The Sage Travel Challenge

A recurring, opt-in tribute to the late Anthony Bourdain and to Travel Channel hosts Samantha Brown and Andrew Zimmern: travel where they travelled, eat what they ate, and document it. January 1 – December 31, 2027.

Four challenges. One season. Every experience verified.

Choose a challenge How it works

Photo · Dimitry B · CC BY 2.0

The challenges

Choose your route

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Honoring Anthony BourdainAnthony BourdainJan 1, 2027 – Dec 31, 2027 · 2 filmsPhoto · David McKelvey from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY 2.0
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Street food, night markets and the long table — in his footsteps.
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The tribute

Travel the way they showed us: curious, hungry and unhurried.

Three hosts taught a generation to eat where the city eats, to walk the side streets and to let a place introduce itself. The Challenge honours that spirit with verified, real-world experiences — never with re-hosted episodes or borrowed likenesses.

7 official-channel films across the four challenges, each click-to-play and never re-hosted.

PikiWiki Israel 87375 the carmel market in tel aviv

How it works

Four steps, one season

Safety first: we never gamify unsafe eating, drinking or travel behaviour. Follow all local laws and official advisories.

1
Travel there
Pick a destination the honoree featured. Any route, any budget — the challenge is the experience, not the spend.
2
Recreate the experience
Visit the place, take the walk, eat and drink what they did — dietary, cultural or religious constraints permitting, with no penalty.
3
Document it
Photos, video or a written entry uploaded to Sage. Tagging your own social channels is optional.
4
Verified, then scored
Editors verify each entry against the experience card. Points are awarded only for verified entries; ties go to the earliest.

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