Yes, Chef

By Marcus Samuelsson, Veronica Chambers,

Book cover of Yes, Chef

Book description

Travel to Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem and you will find a truly diverse, multiracial dining room - where presidents and prime ministers rub elbows with jazz musicians, aspiring artists, bus drivers and nurses. It is also a place where an orphan from Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, living…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked Yes, Chef as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Marcus is a world-renowned chef and I have the pleasure of working with him at The Medici Group. This is an incredibly honest take of his life and how he got here. He shares his story of what it means to be a Black chef in a non-black chef world. After finding a lack of acceptance in Europe’s kitchens he made his way to New York. There, he built the restaurant and team that reflected his dream of a diverse and multi-ethnic dining room. This is a "boots on the ground" story of the diverse world we live in and…

Want books like Yes, Chef?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 91 books like Yes, Chef.

Browse books like Yes, Chef

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Sweden, Ethiopia, and New York City?

Sweden 82 books
Ethiopia 46 books
New York City 1,137 books