Convention Center, just across Seventh Street from where the now-defunct craft drink mecca The Passenger closed early this year. Celebrity chef and restaurateur Spike Mendelsohn is a CARE ambassador and member of CAREs Global Advisory Council. When he’s not in the kitchen or lobbying on The Hill, Spike can be found surfing any river or ocean that has a wave. In late September, Mendelsohn and his business partner, lobbyist Vinoda Basnayake, are scheduled to open a cocktail bar inside the D.C. Spike lives in the DC area with his wife, Cody, and their son. However, the “Top Chef” and “Top Chef All-Stars” alum hasn’t turned total stiff he’s still finding time to keep Washington deep in good booze. “I’m excited about the opportunity I’ve been given to help shape the food policy landscape,” says Mendelsohn. Marshals evicted Good Stuff Eatery chef and owner Spike Mendelsohn and his friend and business partner, Mike Colletti, from their Capitol Hill rental house this. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently named Mendelsohn chairman of the city’s new Food Policy Council. In addition to Mendelsohn’s We, The Pizza and Good Stuff Eatery, he operates French bistro Bernaise, on Capitol Hill ( Michelle Obama has been there for steak frites), atop which he’s constructing an urban roof garden. But Kass married MSNBC’s Alex Wagner a year and a half ago, and Mendelsohn got engaged to Borromeo in January.Īs Mendelsohn gets serious about settling down, he’s also making the leap from brooding cooking show competitor to sustainable food advocate. Mendelsohn was once considered Washington’s hottest eligible foodie, in close contention with former White House chef Sam Kass. “We decided that the blue moon in July, in Greece, was perfect, so we made it happen,” says Mendelsohn in an email from Europe, where the couple is still traveling. The couple made the hop from Italy to the island of Kefalonia, where the Greek-rooted Mendelsohn’s family has a home, and within two weeks they managed to pull together the planning and fly in about 20 relatives and close friends. After eight seasons, the Bravo hit series just wrapped an all-star version of its famous competition show where cheftestants are pitted against each other to earn industry respect, cash prizes, and, perhaps most importantly, national exposure. Petersburg, FL and Montreal, Canada, where his. For those who watch Top Chef, he needs little introduction. Famous cookbook author and chef to discuss Jewish holiday traditions and cooking in America EnlargeDownload Link The First Passover Seder Dinner given by the Jewish Welfare Board in 1919 to Jewish men in the American Expeditionary Forces. Mendelsohn, who has developed a (wonkier) passion in shaping food policy, was visiting Milan, Italy, on behalf of the State Department’s Diplomatic Culinary Partnership program and the James Beard Foundation, when he and Borromeo, who works with him, decided to tie the knot on a whim. Spike Mendelsohn first competed on Top Chef: Chicago Season 4 and came back to compete on Top Chef All-Stars Season 8.
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