Chefs Speak: Obsessed Tv Interviews Marcus Samuelsson

If I could trade in my snowcapped Colorado mountains and skis to be a city girl in NYC for just one year, I would choose to be Samantha Ettus!   If you have been following Savory Tv, you may recall our initial introduction of Samantha and Obsessed Tv when we featured her Eric Ripert interview.   Samantha is an amazing interviewer and host of the show, and not only has she featured celebrity chefs such as Eric and Marcus, she has also recently interviewed CNN correspondent Ali Velshi, fashion designers and entrepreneurs Stacey Bendet and Liz Lange, and Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel.  What I love about her interviews is that they capture a sincere informal intimacy, as if you are watching two friends catching up over coffee.

In todays featured interview Samantha talks with Chef Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit, discussing his unique childhood in Sweden, reconnecting with his Ethiopian culinary and family roots,  leaving Europe for a career in the US, discovering NYC for the first time, cultural and racial challenges and opportunities encountered, how he met his wife, a sushi restaurant he loves in NYC, and how he has been affected by celebrity chef status at such a young age. Marcus also speaks about food and bicultural celebrations and how it has inspired his new cookbook, The Soul of a New Cuisine. Give the video a view, I promise you will enjoy it!