''Bizarre Foods America'' is an American television series, and a spin-off of''

Bizarre Foods Bizarre may refer to: *Bizarre (rapper) (born 1976), an American rapper and member of hip hop group D12 *Bizarre (band), a Spanish rock band * ''Bizarre'' (TV series), a Canadian sketch comedy television series * ''Bizarre'' (magazine), a sister ...

'', this time focusing on the United States rather than international travel.

Andrew Zimmern Andrew Scott Zimmern (born July 4, 1961) is an American chef, restaurateur, television and radio personality, director, producer, businessman, food critic, and author. Zimmern is the co-creator, host, and consulting producer of the Travel Channe ...

travels to various cities throughout the country (as well as Canada,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

) and samples local cuisines and ways of life. The show premiered on Monday January 23, 2012, at 9:00 ET on

Travel Channel Travel Channel (stylized as Trvl Channel since 2018) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, which had previously owned the channel from 1997 to 2007. The channel is headquartered in New York, New York, United S ...

. Much like in the popular ''Bizarre Foods'', Andrew heads to some of the most unusual

food hubs A food hub, as defined by the USDA, is “a centrally located facility with a business management structure facilitating the aggregation, storage, processing, distributions, and/or marketing of locally/regionally produced food products.” Food hub ...

in the country. There he meets with locals and chefs to gain a better understanding of American cuisine, to see how America has developed its reputation as a melting pot of cultures and foods, and to see what sort of unusual foods people in America might not realize they have in their own cities. Starting October 27, 2014 the show is returning to its original format as ''Bizarre Foods''.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bizarre Foods America 2012 American television series debuts English-language television shows Food travelogue television series Travel Channel original programming 2014 American television series endings