Tomorrow, we host acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson who will discuss his memoir, Yes! Chef with David Burtka of E! News at 8pm at Track 16 at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.  Event details our website.

Samuelsson in the news…

— Los Angeles Times, July 3, Russ Parsons reviews Yes! Chef in the Los Angeles Times

— USA Today, July 8, Chef Samuelsson serves up a revealing memoir

— New York Times, July 2, Chef’s Picnic: Marcus Samuelsson

— Wall Street Journal, June 29, Memoir of a Flavor: Chasing Top Chef

— Huffington Post, July 1, Chef Marcus Samuelsson on eating all over the world

— Business Week, June 26, Samuelsson memoir traces rise from Ethiopia to Obama

Samuelsson is the author of several award-winning cookbooks and the forthcoming memoir, Yes, Chef.  Among his many accolades:  the youngest chef to ever achieve two three-star reviews from The New York Times and he has been honored by the James Beard Foundation on multiple occasions including “Rising Star Chef” (1999), “Best Chef: New York City” (2003), and “Best International Cookbook” (2007). In 2010, Chef Samuelsson beat out 21 fellow chefs on the second season of the television competition Top Chef Masters on Bravo.

In 2010, Marcus opened Red Rooster Harlem,and was tasked with planning and executing the Obama Administration’s first State dinner. Samuelsson will be in conversation with David Burtka of E! News.