CHELSEA — The CEO of Anthony Bourdain’s planned international food market on Pier 57 is reportedly stepping down due to a conflict of interest.
Stephen Werther, who owns Suprema Provisions in the West Village, will no longer be involved with the planned Bourdain Market, Eater NY reported.
Instead, he plans to open a business that connects Chinese food ventures with markets around the globe, a move that conflicted with his involvement in Bourdain Market, the site reported.
“I’m definitely more interested in traveling and eating at this point in my life than I am in plumbing and ventilation,” he told Eater.
Bourdain Market is expected to draw more than 100 international food vendors to the pier at West 15th Street.
It was originally slated to open later this year, but recently pushed back its opening to 2019.
Werther, the market and Pier 57 developers RXR Realty and Youngwoo & Associates didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday. The Hudson River Park Trust declined to comment.
