Experiencing Food, Sharing Culture

Andrew Zimmern is a James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer, teacher and is regarded as one of the most versatile and knowledgeable personalities in the food world.

As the co-creator, host and consulting producer of Travel Channel's hit series, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World, he travels the globe, exploring food in its own terroir. From world class restaurants to street carts and jungle markets, it's all about discovering and sharing the authentic experience.

In May 2010, Zimmern won the James Beard Award for Outstanding TV Food Personality. He is a three-time nominee.  His online series, Toyota’s Appetite for Life, received an Effie in 2010. Bizarre Foods also took home two CableFax awards in 2009, one for “Best Television Program: Food,” another for “Best Online Extras” for Andrew’s other Web series, Bizarre Foods in the Kitchen.  

Zimmern is a contributing editor and award-winning monthly columnist at Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine and a senior editor at Delta Sky Magazine. As a freelance journalist, his work has appeared in numerous national and international publications including Food and Wine and Saveur. 

Andrew has served as SuperTarget's meal adventure guide, sharing his passion for ethnic foods with supermarket customers around the country.  He is the international spokesman for Travel Leaders.  Andrew is the author of The Bizarre Truth, published by Broadway Books/Random House and has several books slated for release in the coming year.

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