Passport Hospitality

Andrew Zimmern is the CEO and founder Passport Hospitality, a restaurant and food retail development company that provides consulting services and creates unique culinary concepts inspired by his travels.

Passport Hospitality delivers original, authentic culinary concepts inspired by our travels to restaurants and markets. We provide project consulting and full-service restaurant development, managing everything from design and construction to the menu and operating team

Always pushing the envelope, Passport is a pioneer in the hospitality industry, passionate about bringing innovation and adventure to the table.

Passport Hospitality capabilities include:

Concept and brand development
Existing concept and brand advisory
Culinary program development
Kitchen design optimization
Architecture and planning In-store design and branding
Content ideation, creation and production
Vendor development and management
Marketing strategy PR and social media strategy
Brand storytelling
Commercial licensing administrative services
Licensing of restaurant and hospitality trademarks and business concepts.

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Passport Hospitality Concepts Include:

Andrew Zimmern's Canteen

Developed by Passport Hospitality, Andrew Zimmern’s Canteen is a quick service concept licensed at Target Field in Minneapolis. The concept serves globally-inspired takes on familiar favorites, such as Andrew Zimmern’s Canteen Dog, the Sloppy Ko Korean barbecue beef sandwich and za’atar-infused chicken skewers with tzatziki sauce. There are multiple concepts under the Canteen umbrella, including Andrew Zimmern’s Canteen Rotisserie, Andrew Zimmern’s Canteen Hoagies and Andrew Zimmern’s Canteen Skewers.
KZ Provisioning

Andrew recently collaborated with two-time James Beard Award-winning chef Gavin Kaysen to create KZ ProVisioning, a unique catering company for professional athletes. KZ ProVisioning works with sports teams like the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and the NBA’s Timberwolves, to provide healthy meals to the team’s players, coaches and locker room staff. KZP is intent on expanding their efforts to encompass other sports and teams across all leagues and around the country.
Dayton's Food Hall & Market

Andrew has partnered with Robert Montwaid to develop an experiential food hall concept in the Dayton’s Building, a storied landmark in downtown Minneapolis. The market will reflect the amalgam of the Twin Cities’ diverse culinary cultures and will provide a mix of well-known food vendors, local treasures, artisanal producers, fresh food purveyors, food makers, a food business incubator and curated entertainment.
Chattahoochee Food Works

Andrew has partnered with Robert Montwaid to curate another experiential food hall concept in Atlanta. Chattahoochee Food Works is a boutique food market in the Makers Building at The Works, an 80-acre overhaul of historic warehouses in the city’s Upper Westside neighborhood. It opened in April of 2021.