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    Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Winner of Bravo’s Top Chef Master Season Two – Twenty Eleven

    Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Winner of Bravo’s Top Chef Master Season Two – Twenty Eleven

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    Marcus Samuelsson is an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem in New York City and three other restaurants.

    As of 2010, he lives in Harlem, near the site of his newest restaurant, Red Rooster, which opened in December 2010.

    In March 2011, the Red Rooster hosted a fund-raising dinner for the Democratic National Committee. President Obama attended the dinner. The $30,800-per-plate event raised $1.5 million.

    After appearing consistently as a culinary judge on the Food Network show Chopped Samuelsson competed in and won Chopped All Stars: Judges Remix. He was awarded the grand prize of $50,000 for his charity, the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program.

    In 2013, Samuelsson won the James Beard Foundation award for Writing and Literature related to food. The book, Yes, Chef: A Memoir, chronicles his journey, from his grandmother’s kitchen to his arrival in New York City, and the earning of a New York Times three-star rating at the age of twenty-four.

    Carlos Beltran, Former Mets Player, Now Playing with St. Louis Cardinals

    Carlos Beltran, Former Mets Player, Now Playing with St. Louis Cardinals

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    Carlos Beltrán is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants.

    Beltrán was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1999. He has been named to seven MLB All-Star Games, and has won three Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Slugger Awards. Beltrán is a member of the 30–30 club, as he has hit 30 home runs and stolen 30 bases in the same season.

    Beltrán is among the best all-time statistical hitters in Major League Baseball postseason games, which has earned him nicknames such as “the new Mr. October”, “Mr. October, Jr.”, “Señor Octubre” and “the real Mr. October” from the media.

    He leads several offensive categories during this month, including slugging percentage, runs scored in a single season and at bats per home run-ratio. Beltrán is MLB’s all-time leader in OPS (on-base plus slugging) during the postseason, surpassing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig among players with at least a hundred at-bats. He has broken the 1.000 OPS mark in four different playoff series. Beltrán also has a 100% stolen base percentage during this phase of the tournament, which are the most stolen bases without being caught.