Harlem Globetrotters Swanson, Rivers Join Samuelsson On Home Plate: New York Premiering Tuesday

NEW YORK - June 14, 2024 - PRLog -- Harlem Globetrotters (https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/) stars 'Hot Shot' Swanson (https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/world-tour/roster/hot-shot/) and 'Jet' Rivers (https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/world-tour/roster/jet/) join award-winning chef, entrepreneur, author and food activist Marcus Samuelsson in the newest episode of the YES App original series Home Plate: New York premiering Tuesday, June 18 at 11 AM.

The YES App's Home Plate: New York series features Samuelsson teaming up with New York Yankees stars and other high-profile athletes and entertainers to visit New York City restaurants specializing in food from the guests' respective cultures and family heritages.

The episode debuting on June 18 (https://x.com/YESNetwork/status/1801623777135956120) features series host Samuelsson, Swanson and Rivers visiting Sylvia's, the world-famous soul food restaurant in Harlem known as "The Queen of Soul Food."

Samuelsson is a renowned chef and restaurateur, owning multiple restaurants across the globe. He was the youngest chef to receive a three-star review from the New York Times and has won multiple James Beard Foundation awards including Best Chef: New York City.

Standing at 4'5," Swanson is one of the team's most celebrated athletes. Born in the Bronx and raised in Harlem, he started his basketball career playing college basketball at Monroe College in the Bronx. The 6'1" Rivers, who hails from Elizabeth, New Jersey, began his basketball career at Wagner College, where he was a two-time all-conference selection and led the team to their most victories during his four-year reign.

Among the episode's highlights:

• Sylvia's chef Marcus Woods explains how his grandmother Sylvia Woods founded Sylvia's in 1962 and built it up into a culinary and cultural institution still owned by the Woods family that is visited by global dignitaries, celebrities and locals
• Marcus Samuelsson recalls coming to Sylvia's to ask for advice for his restaurants, given the amount of knowledge and expertise Sylvia possessed.  Marcus Woods says that Marcus Samuelsson is like family to the Woods
• 'Jet' and 'Hot Shot' help season and cook the restaurant's signature fried chicken
• Kenneth Woods, Marcus Woods' father, says that when you come to Sylvia's the first time, you are a guest, but the second time you come, you are family.

Previous Home Plate: New York episodes have featured New York Yankees ace pitcher Gerrit Cole and his wife Amy, The Sopranos stars Lorraine Bracco and Steve Schirripa, Olympic Soccer Gold Medalist Kelley O'Hara, former New York Rangers legend Henrik Lundqvist, NBA Hall of Fame player Tracy McGrady, four-time New York Yankees World Series Champion and Latin Grammy nominee Bernie Williams and New York Giants defensive lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux.

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