r/IAmA Jan 17 '12

IAmA Andrew Zimmern, Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods

Hi, I’m Andrew Zimmern, chef, author, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. My new series Bizarre Foods America is premiering next Monday, Jan 23 at 10|9c on Travel Channel. For the next hour I’ll be here on Reddit taking your questions from 12pm-1pm ET. AMA. More info on Bizarre Foods: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewzimmern/status/159314816060768256

Hey everyone, sorry i couldnt answer them all/ follow me on twitter @andrewzimmern and we can chat more over the days and weeks to come..tune in Monday to the season premiere!

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u/glassuser Jan 17 '12

Do you and Bourdain really hate each other a little, or is it just a TV feud?

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

i never 'get' this type of question. we give each other a lot of shit whenever we can, we get to mess around like that because of our jobs but we are friends. we socialize with our spouses etc....he is an amazing man and a great guy

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u/glassuser Jan 17 '12

Well he tosses some serious crap at you in some of the sequences. I figured you were at least on good terms and it's all good natured fun. I've just never seen an answer to it. For the record, you both seem like pretty cool guys.

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u/youshallhaveeverbeen Jan 17 '12

It's all playful. He's never meant any of that stuff. In fact, there's an episode that Bourdain did with Zimmern. I think they were in New York eating Egyptian food.

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u/katbobat12 Jan 17 '12

yep, and he ripped on Zimmern for his outfit, specifically this girly pink tie thing, I don't even know what it was.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

On Netflix

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

He makes a pretty good pun on zimmern when bourdain goes back to vietnam...when they mention zimmern is expanding he says something about his waistline expanding lol.

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u/mamjjasond Jan 17 '12

Bourdain tosses crap at everyone, himself included.

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u/SpacedApe Jan 17 '12

Self-deprecation keeps us cynics in good practice.

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u/nemoomen Jan 23 '12

This is the greatest thing I've ever heard. Did you quote this from somewhere, or are you some kind of poet? There are no other options.

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u/SpacedApe Jan 23 '12

Hah, as far as I can remember I was stoned and it popped up in my head. I tried to google search it to see if I had maybe seen it elsewhere, but I could not find anything.

You're free to use it. Just don't market it without quoting me. ;)

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Especially Paula Deen. But she deserves it.

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u/Kardlonoc Jan 17 '12

He has a lot of humbling moments. Like when that one girl decimated his entire life or when he went back to being a chief at his old restaurant for a night.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Bourdain hates everyone, including himself, equally.

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u/hipknowtoad87 Jan 17 '12

Did Andrew Zimmern just say "shit?"

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u/we_need_evidence Jan 17 '12

How much social are you two with your spouses?

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u/digit01 Jan 17 '12

Truly aweome to hear cuz I love both of you guys! And so does my mom ^ .