Andrew Zimmern is an Emmy-winning and four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer, and passionate global citizen. As the creator, executive producer, and host of the “Bizarre Foods” franchise, “Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food,” “What’s Eating America,” Emmy-nominated “Family Dinner,” “Wild Game Kitchen,” and the Emmy-winning “The Zimmern List,” he has devoted his life to exploring and promoting cultural acceptance, tolerance and understanding through food. You can also find him judging “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend” on Netflix, “Silos Baking Competition” on HBO Max, and mentoring young chefs on Food Network’s “All-Star Academy.” Later this year, he will premiere “Andrew Zimmern’s Field to Fire.” He has written four books, including the Ippy Gold Medal award-winning “AZ and the Lost City of Ophir.” Andrew is the founder and chairman of Intuitive Content, named one of the top 100 production companies in the world by Realscreen, and Passport Hospitality, a restaurant and food service development company. He is passionate about his philanthropic endeavors and sits on the boards of Services for the UnderServed, EXPLR Media, Soigne Hospitality, Giving Kitchen, and Beans is How. He is on the advisory boards of Procure Impact and the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, and serves on City Harvest’s Food Council. Andrew is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme and The Nature Conservancy, and is the International Rescue Committee’s Voice for Nutrition. He is a founding member of the Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture and the Independent Restaurant Coalition.

Patrick Weiland is a four-time Emmy award-winning producer, director, and creator of more than 20 series. He is a proven television executive whose creative approach to creating new series and business models in this rapidly changing industry is making Intuitive Content a nimble and competitive home for entertaining and factual production across multiple genres.

Weiland began his career as an investigative producer for CBS News and NBC News, winning multiple awards for his work including the George Foster Peabody, Edward R. Murrow Award, and a News Documentary Primetime Emmy for investigative reporting. His reporting has taken him around the world into three war zones, the war on drugs, and the war on terror. In 2008, he transitioned into unscripted television with a focus on stories where people didn’t die, traveling to over 70 countries as a director of travel food shows including Andrew Zimmern’s “Bizarre Foods.” From baking shows to true crime across long-form and branded content, great storytelling is his passion. He lives in Minneapolis with his longtime partner John, and is an avid cyclist, cook, and world traveler.

Patrick McMahill is an Emmy Award-winning executive producer and director of film and television in several genres and formats. For the past twenty-plus years, he has worked all over the country with some of the leading production companies in the business before moving back home to Minnesota and joining Intuitive Content.

Jason Wallace is an award-winning producer and editor of film, television and digital content, whose work has been seen on the Lifetime Movie Network, Travel Channel and Netflix. As production technology matured, he became obsessed with post production system integration and workflow design, and even co-authored the book Digital Editing with Final Cut Pro. Since joining Intuitive Content he has directed the growth of its online, finishing and delivery infrastructure.

Olson spent a decade working in Los Angeles and New York with brands like MTV and Major League Baseball before joining Intuitive Content. Here, he advises on legal and business strategy and helps translate vision into reality, pulling off ambitious productions all over the globe. Outside of his work at IC, Dan serves on his local school board and is currently pursuing his JD at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

A lawyer-turned-television producer and development executive, Tina has produced and developed television series for Travel Channel, Food Network, NBC, Animal Planet, History, Nat Geo, Outdoor Channel, Tastemade, A&E, and many others. Tina’s first task in television was convincing the wig master at Juilliard to create a toupee for Andrew Zimmern for an episode of “Bizarre Foods.” She realized that this was way more fun than being a lawyer and has never looked back!

Amy has been an accountant for the past 30 years, including being part of the growth of many fantastic Twin Cities restaurants, and joined the AZ team in 2016. She oversees all financial aspects of all of Andrew’s companies: Food Works, Intuitive Content, and Passport Hospitality. “I love thinking outside of the box and looking forward to the future!”

Steve began his career as a news photojournalist and editor with a passion for visual storytelling. He soon discovered his real talent was in post production, developing media workflow solutions with some of the most creative teams in television.

Kate Kratoska is an Emmy Award-winning television and content producer based in Minneapolis. She began her career in Los Angeles, working on reality TV and scripted programming at Lionsgate. Prior to joining Intuitive Content in 2017, she spent several years producing a daily news broadcast at KARE 11, the Twin Cities’ NBC affiliate. She’s a proud mom to two littles, and the self-proclaimed world’s biggest Vikings fan.

Erik started his editing career with a short stint in the news business before making the move to work on long format television shows.  The first show he worked on was Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and has now been offline editing  international television shows for over 15 years.

Mickey started out chasing breaking news as a news photojournalist, traveled the world shooting the ATV show “Destination Polaris,” co-created a regional Emmy award-winning television show “Made for the Outdoors,” but editing is what he loves to do most on this earth.

Brian is an experienced producer, director, and writer for both docu-series and feature films. His movie credits include Robert Redford’s “The Conspirator,” “Parkland,” which he produced with Tom Hanks, and “Against the Sun,” starring Tom Felton, which Brian also co-wrote and directed. He was the showrunner and director of MSNBC’s award-winning original series “What’s Eating America,” and the PBS original series “Hope in the Water.” Brian lives in Santa Monica, California.

Thomas G. Lemmer is an Emmy Award-winning showrunner, producer, and writer of documentary films and television series. Credits include “Hope in the Water” (PBS), “What’s Eating America” (MSNBC), and “In an Instant” (ABC News).

Matthew Schaefer is an award-winning writer and producer who grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York, in a house that was once a stop on the historic underground railroad. There were hidden spaces beneath staircases, secret doors at the backs of closets, and plenty of tales to go with them that would become the foundation for a love of storytelling.

With over twenty years of experience as a showrunner, writer, and producer, he enjoys both directing in the field as well as spending time in the edit bay to capture and shape diverse stories, be it on build shows like “Maine Cabin Masters” and “Building Off The Grid” or food and travel shows like “Family Dinner,” “Life of Fire,” and “Hardcore Carnivore.”

Michele Wallin is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer who has led teams of storytellers in food, travel, lifestyle, nature, and home renovation. Born and raised in Southern California where her career began, she started off casting for feature films and television. Her range of scripted and reality credits include: “X-Men 3,” “Will and Grace,” “Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations,” “Hope in the Water” for PBS and renovation series such as “I Hate My Kitchen” and “Sweat Equity.”

Mary Kay (MK) Reistad is an Emmy-nominated producer with over 25 years of experience producing, directing, writing, and developing home renovation, food, and travel programming for leading networks and streaming platforms. Her credits include “Holiday Party with Andrew and Zoë” (showrunner), “Family Dinner” (supervising producer), “Zoë Bakes” (story producer), “The Zimmern List” (supervising producer), and “Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations” (supervising producer.) She was also series producer on many HGTV and DIY Network home renovation series.

Originally from NY, Nellie has worked in TV for the past 15 years. She has contributed to countless projects for MTV/VH1, Partizan Entertainment, Bravo, Discovery ID, and many more. Nellie joined Intuitive in 2018 as a Production Manager and, more recently, has transitioned into a development role. Outside of work, Nellie enjoys strength training, vintage t-shirt collecting, and traveling with her spouse and their son.