Spike Mendelsohn

Bourdain & Queens Of The Stone Age Once Kicked A Rude Fan Out Of A Roadhouse

by Tina Nguyen

"You've made a huge tactical error. Now I'm not going to take a photo with you, this conversation is over and you're going to have to get the f*** out of my face."

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Chez Panisse Set To Reopen On The Summer Solstice, Mark Your Calendar?

by Tina Nguyen

Even if a devastating fire and months of repairs would incentivize an earlier opening, Alice Waters will not open her restaurant until the beginning of the Summer Solstice. Whenever that is.

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Amy Bouzgalo Served Time In Federal Prison For Social Security Fraud

by Tina Nguyen

In an Arizona Republic article, Jennifer McClellan reports that Bouzgalo formerly went by the name "Amanda Bossingham," and spent 14 months in federal prison in 2008.

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The Braiser Is Hiring Summer Interns!

by Laura Norkin

If you know your Blais from your Bourdain and are passionate about the culture surrounding food; if you can write in a compelling -- if sometimes sarcastic -- tone and wait with bated breath for the James Beards Award announcements and other foodie news, please apply.

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TV

Spike Mendelsohn Agrees Life After Top Chef Was A Terrible Idea

by Mariella Mosthof 2:49 pm, April 10th

We of the obsessive, relationship-analyzing ilk got a kick out of Bravo’s Top Chef spin-off Life After Top Chef. Spike Mendelsohn (and the ratings-generating public)? Not so much.
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LOL

Eric Ripert Sings Karaoke In Our Top 5 April Fools’ Pranks

by Tina Nguyen 5:51 pm, April 1st

Yesterday was a pretty big day for the witty pranksters in the food biz. Here are our favorite tricks that may or may not have gotten our goat.
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TV

Welcome To Restauros: A Game Of Thrones Celebrity Chef Mash-Up

by Mariella Mosthof 6:08 pm, March 29th

In case you live under a rock, or in a faraway land devoid of subway ads, Game of Thrones Season 3 premieres this Sunday on HBO. We couldn’t resist playing casting director. So, we transported the most powerful characters of Celeb Chefdom into the Game of Thrones universe for a little game of Who’s Who. Behold: the Houses of Restauros
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Video

WATCH: Spike Mendelsohn and Todd Erickson Show Off Their Buns In Miami

by Tina Nguyen 10:39 am, February 26th

In this video from Miami Pop Media, we get to see exactly how short these shorts are. Seriously, we think they bought girls’ booty shorts from a tourist beach shack.
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Competitions

PHOTOS: Celebrity Chefs Wear Scandalously Short Shorts, Play Volleyball For Charity

by Tina Nguyen 1:29 pm, February 25th

Last Friday, Spike Mendelsohn and a group of very famous people all took their shirts off, some of them realizing how oh so very Top Gun this charity match was. Here’s how it went down!
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Events

From Top Chef To Top Gun: Spike Mendelsohn Hosting Celebrity Volleyball Tournament For Charity

by Tina Nguyen 1:08 pm, February 15th

The roster of celebrity chefs he’s wrangled for this event, which benefits the Florida International University, is impressive, and now we get to see all of them with their shirts off, too!
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Tricks Of The Trade

What Do Celebrity Chefs Think About Food Photography In Restaurants?

by Tina Nguyen 5:00 pm, February 6th

Shared Appetite decided to poll their favorite chefs on their thoughts, and shared the results, posted on Reddit, below.
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LOL

Top Chef Trivia: Which Intelligent, Articulate, Humble Food Writer Went To Cooking School With Spike Mendelsohn?

by Mariella Mosthof 1:06 pm, January 26th

Also, since Spike Mendelsohn went to cooking school with Marcel Vigneron, are we to assume that the food writer in question went to school with both of them? Because that’s truly unimaginable.
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Podcast

Andrew Zimmern Blames Tyrannical Tasting Menus On Diners Who Exalt Spike Mendelson As ‘A Great Chef’

by Mariella Mosthof 12:09 pm, January 19th

Andrew Zimmern’s Podcast Go Fork Yourself is back for 2013 with an all-new season, and the first topic he and his co-host Molly Mogren tackled, natch, was Corby Kummer’s ‘Tyrannical Tasting Menus’ piece in Vanity Fair.
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Video

WATCH: Spike Mendelsohn Goes To A Gay Sports Bar

by Mariella Mosthof 5:29 pm, January 16th

Predictably offensive moments include Spike being offended that he doesn’t get hit on (“What’s wrong with me?”) and a dig at his new friend’s “perfectly manicured fingertips.”
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