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He was also featured on other television shows, such as Bravo TV’s Life After Top Chef (aired in the fall of 2012) and Top Chef: All Stars (aired in December 2010), Food Network’s Iron Chef America and Spike TV’s Bar Rescue.
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Mendelsohn made his television debut on Bravo TV’s television series Top Chef: Chicago. Mendelsohn notes in an interview that "my family has been in the business for centuries - my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather." In 2008, Spike's family formed the Washington, D.C.-based Sunnyside Restaurant Group consisting of the restaurants "Good Stuff Eatery," "We, The Pizza," and "Santa Rosa Taqueria." Media appearances Mendelsohn has since worked for culinary chefs such as Gerard Boyer in Reims, France Thomas Keller of The French Laundry and Bouchon in Napa Valley, California Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque and Drew Neiporent's Mai House in New York City. While studying at the institute, Mendelsohn began his friendship with American Chef Marcel Vigneron. In 2005, Mendelsohn graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. Young Mendelsohn worked at Pepin as "busboy, dishwasher, pinch-hitting as a cook when short staffed." Petersburg, Florida until its sale in 2004. Later, the family moved to Clearwater Beach, Florida. The family resided there for three and a half years, during which time he attended school in Marbella, Spain. In 1993, when Spike was thirteen years old, his family moved to Seville, Spain.
His mother is Greek and his father is Jewish. Mendelsohn was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 2019, Mendelsohn opened PLNT Burger, a vegan restaurant featuring Beyond Meat, inside Whole Foods Market in Silver Spring, Maryland. In the summer of 2017, Mendelsohn closed his restaurant Béarnaise in Washington's Capitol Hill and opened Santa Rosa Taqueria in its place. He is the chef and owner of multiple restaurants: Good Stuff Eatery, Santa Rosa Taqueria, and We, The Pizza in Washington, D.C.
Evangelos Spiros "Spike" Mendelsohn (born December 15, 1980) is a Washington, D.C.-based chef and restaurateur best known as the fifth-place finisher of the fourth season of Top Chef, which aired 2008–2009.
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