Host Jennifer Zyman is joined on The Food that Binds by chef Marcus Samuelsson. @marcuscooks is the chef behind restaurants such as @roosterharlem, @marcusbahamar in the Bahamas, @havandmar, and the recently opened @marcusbarandgrille in Atlanta. Samuelsson has won eight James Beard Foundation awards as a chef, author, and TV personality, most recently for his work as head judge on Top Chef: Family Style and host of On the Rise. He has won numerous competition shows, including Top Chef Masters and Chopped All-Stars, and is currently appearing as an Iron Chef on the Netflix hit Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. Samuelsson also hosts and produces the Seat at the Table on Audible and co-hosts the This Moment podcast with Swedish rapper Timbuktu on ACAST. He is the author of several cookbooks, the New York Times bestselling memoir Yes, Chef: A Memoir, and his latest book, The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food.