Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a television series centered on travel and culinary exploration, presented by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The show premiered its first season on Monday, February 26, 2007, at 9pm ET/PT.

The series delves into local cuisines from various parts of the globe, which are often seen by Americans as unusual, exotic, or unappetizing. In each episode, Zimmern highlights the food culture of a specific country or region, demonstrating how the dishes are sourced, where they are typically enjoyed, and, more often than not, sampling them himself without hesitation.

Initially conceived as a one-hour documentary called Bizarre Foods of Asia, the program garnered a strong and steady viewership through repeated airings on the Travel Channel. By late 2006, the decision was made to expand the documentary into a weekly, one-hour series maintaining the same concept, with Andrew Zimmern continuing as the host. In 2009, Zimmern paused his work on Bizarre Foods to focus on a single season of the spin-off series, Bizarre World.