The same year he started a second New York restaurant, Riingo, serving Japanese-influenced American food. In 2003 he was named "Best Chef: New York City" by the James Beard Foundation. He apprenticed in Switzerland and Austria then came to the United States in 1994 as an apprentice at Restaurant Aquavit.Īt 24, Samuelsson became executive chef of Aquavit and soon afterwards became the youngest ever to receive a three-star restaurant review from The New York Times. Īfter becoming interested in cooking through his maternal grandmother in Sweden, Samuelsson studied at the Culinary Institute in Göteborg ( Gothenburg) where he was raised. His biological father, Tsegie, the father of eight others (the chef's half-siblings), still resides in the Ethiopian village where Samuelsson was born. They also have an adopted sister, Anna Samuelsson. The siblings' names were changed to Marcus and Linda Samuelsson. Subsequently, the siblings were adopted by Anne-Marie and Lennart Samuelsson, a homemaker and a geologist, respectively, who lived in Gothenburg, Sweden. As detailed in Samuelsson's appearance on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown he and his elder sister, Fantaye, were separated from their family during the turmoil of the Ethiopian Civil War which began in 1974. His mother died in a tuberculosis epidemic when he was three years old. His father, Tsegie, is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church priest.
Kassahun Joar Tsegie was born in Ethiopia. He is the head chef of Red Rooster in Harlem, New York. Marcus Samuelsson (born Kassahun Tsegie Amharic: ካሳሁን ፅጌ 25 January 1971) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish-American celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. 2003 award for "Best Chef in New York City".1999 James Beard Foundation award for "Rising Star Chef".
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