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Food needs no translation.

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The films

From a library of more than 1,000, filmed in 26 countries since 2013.

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Travel Thirsty in numbers

  • More than 11 million combined followers on YouTube, Facebook and more
  • Nearly 8 billion views across platforms
  • More than 1,000 films
  • Filmed in 26 countries
  • 13 years on YouTube
  • 0 words of narration

Followers and views are combined across YouTube, Facebook and other platforms. Figures as of October 2026.

Cooks from our films

Iron Chef. Mastercard. Michelin.

[applause]

Three cooks from our films who have been recognised on the biggest stages in food. The honours are theirs.

  • Won Iron Chef Thailand

    Aoy, owner and chef of Aoywaan Riverside Thai Cuisine on the Tha Chin River, Thailand.

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  • Taken to New York by Mastercard

    Takayoshi Watanabe of Teruzushi, Kitakyushu, Japan. One of the first restaurants in Mastercard's PRICELESS culinary collective.

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  • A first Michelin Bib Gourmand

    Takamasa Osawa of Biriyani Osawa, Tokyo, in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Japan.

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Every word in a Travel Thirsty film

No narrator. No presenter. Nothing to translate.

We film the people who feed their cities and keep the full sound of the place.

  1. [market waking up, crates scraping]
  2. [vendor calling out in Japanese]
  3. [ice shifting in a styrofoam box]
  4. [knife scraping scales]
  5. [cleaver through bone, twice]
  6. [water running over the board]
  7. [oil starting to spit]
  8. [plate set down on steel]
  9. [crunch]

Filmed on location

  1. OkinawaGiant spiny lobster, play the film
  2. Tsukiji, TokyoTamagoyaki, play the film
  3. KitakyushuSushi, play the film
  4. Tha Chin RiverRiverside Thai, play the film
  5. New YorkKing crab
  6. AucklandRock lobster, play the film
  7. SydneyFish market
  8. Mount HagenHighlands mumu

All 26 countries

  • AustraliaSydney, Melbourne
  • BelgiumAntwerp
  • BrazilRio de Janeiro
  • CambodiaKep, Phnom Penh
  • ChinaBeijing, Guangzhou, Shantou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Qingdao, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Shunde
  • EgyptCairo
  • EthiopiaAddis Ababa
  • FijiSuva
  • FranceParis
  • IndiaKolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Srinagar, Pondicherry, Pushkar, Pali, Nasirabad, Bundi
  • IndonesiaJakarta, Yogyakarta, Ubud, Manado
  • JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Naha, Hakodate, Sapporo, Shizuoka, Kochi, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Yokohama, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe
  • MalaysiaKota Kinabalu, Penang
  • MauritiusPort Louis
  • New ZealandAuckland
  • PakistanLahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Gujranwala
  • PalauKoror
  • Papua New GuineaMount Hagen
  • PhilippinesManila
  • South KoreaBusan, Seoul
  • Sri LankaColombo
  • TaiwanTaipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung
  • ThailandBangkok, Phuket, Hua Hin
  • TürkiyeIstanbul
  • United StatesNew York City, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Hackensack, Kenilworth, Camden, Robbinsville, Hoboken, Red Bank, Jersey City, Dubuque, Saint Donatus, Galena, Mystic, Prairie du Chien
  • VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quy Nhon, Mui Ne, Da Lat, Hoi An, Can Tho

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Our point of view

Some stories don’t need words.

[the rest is sound]

Work with us

We make films with tourism boards, hotels and brands, and license our library to broadcasters and museums.

  1. Destination films, email us

    We film a place through its food, from the morning market to the last plate of the night. With no narration, one film plays in every market without dubbing or subtitles.

    Recent hosted productionsPalau Visitors Authority, Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority

  2. Food and hospitality features, email us

    Hotels, restaurants and food producers, filmed the way we film a market: the real kitchen, the real service, the full sound of the room.

  3. Brand partnerships, email us

    For kitchen, ingredient and travel brands. Your product is shown in use, never read out.

  4. Licensing and distribution, email us

    More than 1,000 films shot over 13 years in 26 countries, for television, streaming and exhibitions.

    Licensed forKorean and Japanese television, a Netflix show and the Alimentarium food museum in Vevey, Switzerland

Top audiences: United States, India, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam

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Press

Production notes

For features, interviews and editorial requests. The facts, figures and contacts are in the media kit.

Download the media kitPDF, 1 page
press@travelthirsty.com
Format
Food films with no narrator, no presenter and no subtitles. Sound recorded on location.
First film
January 2013
Library
More than 1,000 films from 26 countries
Audience
More than 11 million followers, including more than 8 million YouTube subscribers. Nearly 8 billion views across platforms.
Cooks featured
Aoywaan (Iron Chef Thailand), Teruzushi (Mastercard PRICELESS), Biriyani Osawa (MICHELIN Bib Gourmand)
Licensed for
Korean and Japanese television, a Netflix show and the Alimentarium food museum in Vevey, Switzerland

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