Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern
Zimmern in 2008[1]
Born
Andrew Scott Zimmern

(1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 (age 63)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Chef, restaurateur, TV and radio personality, food critic, director, producer, columnist
Years active1975–present[2][3]
SpouseRishia Haas (m. 2002–2018)[4]
Children1

Andrew Scott Zimmern (born July 4, 1961) is an American chef, restaurateur, television and radio personality, director, producer, businessman,[5] food critic, and author. Zimmern is the co-creator, host, and consulting producer of the Travel Channel television series Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods America, Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World, Dining with Death, The Zimmern List,[6] and Andrew Zimmern's Driven by Food, as well as the Food Network series The Big Food Truck Tip.[7] For his work on Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, he was presented the James Beard Foundation Award four times: in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2017.[8] Zimmern hosts a cooking webseries on YouTube, Andrew Zimmern Cooks. Another show, What's Eating America, premiered on MSNBC in 2020.[9]

In November 2018, Zimmern opened a Chinese restaurant, Lucky Cricket, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.[10]

  1. ^ Rachel Hutton, Punch Pizza lauded by Travel Channel, offers $3 pizzas Archived January 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, City Pages, January 24, 2011, Retrieved January 25, 2011; his own words are in the YouTube video at the link.
  2. ^ Platt, Adam (February 6, 2013). "The business behind 'Bizarre'". Minnesota Post. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Schimmel, Jessica (August 28, 2009). "Celeb Profile: ANDREW ZIMMERN". NewYorkMoves. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Severson, Kim (September 11, 2018). "Andrew Zimmern's Nonstop Road (and Food) Show". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Babson College (January 31, 2012). "Chef, Author, Teacher, Businessman and TV Personality Andrew Zimmern Joins Babson College as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence". PR NewsWire. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "Episodes". Travel Channel.
  7. ^ "Big Food Truck Tip" – via www.foodnetwork.com.
  8. ^ DeBaun, Dan (April 27, 2017). "Minnesota's Andrew Zimmern receives another James Beard Foundation Award". Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  9. ^ "What's Eating America with Andrew Zimmern". MSNBC.com.
  10. ^ Tam, Ruth (November 23, 2018). "Andrew Zimmern missed an opportunity — to honor, rather than insult, Chinese cooks". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 23, 2018.