Who Is Andrew Zimmern Wife- Is The Iron Chef Judge Married After Divorce With Ex Rishia Haas?

Andrew Zimmern, an American chef, is well-known as the host of the Bizzare Food series. He also served as the consulting producer of the Travel Channel show.

Zimmern has also been part of high-profile food shows such as Dining with Death, The Zimmern List, and Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food on the Food Channel. Zimmern has recently been suspected of marrying for the second time. How true are the rumors? Here is what we know.

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Who Is Andrew Zimmern Wife?

Rishia Haas is the former wife of Andrew Zimmern. The couple had tied the knot in the year 2002 and were together until 2018.

Professionally, Haas is an American Administrative assistant. She is the daughter of Amy Dickinson and Bill Haas.

According to the sources, Rishia had attended the Anoka High School in Minnesota. She later graduated from Augsburg College.

Before working as an administrative assistant, Hass worked at the cooking school, this is where she met Zimmern. She later became an Admissions Co-Ordinator at The Retreat Alive with The Spirit Of Recovery. After Retreat she joined the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, where she still works.

After being together for more than 16 years, Zimmern divorced Hass in the year 2018. The couple had described that their divorce was very difficult, nevertheless, they took an amicable step to end their relationship.

Zimmern claims that his intense and time-consuming media career caused his divorce.

Is The Iron Chef Judge Andrew Zimmern Married Again?

Andrew Zimmern, the Iron Chef judge, has recently been linked to rumors of a second marriage. However, the star chef has not notified anything about such a matter.

Another similar type of rumor also claims false things about Zimmern’s sexuality. He is speculated to be gay as he is a strong supporter of them.

Zimmern has said that he has a peaceful space in his heart for the LGBTQ community. His biological parents got divorced when he was very young. After that, he was adopted by a gay couple, he has said in his interview with Eater in the year 2014.

In an Instagram post on June 13, 2014, the chef also thanked his two fathers for all of the love and care he received as a child. Furthermore, he expressed gratitude to his two fathers for their 47 years of marriage.

At present, Zimmern is active on Instagram with the handle name @chefaz and has 1 million followers. However, there are no signs of him dating anyone after the divorce from his first wife.

What Happened To Andrew Zimmern Show?

Andrew Zimmern will appear in his new show Wild Game Kitchen, which airs on the Outdoor Channel.

The Bizarre series host had last been part of its last spinoff of Bizarre Foods, Bizarre Foods America in the year 2012. After, he focused on the various cities in the United States. The real reason for the cancellation of his show was due to his unfair remarks in the year 2018.

However, the chef’s career has taken different heights after leaving Bizarre Foods.

Zimmern had made comments about the quality of Chinese restaurants in the Midwest, which received immediate backlash.

As mentioned in the Daily Mail, Andrew had shared “racial and culturally insensitive remarks on Chinese. He asserted that Midwest Chinese food was ‘horses**t.” After this, he was criticized for his words on social media and Discovery canceled the show. Subsequently, Discovery also focused on shows related to ghosts and paranormal activities.

The former Bizare Food series host also hosts a cooking web series on his Youtube channel. Another of his latest show, What’s Eating America, debuted on MSNBC in 2020.