New York City FC has today named celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson the Club’s first-ever Chief Culinary Coach. A soccer fan since childhood – and a NYCFC fan since the Club’s inaugural season – the new collaboration will see Chef Samuelsson take up an official ambassador role with the Club that includes working with the first team and collaborating on community events in the five boroughs.
To officially announce the partnership, Chef Samuelsson attended a NYCFC first team training session where he discussed tactics with Sporting Director and long-time friend, Claudio Reyna, joined in team drills and played a fun game of soccer tennis with players Anton Tinnerholm, Ben Sweat and Sebastien Ibeagha.