Andrew Zimmern Biography

Andrew Zimmern was born July 4, 1961 in New York City and is
a James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer, and teacher. As the
co-creator, host, and consulting producer of Travel Channels series Bizarre
Foods with Andrew Zimmern and Andrew Zimmerns Bizarre World, he travels the
world exploring food in its own native region, wherever it is found.

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. Zimmern has served as SuperTargets meal adventure
guide, sharing his passion for ethnic foods with supermarket customers around
the country. He is the international spokesman for Travel Leaders and Elite
Destination Homes.

Prior to Bizarre Foods, Zimmern had an extensive radio
career. His shows Chowhounds, The Andrew Zimmern Show, and Food Court with
Andrew Zimmern achieved wide popularity in the Twin Cities.

Additionally, Zimmern was the food features reporter for Fox
9 News Minneapolis, and was also a featured contributor on both HGTVs
Rebeccas Garden and Tip-ical Mary Ellen, where he handled on air food duties
for both shows. He was the food and lifestyle features reporter during the 1997
season of the UPN networks nationally televised Everyday Living.

Zimmern has been a guest chef at many national charity
events, food festivals, and galas, including Food and Wine Magazine™s Aspen
Festival, The Twin Cities Food and Wine Experience, and the James Beard House
in New York City. He has appeared on The Food Networks Best Of..., CNNs Money
and Health and NBCs Today Show. He also starred in The Cooking Club of
Americas instructional video series.

Zimmern regularly speaks to professional associations around
the globe on all culinary matters, from the American Federation of Chefs to the
Chinese Chefs National Committee. In the fall of 2002, he was an honored guest
of the People™s Republic of China, traveling, lecturing, and giving
demonstrations on Chinese cuisine.

Zimmerns book The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked out the Door
Mouth First...and Came Back Shaking My Head was published by Broadway Books in
2009. It is a collection of Zimmerns food and travel stories around the world.

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