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Marcus Samuelsson

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Duration	Place	City	Position
2012 - Present	American Table	New York	Chef & Partner
2012 - Present	Ginny's Supper Club	New York	Chef & Partner
2010 - Present	Red Rooster Harlem	New York	Chef & Partner
2010 - Present	Marcus Samuelsson Group	New York	Co-Founder
2009 - Present	Marc Burger	Costa Mesa	Owner/Proprietor
2008 - Present	AQ Kafé	New York	Owner/Proprietor
2008 - Present	Marc Burger	Chicago	Owner/Proprietor
2008 - Present	C-House	Chicago	Chef & Partner Hotel Executive Chef
2007 - 2008	Merkato 55	New York	Chef & Partner
2007 - Present	Aquavit Grill & Raw Bar	Stockholm	Chef & Co-owner
--	Henry at the World Yacht	New York	Culinary Director Partner
2004 - 2004	Washington Square	Philadelphia	Consulting Chef
2004 - Present	Riingo	New York	Culinary Director Partner
2001 - 2008	AQ Café	New York	Chef & Co-owner
1998 - 2003	Aquavit	Minneapolis	Partner
1995 - 2010	Aquavit	New York	Executive Chef Partner
1995 - 1995	Aquavit	New York	Sous Chef
1992 - 1994	Georges Blanc	Vonnas	Stagiaire
1991 - 1992	Aquavit	New York	Apprentice/Commis

Last updated: 2012-11-20

Marcus was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and worked in Switzerland, Austria, France and the U.S. before starting at Aquavit.
Marcus was a partner in Townhouse Restaurant Group, a restaurant management and consulting company formed with Håkan Swahn.
Chef Samuelsson was the Season 2 winner of the reality TV show Top Chef Masters - originally shown on US Bravo TV starting April 2010.

Yes, Chef: A Memoir, Random House (ISBN 978-0385342605, 2012, Hardcover, 336 pages)
The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa, John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 978-0764569111, 2006, Hardcover, 368 pages)
Aquavit : And the New Scandinavian Cuisine, Houghton Mifflin (ISBN 978-0618109418, 2003, Hardcover, 312 pages)