Andrew Zimmern Dishes On The Restaurant Industry, Bourdain, And More - Exclusive Interview By Jorie Mark/Dec. 23, 2020 6:00 pm EDT There are few culinary legends on par with Andrew Zimmern. Perhaps best known as the globetrotting taste tester on the Travel Channel show, Bizarre Foods, which has entertained audiences for 22 seasons, Zimmern's new series, The Zimmern List, snagged an Emmy in its first season. Binging on Zimmern's far-flung foodie discoveries has offered an escape so many of us crave — especially in recent days, when a masked trip for some tasty curbside pick-up is about as close to "adventurous eating" as we can get. The problem, though, according to Zimmern, is that those local restaurants that have been sustaining us — physically, emotionally, and culturally — during the pandemic, and whenever we've had a crisis, for that matter, are facing a crisis of their own. Without an economic lifesaver, they simply might not survive the economic turndown that's plagued small businesses.