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“In Ethiopia, where I was born, all the cooks are women. When I grew up in Sweden, my mom and my grandmother did predominantly all the cooking. Then I changed to restaurant kitchens, where all of a sudden there were just more men than women, and I always thought that was weird.”

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Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson

Marcus Samuelsson is a renowned Swedish-American chef, known for his restaurants in New York City. Born on January 25, 1970, he grew up in Sweden before immigrating to the United States and embarking on his culinary career. more

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