Genre Food/Travel Country of origin United States No. of episodes 52 | Starring Andrew Zimmern No. of seasons 6 | |
Executive producer(s) Colleen Needles Steward, Andrew Zimmern | ||
Bizarre Foods America is an American television series, and a spin-off of Bizarre Foods, this time focusing on the United States rather than international travel. Andrew Zimmern travels to various cities throughout the country (as well as Canada, Colombia, and Peru) and samples local cuisines and ways of life. The format is similar to Bizarre Foods. The show premiered Monday January 23, 2012, at 9:00 ET on Travel Channel.
Much like the popular Bizarre Foods, Andrew heads to some of the most unusual food hubs in the country. Once there he meets with locals and local chefs to gain a better understanding of American cuisine and to see how America has developed its reputation as a melting pot of cultures and foods and what sort of unusual foods people in America might have in their own cities and not realize.
Starting October 27, 2014 the show is returning to its original format as Bizarre Foods.