Andrew Zimmern Challenge

Recreate the culinary explorations featured by Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern — dietary, cultural and religious constraints permitting.

Inaugural season 2027 · Jan 1, 2027 – Dec 31, 2027 · upcoming

Photo · Anagoria · CC BY 3.0

Films

Watch, then go

Official-channel films only — embedded from YouTube on click, never re-hosted. Episode references are metadata.

Photo · GoToVan · CC BY 2.0
Cowboy Life in Texas | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | Travel ChannelTravel Channel · YouTube · official embed, never re-hosted
Photo · Dan Nevill · CC BY 2.0
Minnesota State Fair New Foods Review | Andrew ZimmernAndrew Zimmern · YouTube · official embed, never re-hosted

Honoring Andrew Zimmern

Curiosity at the table: taste what the locals treasure, and ask why.

Recreate the culinary explorations featured by Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern — dietary, cultural and religious constraints permitting.

Host names are used as tribute references only. Legal review is required before any commercial use of names or likenesses in marketing.

How it works

Four steps, one season

Dietary, cultural or religious opt-outs never reduce eligibility for the core experience count.

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.

Rules

How it works

Travel to a destination featured by the honoree.
Recreate a featured experience: visit the place, take the walk, eat and drink what they did (dietary, cultural or religious constraints permitting).

Featured destinations

An itinerary to start from

A Sage editorial route through catalog destinations the honoree's travels made famous — a suggestion, not an official list. Featured experiences with points are published after rights and legal review.