Spike Mendelsohn
Top Chef Season 8: All-Stars
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Top Chef recap: Same song, second verse
2011-02-24 / US News Portal
...season, different chefs attempted to strategize their way through challenges only to have it blow up in their face (see: Spike, Angelo). Even in this episode, Angelo was whispering to Dale that he had gotten inside of Richard's head. Richard, however, understands Top Chef...show's two toughest seasons (four and six), Lisa Fernandes and Robin Leventhal hung around and hung around despite being inferior to the remaining chefs. In a pre-season interview...Richard/Dale/Antonia final four to a Richard/Antonia/Mike/Tiffany one. Gotta believe that everytime a Dale or Angelo was sent home, somebody at ... -
Top Chef All Stars Recap
2011-01-10 / Box Office Prophets
...steam. Marcel, Casey and Mike have avoided elimination . . . . but that's pretty much it. Trunk: And then we come to the three chefs that could have easily replaced Spike in the "loser" seat last week. ...Tiffany's dish was a mess, Tre's was the worst of the night and Jamie didn't serve anything. Will one of these chefs go home this week? The chefs...be set up as a "let's see how Tom would fare on Top Chef!" but it's totally contrived. Give any of these chefs the same circumstances and they'd be able to turn out a great dish... -
Top Chef All-Stars: Power Rankings Week 4
2010-12-26 / Cinema Blend
...wasn’t even eligible for elimination. What balderdash. This week’s elimination winner was Carla who threw together...vote this week, but Angelo is nothing if not a solid second place. As usual, he showed his talent during the Elimination Challenge, easily winning...performance in season 1 to win her a spot at the head of the all-star class. #4) Marcel Vigneron (43) : Marcel came within a Tre of winning...and “low” every week? Go hard or go home. #9) Mike Isabella (31) : Like Jamie, Mike didn...to be here, non-performance, the most apathetic contestant Top Chef has ever produced outlasted Spike. How do you ... -
Top Chef Elimination Interview: Spike Mendelsohn
2010-12-24 / TV Fanatic
Spike Mendelsohn has a few things to say before he steps away from the spotlight. The Top Chef All-Star, who was eliminated from the show this week, told TV Guide that Jaime "not a team player," an opinion likely shared by ...and I ended up with tasteless shrimp. On the judges not tasting all the dishes : I think that goes under the category of Top Chef: All-Stars trying to make things a lot more difficult. You have to have more strategy involved. I did recognize that. We ... Bourdain's unborn child or long-lost son, as he put it. I'll take that title over the winner of Top Chef: All-Stars! [Laughs] -
Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 4: Game, set, match. Hootie.
2010-12-23 / Washington Post Blogs
..., chili-lemon aioli, grapes and olive would take top prize. But instead, Tony and Padma liked Marcel's...audition. Up first: Fabio (whole-wheat gnocchi with pork loin) vs. Casey (pork tenderloin with farro salad). This matchup angers Spike...seasons of the show. There's great praise all around, and local D.C. gal Carla is named the winner. She wins not just the challenge, but also a trip to Italy. Up for elimination are the Yellow Team cheftestants whose dishes lost: Casey, Tiffany, Tre and Spike...Spike gets sent home because, ultimately, he didn't take control of his dish, or his team, and the final... -
Top Chef Review: A Game of Strategy
2010-12-23 / TV Fanatic
...elimination (bye-bye, cute Dale and obsessed-with-fashion-Stephen) the chefs jump right into the final episode of 2011. It's a game of strategy this week, as contestants go head-to-head against one another. While I appreciate that Top Chef is employing new and exciting themes for the season (i.e. sending chefs...she throws her teammates under the table and doesn’t even show at the challenge; even if it’s about strategy, she...at judges’ table, while Spike explains how Angelo meddled with his dish. I feel badly that Spike went home since Angelo’s overenthusiastic plating might... -
Top Chef recap: You got served
2010-12-23 / US News Portal
...match. The first team to reach four points would win. Losing dishes on the losing team were up for elimination. Along the way, Spike and Angelo decided, in the interest of strategy, ...a fingernail but -- unlike Jamie in the museum challenge -- wrapped it up and kept going. The matches (winner in italic): Casey (pork loin and faro salad) vs. Fabio (whole wheat gnocchi) Tiffani (sashimi of...Co. Spike's inclusion in this season raised more than a few eyebrows as his previous performance on the show was good but not great (he was ranked the lowest of any season eight chef in the Trib's Top Chef Power ... -
Top Chef: All Stars: Who Got Served This Week?
