Andrew Zimmern Biography
Andrew Zimmern is a chef, restaurateur, television and radio personality, director, producer, businessman, food critic, and author from the United States. Zimmern co-created, hosted, and consults on the Travel Channel television shows Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods America, Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World, Dining with Death, The Zimmern List, and Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food, as well as the Food Network series The Big Food Truck Tip.
How old is Andrew Zimmern? – Age
He is 61 years old as of 4 July 2021. He was born in 1961 in New York, New York, United States.
Andrew Zimmern Family – Education
He was born in New York City to Robert and Caren Zimmern and raised in a Jewish family. He attended James Beard’s legendary Christmas and Sunday open houses as a child with his father and father’s male partner, and he attributes his early culinary ambitions to Beard’s hospitality. He graduated from Vassar College and the Dalton School.
Who is Andrew Zimmerman’s Partner? – Wife
He is divorced. He was married to Rishia Haas from the year 2002 to 2018. They have a son Noah Zimmern.
Andrew Zimmern Channel
On November 1, 2006, a pilot episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern aired on the Travel Channel. Zimmern has visited dozens of countries and states in the series’ 140 episodes. In 2009, Andrew’s web series Bizarre Foods in the Kitchen won two CableFax awards: one for Best Television Program: Food and another for Best Online Extras.
In 2009, Zimmern hosted Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World, a spinoff of Bizarre Foods. In eight countries and two states, a pilot and nine episodes were produced. Anthony Bourdain and Zimmern co-starred in a New York City-set episode of No Reservations in 2007; Bourdain also co-starred in a similar episode of Bizarre Foods. Also in 2009, Zimmern joined Adam Richman in Minneapolis for an episode of Man v. Food where he introduced Richman to lutefisk.
Another Bizarre Foods offshoot, Bizarre Foods America, made its debut in January 2012. This time, Zimmern concentrated on different American cities, sampling regional foods and lifestyles.
How much money does Andrew Zimmern make a year? – Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $14 Million.
Andrew Zimmern Books
Broadway Books published Zimmern’s book The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked Out the Door Mouth First… and Came Back Shaking My Head in 2009. It’s a collection of his travel and food stories from all over the world. He is also the author of Andrew Zimmern’s Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Foods, which was published on October 30, 2012, by Feiwel & Friends. His most recent book, Alliance of World Explorers, Volume 1: AZ and the Lost City of Ophir, was released in February 2019 as part of a grade-level reader series. This book was awarded the 2019 Gold IPPY for Juvenile Fiction. Zimmern’s name is also on a concession stand at Target Field and U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Andrew Zimmern Career
Zimmern is a senior editor at Delta Sky Magazine and a contributing editor and award-winning monthly columnist at Mpls. St. Paul Magazine. His work as a freelance journalist has appeared in a variety of national and international publications. Zimmern has been SuperTarget’s meal adventure guide, sharing his love of ethnic foods with customers across the country. He represents Travel Leaders and Elite Destination Homes on a global scale.
Zimmern had a long radio career before Bizarre Foods. Chowhounds, The Andrew Zimmern Show, and Food Court With Andrew Zimmern were all big hits in the Twin Cities. Zimmern worked as a food features reporter for KMSP-TV in Minneapolis and as a featured contributor on HGTV’s Rebecca’s Garden and Tip-ical Mary Ellen, where he handled on-air food duties for both shows. During the 1997 season of the UPN network’s nationally televised Everyday Living, he was the food and lifestyle features reporter.
Zimmern has appeared as a guest chef at a number of national charity events, food festivals, and galas, including the Food and Wine Magazine Aspen Festival, the Twin Cities Food and Wine Experience, and the James Beard House in New York City. He has appeared on the Food Network’s Best Of…, CNN’s Money and Health, and NBC’s Today Show several times. He also appeared in an instructional video series produced by the Cooking Club of America.
Zimmern is a regular speaker at professional associations all over the world, from the American Federation of Chefs to the Chinese Chefs National Committee. He was an honored guest of the People’s Republic of China in the fall of 2002, traveling, lecturing, and demonstrating Chinese cuisine.