Fans of open-flame cooking and adventurous eating, take note: Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen is returning to FYI for a second season. The Emmy and James Beard Award winner is back to demonstrate how to prepare wild food outdoors.
Here’s the Lowdown: Season two of Wild Game Kitchen will start with back-to-back episodes on Saturday, May 3 at 9 PM ET/PT. This new season features 20 episodes where Zimmern tackles cooking game meat and fish over fire. He aims to make preparing less common proteins like wild boar, elk, quail, and even pigeon seem less daunting, providing tips on sourcing and butchering.
What This Means Now: Viewers can expect Zimmern’s expert guidance on turning ingredients like mackerel, squid, snapper, bison, and guinea hen into impressive meals. The show emphasizes that these techniques and recipes aren’t limited to wild game; conventional proteins can also be used, making the show accessible even for those not hunting their own dinner. Zimmern himself calls it a “fun, fast paced, culture dive” and believes it’s the “best cooking show out there.”
The Bigger Picture: Wild Game Kitchen taps into a growing interest in understanding where food comes from and utilizing less conventional ingredients. By presenting these techniques in an easy-to-follow format, Zimmern encourages home cooks to expand their culinary horizons beyond the supermarket meat counter. The show is part of FYI’s Home.Made.Nation lifestyle block and is produced by Intuitive Content.
