Travel Channel Chef Faces Backlash for Comment About Midwest Chinese Restaurants

Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern is under fire for for saying that Chinese food in the Midwest is served in “horses--t restaurants.”

Zimmern, a well-known TV chef, travels around the world trying strange food for his show Bizarre Foods. Zimmern also hosts The Zimmern List.

He made the comments during an interview with Fast Company while promoting his new Chinese restaurant chain, Lucky Cricket, which recently opened in a Minneapolis mall.

Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern is under fire for for saying that Chinese food in the Midwest is served in “horses--t restaurants.” Zimmern, a well-known TV chef, travels around the world trying strange food for his show Bizarre Foods. Zimmern also hosts The Zimmern List. He made the comments during an interview with Fast Company while promoting his new Chinese restaurant chain, Lucky Cricket, which recently opened in a Minneapolis mall.