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In late September, Mendelsohn and his business partner, lobbyist Vinoda Basnayake, are scheduled to open a cocktail bar inside the D.C.

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. 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. He is the chef and owner of multiple restaurants: Good Stuff Eatery, Santa Rosa Taqueria, and We, The Pizza in Washington, D.C. best known as the fifth-place finisher of the, which aired 20082009. “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. Evangelos Spiros 'Spike' Mendelsohn (born December 15, 1980) is a Washington, D.C.

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. A flexitarian himself, he values the environmental impact that plant-based eating has on the planet. 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. Chef Spike Mendelsohn has been a fan of plant-based eating for a long time.