at 3:26PM on 10/16/08
Well said Food Gal-- great minds evaluate alike!
hungrychristel at 3:55PM on 10/16/08
Where's the Mario Batali high school photo? Just for comparison, you know. I wonder if his hair looked interesting as a teen.
LadyMarmalade at 9:36AM on 10/17/08
Collichio's the guy I would have followed around like a lost puppy hoping to god he didn't figure I was gay.
kitchenbea at 5:49PM on 10/17/08
food girl...you took the words right outta my mouth.
dearrie at 7:40PM on 10/18/08
That pic of Tom C. looks like Greg Brady, he is very sexy now, as a bald hottie.
Anthony Bourdain is a great chef, however, I don't get the women finding him sexy. UGH.
Stacey Snacks at 5:32PM on 10/19/08
ohhhh tony, the aloof chisled jaw and all that pent up moxie. go tony.
AnnArtiste at 9:17AM on 10/20/08
Oh, my goodness. Boorish Bourdain? Not on your life. I used to think he was an acquired taste, but the more I watched, the more I (intensely) disliked him. Colicchio, hands down.
expat39520 at 9:28AM on 10/20/08
Comeon, I love Bourdain, but you can't beat Colicchio's baby blues!
aklopano at 10:09AM on 10/20/08
They're both sexy as hell; although I really mean as they are today; and that's a testament to age!. Back then Bourdain looks like the typical bad-boy, while I prefer Collicio today. Bald head and all!
sassy at 10:41AM on 10/20/08
Bourdain is hot, but he'd be hotter without that hair. Ugh!
cochon at 4:45PM on 10/20/08
Bourdain, hands down. Wicked smart, exceedingly snarky, hair that would have scandalized my mother, AND the best weed in town? There is just no down side to young Anthony.
RI Swampyankee at 8:13PM on 10/20/08
Tom Collicio to Prom (he'd definately photograph better) but for sure Tony for the After Prom. But, I'd be the Designated Driver!!
Comfortcook at 3:31PM on 10/21/08
Definitely Tom - Peachfish was right about the other guy looking like Herman Munster!
snowmoonelk at 7:56PM on 10/26/08
Tom for sure. Tony looks to much like my dad...both young tony and current tony!
mhurst826 at 5:33PM on 01/19/09
Bourdain makes the perfect slacker, semi-stalkerish ex-boyfriend you just can't quit!
Pointy at 5:57PM on 01/19/09
But the question really is: Jew-fro or wench?
berlyu at 9:03PM on 01/19/09