The industry icon discusses some very real changes going on in the hospitality industry right now with HRN host Andrew Friedman and HRN Executive Director Caity Moseman Wadler. You’ll hear a lot of words not typically associated with restaurant kitchens. He also talks about the most influential people he’s met on his travels and offers a preview of Lucky Cricket, his new restaurant.

Andrew Zimmern is a four-time James Beard award-winning TV personality, chef, writer, teacher and gracious dinner guest. As the creator, executive producer and host of the Bizarre Foods franchise on the Travel Channel, Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food and The Zimmern List, he has explored cultures in more than 170 countries. He has also written three books, contributes to Food & Wine Magazine and is an entrepreneur-in-residence at Babson College. Andrew is the founder and CEO of both Intuitive Content, a full-service production company that develops and produces dynamic original content, and Passport Hospitality, a restaurant and food retail development company. He is devoted to his charitable endeavors and sits on the board of directors for Services for the UnderServed, Second Harvest Heartland and Taste of the NFL. His life’s work is about demonstrating and promoting cultural acceptance, tolerance and understanding through food.

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