(2019–20) Books Samuelsson has released cookbooks New American Table, The Soul of a New Cuisine, Marcus Off Duty, and The Red Rooster Cookbook. In 2012, Samuelsson released Yes, Chef a memoir co-written with journalist Veronica Chambers about Samuelsson's early life and trajectory to becoming a chef. The book gained favorable reviews and won the James Beard Foundation award for Writing and Literature related to food. After the success of Yes, Chef in 2015 Samuelsson published Make it Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life, aimed at young adults. In 2020, Sameulsson released The Rise, a cookbook with Osayi Endolyn, Yewande Komolafe, Tamie Cook, and Angie Mosier. In interviews about the book, Samuelsson describes the book as a means to share the Black experience in food history. Personal life Samuelsson is married to the model Gate (Maya) Haile. Their wedding was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They live in Harlem. They have one son, Zion Mandela, and a daughter, Grace Ethiopia. Samuelsson also has an adult daughter. Samuelsson serves on the board at City Harvest and serves as co-chair of the board of directors for Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP). He also has been a UNICEF ambassador since 2000, and he and his wife are the co-founders of the Three Goats Organization. Samuelsson is a keen soccer (association football) fan and an avid supporter of Arsenal F.C. (London, England). References External links Townhouse Restaurant Group Red Rooster Aquavit Biography, StarChefs.com 1970 births Living people Swedish adoptees Swedish television chefs Swedish restaurateurs American television chefs Food Network chefs American male chefs Ethiopian chefs Academic staff of Umeå University Swedish people of Ethiopian descent Swedish emigrants to the United States Top Chef winners Participants in American reality television series James Beard Foundation Award winners