Andrew Scott Zimmern (born July 4, 1961)[4] 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]