Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus 'Joar' Samuelsson is an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef and restaurateur...
NationalityEthiopian
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth25 January 1970
CityAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
CountryEthiopia
art integrity hard-work
Hard work IS its own reward. Integrity IS priceless. Art DOES feed the soul.
multicultural feels raised
I feel very fortunate that I was raised in a multicultural family, and it came through food.
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I am a chef through and through. Everything I do - whether it is cooking for kids in Harlem or cooking in a fine dining establishment - all my days are consumed by food.
proud
I am many different things, and that is why I am so proud to be American.
cookbooks supports
I can take a lot of pride that I can launch cookbooks and there's an audience out there that supports that.
helps native popular state
The avocado is native to the Mexican state of Puebla, which helps explain why it's so popular in Mexican cooking.
becomes
I want to make sure the cooking industry becomes more and more diverse.
essential foods hard key recover work
It's key to know which essential foods will keep you going and help your body recover after hard work.
It's fascinating when you're from another place, but you don't speak the language.
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It wasn't until I came to New York and started to see the African American community, but also the Ethiopian community here, and started to eat the food, started to understand the music. I said, you know, I got to go and understand the culture. So me and my sister went.
business food love
The food business is very tough, but there's also a lot of love and very giving.
evolved favorite guy local wants
I think the kitchen is the new garage. And I think for a guy that wants to go out and be an evolved person, he should know about his local favorite restaurant. He should know how to cook something.
both kitchens less local offer soup
For centuries, soup kitchens have been a way for local communities to offer a way of support, both nutritional and emotional to their less lucky neighbors.
born food lack life
Food has always been in my life. Being born in Ethiopia, where there was a lack of food, and then really cooking with my grandmother Helga in Sweden. And my grandmother Helga was a cook's cook.