Marcus Samuelsson

Chef and Owner

MARCUS SAMUELSSON is the chef and owner of Hav & Mar. Together with Executive Chef Rose Noël, the restaurant takes it culinary cues for Samuelsson's Ethiopian and Swedish heritage as well as the influence of African roots in modern Black cuisine.  Samuelsson is the acclaimed chef behind restaurants including Red Rooster Harlem, MARCUS Montreal, Marcus B&P, Red Rooster Overtown, Streetbird at Yankee Stadium and Marcus Fish + Chop House in the Bahamas. He was the youngest person to receive a three-star review from The New York Times and was the guest chef for the Obama Administration’s first state dinner. He has won eight James Beard Foundation awards as chef, author and TV personality, most recently for his work as head judge on Top Chef: Family Style and host of On the Rise. Samuelsson recently hosted the critically acclaimed No Passport Required on PBS and has won numerous competition shows including Top Chef Masters and Chopped All-Stars. He is currently appearing as an Iron Chef on Netflix’s hit Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. A committed philanthropist, Samuelsson is co-chair of Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP), which focuses on helping underserved youth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Samuelsson converted his restaurants Red Rooster Harlem and Red Rooster Overtown into community kitchens in partnership with World Central Kitchen, serving well over 280,000 meals to those in need. In Newark, Samuelsson’s Marcus B&P partnered with Audible and World Central Kitchen to create Newark Working Kitchens, which has engaged 37 local restaurants to provide 1.5 million meals to those in need. Samuelsson also co-produces the annual Harlem EatUp! Festival, which celebrates the food, art, and culture of Harlem. He is the author of several cookbooks, including The New York Times bestselling memoir Yes, Chef: A Memoir and his latest book, The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. Alongside award-winning chef Jonathan Waxman, he is the host of the new Audible podcast, Seat at the Table.