Where is andrew zimmern today

Bank Stadium and Target Field in Minneapolis Andrew recently collaborated with chef Gavin Kaysen to create KZ ProVisioning, a unique catering company for professional athletes Andrew visits families across America to explore how the cultural, regional and historical facets of who we are inform what and how we eat Andrew explores the most provocative political issues impacting Americans today through the lens of food After a year spent living on the streets, an intervention by close friends brought him to the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota.

In , he was named executive chef and during his six-year tenure, turned Un Deux Trois into an awarded, national caliber restaurant. Eventually he found a job as a features reporter for the local news, became Mpls. In , Andrew filmed a pilot for the show that ultimately became Bizarre Foods. In , Andrew founded the Minneapolis-based, multi-media company Food Works. A full-service operation that develops and manages content, Food Works oversees his digital, print and social initiatives, including podcasting, his website andrewzimmern.

In , Andrew founded Intuitive Content , a full-service production company that develops and produces dynamic original television and broadcast specials, while partnering with companies to create brand-driven series and digital content.

This year, Intuitive Content was named one of the top production companies in the world by Realscreen. In their latest series, Family Dinner , Andrew visits families across America to explore how the cultural, regional, and historical facets of who we are inform what and how we eat. Zimmern was on a mission to share different cultures and appetites with the world, using his signature slogan via Facebook , "If it looks good, eat it. The sudden change in programming for "Bizarre Foods" came with speculation that Discovery was reacting to a controversial video filmed for Fast Company , in which Zimmern discusses opening a chain of Chinese restaurants throughout the Midwest.

Andrew Zimmern's comments about the quality of Chinese restaurants in the Midwest received immediate backlash. Writer Ruth Tam wrote in The Washington Post that the chef "is trying to make money in America, except he has the noble cause of 'saving' white people from eating bad Chinese food.

According to Eater , the flagship Lucky Cricket restaurant closed in July for renovations; Minnesota Monthly reported that it reopened in September Additionally, Zimmern issued an apology for the interview on his Facebook page. Food should be for everyone, and yet culturally there is a terrible and centuries-old history of white people profiting off of other cultures, in food, music, and elsewhere.