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Evangelos Spiros "Spike" Mendelsohn 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, Santa Rosa Taqueria, and We, The Pizza in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 2017, Mendelsohn closed his restaurant Béarnaise in Washington's Capitol Hill and opened Santa Rosa Taqueria in its place. In 2019, Mendelsohn opened PLNT Burger, a vegan restaurant featuring Beyond Meat, inside Whole Foods Market in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Birth Name
Evangelos Spiros Mendelsohn
Born
Monday, 15 December 1980
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Kitchen Sink | Self - Co-Host | 2016 |
| Late Nite Chef Fight | Self | 2014 |
| The Kitchen | Self - Kitchen Sink Co-Host | 2014 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
| Beat Bobby Flay | Mentor / Self - Judge | 2013 |
| Recipe Rehab | Contestant (2012) | 2012 |
| Life After Top Chef | Self | 2012 |
| Extreme Chef | Self - Judge | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
| Unique Sweets | Self - Executive Chef | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Kitchen Sink | Self - Co-Host | 2016 |
| Late Nite Chef Fight | Self | 2014 |
| The Kitchen | Self - Kitchen Sink Co-Host | 2014 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
| Beat Bobby Flay | Mentor / Self - Judge | 2013 |
| Recipe Rehab | Contestant (2012) | 2012 |
| Life After Top Chef | Self | 2012 |
| Extreme Chef | Self - Judge | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
| Unique Sweets | Self - Executive Chef | 2011 |
| The Nate Berkus Show | Self - Chef | 2010 |
| Mexican Made Easy | Self | 2010 |
| Worst Cooks in America | Self - Judge | 2010 |
| The Wendy Williams Show | Self (as Chef Spike Mendelsohn) | 2008 |
| The Next Iron Chef | Self - Contestant / Self - Audience Member | 2007 |
| Chopped | Self - Judge / Chef & Restaurateur | 2007 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| Top Chef | Self / Self - Contestant / Self - Sous Chef, Richard / Self - Sous Chef, Crabs / Self - Sous Chef - Richard | 2006 |
| Iron Chef America: The Series | Self - ICA Challenger Chef / Self - Challenger Chef | 2005 |
Producer Filmography
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