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Andrew Zimmern

Andrew Zimmern is a chef, television host, author and food advocate who explores cultures through what people cook and eat.

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Andrew’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.

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Overview

Based in: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Work: Chef, host, producer and author
Breakout: Bizarre Foods, which debuted in 2006
Behind the camera: Founded Intuitive Content in 2014

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How it started.

Andrew worked in New York restaurants before addiction and homelessness interrupted his career. Treatment brought him to Minnesota, where he started again as a dishwasher at Café Un Deux Trois and became its executive chef.

The breakout.

Local food media led to television. He filmed a Bizarre Foods pilot in 2003; its 2006 debut opened a career built around exploring people and places through their food.

What he is building now.

His work now spans barbecue competition, sustainable seafood and publishing. Pitmasters puts him beside live-fire cooks; Hope in the Water follows people finding ways to feed the world while protecting its waters.

Creditschronological, newest first

Television

2026PitmastersHost and judge
2024Hope in the WaterExecutive producer
2006Bizarre FoodsHost

Books

2025The Blue Food CookbookCo-author with Barton Seaver

Awards

Quotes

I have never sat down to eat a meal with someone and got up understanding them less.Andrew Zimmern, TIME100 Talk

Speaking in September 2023 about hunger and the conversations that can begin over a shared meal.

Trivia

As a child, he grilled fish and mussels with his father at the beach.
He considers really good smoked turkey an art form.
The Blue Food Cookbook includes recipes using tinned fish and seaweed, alongside familiar seafood.