Marcus Samuelsson

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Chef • Restaurateur • Personality

Birth Name: Kassahun Tsegie

Birth Date: January 25, 1971

Age: 55 years old

Birth Place: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Marcus Samuelsson is an Ethiopian Swedish chef and restaurateur, based in Harlem, New York City. Samuelsson is known for the television series No Passport Required that premiered on PBS in 2018.

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Chopped CastawaysStream

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2026

Today With Jenna & Sheinelle

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2026

Home Plate: New York With Marcus Samuelsson

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2025

Home Plate: New York With Marcus Samuelsson

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2025

House of KnivesStream

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2025

Today With Jenna & Friends

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2025

Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown

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2024

Starting From Scratch: The Big Holiday Meal

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2022

Martha CooksStream

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2022

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2022

Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron LegendStream

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2022
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Be My Guest With Ina GartenStream

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2022

The Good Dish

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2022

Restaurant Hustle 2021: Back in Business

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2021

Top Chef Family StyleStream

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2021

Sveriges mästerkock VIP

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2021

Carina Bergfeldt

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2021

Kitchen CrashStream

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2021

Chopped Challenge: At Home

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2021

Restaurant Hustle 2020: All on the Line

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2020

Zerlina

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2020

The Drew Barrymore ShowStream

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2020

Selena + ChefStream

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2020

GMA3: What You Need to Know

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2020

Dishmantled

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2020
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Dishing with Julia ChildStream

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2020

Tournament of ChampionsStream

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2020

Outstanding in the Field: The Movie

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2020

Chefs Marcus and Vivian: A Taste of What's Next

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2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

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2019

Access Daily

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2019

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2019

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2019

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2018

No Passport RequiredStream

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2018

No Passport RequiredStream

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2018

Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost

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2018

30 Years: A Celebration of the James Beard Foundation

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2017

Eat the World With Emeril Lagasse

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2016

Sunday Today With Willie Geist

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2016

Cooks vs. Cons

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2016

Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays

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2016

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2015

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2015

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2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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2015

Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off

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2015

Ultimate Holiday Feast

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2014

The Meredith Vieira Show

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2014

The Feed

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2014

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2014

Beat Bobby FlayStream

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2014

Beat Bobby FlayStream

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2014

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

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2014

Det stora matslaget

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2013

The TasteStream

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2013

On the Money

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2013

The Root 100

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2012

Katie

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2012

Live! With Kelly and Michael

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2012

Min sanning

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2012

CBS This Morning: Saturday

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2012

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2012

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off

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2012

Lidia Celebrates AmericaStream

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2011

The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs

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2011

The Chew

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2011

Dr. Steve

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2011

Vine Talk

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2011

The Marilyn Denis Show

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2011

Overheard With Evan Smith

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2010

The Talk

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2010

Access Hollywood Live

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2010

Saturday Kitchen Live

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2010

Undercover BossStream

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2010

Top Chef MastersStream

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2009

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

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2009

Skavlan

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2009

ChoppedStream

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2009

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2009

Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda

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2007

Rachael Ray Show

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2006

Robins

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2006

Stjärnorna på slottet

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2006

Tavis Smiley

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2004

Simply MingStream

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2003

The Early Show

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1999

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Cityline

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På spåret

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1979

Good Morning AmericaStream

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TodayStream

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Meet the Press

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1947

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House of Knives Host and Judges - Scott Conant, Marcus Samuelsson, and Judy JooScott Conant, Marcus Samuelsson and Judy Joo in 'House of Knives' on Food NetworkIron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend Marcus SamuelssonMarcus Samuelsson, Alex Guarnaschelli, Maneet Chauhan, and Ted Allen in Chopped - Million Dollar BasketManeet Chauhan, Marcus Samuelsson, Alex Guarnaschelli, Chris Santos, Marc Murphy and Amanda Freitag from Chopped on the Food Network of Chopped at TCA 2018

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