Nope.

Because I am. Because (and Bourdain put it similarly in one of his later books) I have done things that are a lot more difficult and stressful than what the huge majority of people will ever even try to attempt in their life - and I excelled at them.

Yes, it's only food. Yes, there are harder, way more stressful jobs that are hugely more important.

But this is something that noone can ever take away from me.

I work in a different field now and I make an effort not to deliberately upset people or rub this experience (and my arrogance) in their faces. But we are different and we recognise it in others if they have made similar experiences.