Spike Mendelsohn

Spike Mendelsohn
Born	Evangelos Mendelsohn (1980-12-15) December 15, 1980 (age 36) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education	Culinary Institute of America
Website	www.goodstuffeatery.com
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s) Good Stuff Eatery We, The Pizza Béarnaise
Previous restaurant(s) Mai house Le Cirque Bouchon Les Crayeres Pepin restaurant
Television show(s) Bar Rescue Kitchen Sink Iron Chef America Life After Top Chef The Next Iron Chef Top Chef
Award(s) won The Francis Roth Leadership Award Burger Bash 2009

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. He is the chef and owner of multiple restaurants: Good Stuff Eatery, Béarnaise, and We, The Pizza in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 2013, Mendelsohn opened his newest restaurant named "Béarnaise" in Washington's Capitol Hill. Béarnaise was awarded two stars by the Washington Post.

Born in Quebec, and raised in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Mendelsohn graduated from Culinary Institute of America where he met Marcel Vigneron and became best friends with him. 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.

Mendelsohn made his television debut on Bravo TV’s television series Top Chef: Chicago. 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.