Spike’s newest restaurant, PLNT Burger, is dedicated to crafting and redefining some of America’s favorite foods without the use of any animal products. Following the opening of Good Stuff Eatery, Spike opened up We, The Pizza, Béarnaise and Santa Rosa Taqueria. This success inspired a cookbook ( The Good Stuff Cookbook) and multiple locations across the country and overseas. His burger joint quickly became a favorite of political elites, including President Barack Obama. In 2008, Chef Spike Mendelsohn opened up the first restaurant in his culinary empire on Washington DC’s Capitol Hill: Good Stuff Eatery. Other TV credits include hosting Midnight Feast and Food Network’s Kitchen Sink. After making his television debut on Bravo TV’s Top Chef, Mendelsohn went on to appear on several other cooking-related shows, including Life After Top Chef, Iron Chef America, Late Night Chef Fight and Beat Bobby Flay. After graduating from the Culinary Institute Of America, Mendelsohn worked with some of the world’s most renowned chefs and restaurateurs, including Gerard Boyer, Thomas Keller, Sirio Maccioni and Drew Nieporent. Food Policy Council, Chef Ambassador to CARE International and Chef Contributor to DC Central Kitchen.By Darren Paltrowitz 0 Chef Spike Mendelsohn On The Growth Of PLNT Burger, His Early Days As A Chef, “MXC” & MoreĬhef Spike Mendelsohn’s career spans nearly three decades, with success found as a chef, restaurateur, television personality, product developer, podcaster and consultant. area and he also serves as the Chairman of the D.C. Spike Mendelsohn is the owner of multiple restaurants in the Washington D.C. Chef Spike received rave reviews for the book from fellow chefs Rachael Ray, TLC’s Comfort Food’s Chef Art Smith, and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio. The cookbook includes 120 recipes targeted towards home cooks who aim to cook American comfort food favorites. In 2010, Chef Mendelsohn published his first cookbook called The Good Stuff Cookbook. He also competed on Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef where he battled notable chefs Robert Irvine, Geoffrey Zakarian, Marcus Samuelsson, Elizabeth Galkner, and Iron Chef Guranaschelli. Since then, Chef Mendelsohn has appeared on several other television programs including the Rachael Ray Show, The Nate Berkus Show, Unique Sweets, Recipe Rehab, and more. The judges of the show, Celebrity Chefs Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons, and Ted Allen, along with the guest judges for the episode, Chef Tramonto, Harold Dieterle, Ilan Hall and Hung Huynh, were the deciding factors in the elimination. Spike was eliminated in the 12 th episode called High Steaks where the chefs were made to cook an appetizer and entrée on the line at acclaimed Chef Rick Tramonto’s Steak and Seafood restaurant. Mendelsohn cooked against other talented chefs including Nikki Cascone, Richard Blais, Lisa Fernandes, and the season four winner, Chef Stephanie Izard. Raised by a family who worked in the culinary industry, Chef Mendelsohn was destined to become a celebrity chef.Ĭhef Spike got his start as a television personality when he competed in season four of Bravo’s hit reality cooking series, Top Chef. Celebrity chef speaker Spike Mendelsohn is a Culinary Institute of America graduate, a television personality, and a cookbook author.
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