MARCUS SAMUELSSON
Red Rooster, Hav & Mar, Aquavit
Honors & Appearances: 8 James Beard Awards, Iron Chef
Ethiopian-born Swedish-American chef Marcus Samuelsson is celebrated for blending multicultural flavors at Red Rooster in Harlem and across his global restaurant empire. He’s won eight James Beard Awards, including Rising Star Chef (1999), Best Chef: New York (2003), and Writing & Literature (2013) Winner of Top Chef Masters and host of PBS’s No Passport Required, he’s also a judge on Chopped and Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend