Name Zamir Gotta | Role Film producer | |
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Zamir gotta no reservations scenes pt1
Iazamir "Zamir" Gotta (Russian: Язамир Готта) is a Russian producer and broadcaster. He is best known as the travelling companion of American chef Anthony Bourdain in his Travel Channel TV show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, when they traveled to Uzbekistan, Russia and Romania and later in the U.S. Rust Belt, Ukraine, and Kansas City. They originally met during a two-part episode in Saint Petersburg, Russia for Bourdain's earlier series, A Cook's Tour which aired on the Food Network in 2000.
Contents
- Zamir gotta no reservations scenes pt1
- Anthony bourdain and zamir gotta talk vodka
- Anthony Bourdain A Cooks Tour
- Anthony Bourdain No Reservations
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
- References

Gotta received his education from the Moscow State Pedagogical University (majoring in English). He worked as an instructor for military interpreters until the 1990s. During the Ukraine show, first aired in August, 2011, Gotta revealed that his heritage is a mix of Turkic (Tatar) and Jewish from the Crimea.

Gotta started as a freelance film producer, working on American film productions in Russia. Since 2006 he has been a consultant at the Trident Media Group in New York City. He was associate producer for the episode of the American documentary television series Cities of the Underworld titled "Stalin's Secret Lair," which first aired on the History Channel in 2008. He was also an associate producer for the Nova TV series documentary titled "Astrospies" (2008).

Anthony bourdain and zamir gotta talk vodka
Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour

Zamir first appeared in Bourdain's show, A Cook's Tour in two episodes:

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Gotta continued to work with Bourdain in his second series, No Reservations.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Gotta re-joined Bourdain in episodes of his new series, Parts Unknown.