2010-12-23 / People Magazine
...Top Chef: All-Stars victory in Wednesday's episode – a strenuous challenge that found the chefs...D.C.-based chef stuck to her guns – and showed a ...Spike Mendelsohn, whose soup dish got some (possibly unwanted?) help from Sosa and his teammates. The judges ultimately took issue with Spike's bland shrimp, but the chef claims the dish he served wasn't of his own creation. Did his team tamper with his dish too much? In the final...winner of the entire challenge. Her prize? A trip to Italy. Unfortunately, Spike was eliminated this week. And while he didn't take responsibility for his final... -
Top Chef Recap: US Open Wide
2010-12-23 / The Quad (blog)
...self-portrait. Last night’s Top Chef started with a very strange Quickfire, presided over by guest judge Tony Mantuano, as the chefs had to make stuffing without ...4 points would be the winner. Only the players who had the losing dishes on the losing team would be up for elimination. This format was weird...so the person with the third -worst dish went home, but we’ll get to that later. Spike, and his team (Angelo, Jamie, Casey, Tiffany.... Spike was eliminated, which makes me happy, but since he was listed as a cheftender last week, I will have to eat an entire watermelon! Pictures will... -
Top Chef: All-Stars - Episode 4 Recap
2010-12-23 / Realitywanted
...stuffing debate. Each chef must create their version of the classic, seasonal favorite. Did I mention they can't use any cooking tools? Well, they can't. At least the winner will gain immunity ..., and Spike is none-to-pleased with this addition. Richard's win over spike brings the orange team to match point. Angelo helps Trey finish his Salmon before facing Carla in the final battle. ... Quickfire. Spike mentions Angelo and his questionable assistance at Judge's Table, but since Angelo isn't up for elimination, it doesn't help Spike's case very much and he is sent home. Top Chef: All Stars... -
'Top Chef All-Stars': Season 1, Episode 4 'Advantage Chef'
2010-12-23 / Wall Street Journal Blogs
...Actually! Surprise! Producers did think ahead and the quickfire is to make holiday stuffing. Guest judge is Top Chef Master’s Tony Mantuano. Oh, but wait a second, Padma says. You can’t use...elevated”) and Richard. Was there a strategy?, the judges ask. Nah, Richard says. The winner this week: Carla, who snags a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, in the other room, people ...despite not competing in two elimination challenges so far. This week’s loser: Spike, whose brilliant strategy backfired when Jamie dug in her heels and refused to compete. Losing Spike but keeping Jamie fizzles ... -
Top Chef's Spike: "Jamie's Just Got a Bad Attitude"
2010-12-23 / TV Guide
' man of many hats, Spike Mendelsohn, got served a trip home - thanks not only to his tasteless shrimp, but also some sly game-play by teammate Jamie, who refused to serve her dish in a tennis-inspired challenge at the U.S. Open. "It's like c'mon, you're a cook," Spike tells TVGuide.com. "I just don't ... to win the show. For me at least, that's not what it's all about. Spike: I am the craftiest motherf----- and Anthony Bourdain's unborn child or long-lost son, as he put it. I'll take that title over the winner of Top Chef: All-Stars ! [ Laughs ] TVGuide.com: You said in your exit video that... -
'Top Chef All Stars' Eliminated Chef: 'Sabotage Is Such A Strong Word'
2010-12-23 / TV Squad
... tennis. The members of the team that failed to score a point wound up the losers. The chef sent home was Spike Mendelsohn. Spike was a season 4 cheftestant and one of the more colorful characters in the 'Top Chef' pantheon. Currently he lives in Washington, D.C., where he owns and runs three restaurants -- Capitol Hill...to four is the winner. Do you think Jamie is getting a free ride because she hasn't had to present her dishes to the judges in two episodes? Oh yes. Hello, we're on a nationally recognized, Emmy-winning show called 'Top Chef' where people come on a show to cook and present... -
Top Chef exit interview: Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
2010-12-23 / US News Portal
...head-to-head battle," Mendelsohn told The Stew on Thursday. Beaten badly by Richard Blais, Spike was on the chopping block. But did he deserve it? - Jamie Lauren, whom everyone on Spike's team believed had the worst dish, never presented it because the team was eliminated first. - Angelo ...Top Chef" sometimes that's funny, and people that show they don't have the will to stay in the competition, they send themselves home. Casey came up to me right after the competition and said that "Listen, if you don't want to go home, I will, because I'm done with this competition." If I was Old Spike, Season... -
Recap: 'Top Chef All-Stars' - 'Advantage Chef'
2010-12-22 / HitFix
...revulsion to find that out. The winner is Tre, which is great ..., head to head. The chefs who face elimination must deliver both a losing ... her dish. Finally! Go, Carla! Some of the chefs talk about how...is going smoothly from an injury standpoint until Carla cuts half... people on this show - helping them go home, that is. So, Spike’s tomato tamarind...season. During her first season of “Top Chef,” she seemed like a real competitor (and she gamely put up with Stefan’s nonstop romantic overtures), but this time around she appears to be skating by. When the judges criticize Spike... -
"Advantage Chef"
2010-12-22 / A.V. Club
...in Season 2 of Top Chef Masters .... this season, which have managed to marry the ...show, Jamie would likely be hauled in front of Tyra in the middle of the night to be humiliated and sent home. It's a tough call. On one hand, the contestants knew the rules going in and should have done the math to figure out that possibly some chefs... wouldn't compete. On the other, someone's up for elimination from an incomplete set. Spike's dish, at least based on editing, seemed to have fewer problems than Jamie's. The structure of the game lent the episode an excellent pace, having the judges vote... -
Top Chef Recap: David Chang and the Bro Code
2010-12-17 / The Quad (blog)
...top of popcorn and french toast. In the end, Stephen and Dale L. were sent home (even though the other Dale won…irony!). This elimination was less shocking than the others this season. Stephen clearly had to go, and yes Dale came in second in season 3, but he didn’t win and elimination challenge until the final... is eliminated the next week, I will eat an entire watermelon, and post pictures along with it to win back my Top Chef authority. 1. Richard (He doesn’t have to be in the top every time…) 2. Angelo 3. Dale T. 4. Spike (He was on the winning Quickfire team... -
'Top Chef' Restaurants: You Won't Believe Who's Cooking What ... And Where!
2010-12-15 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
...flaws of Top Chef: All Stars , one of the best foodie reality shows out there, is that no matter how HD your TV is, you can't actually taste the food at home. You'd ...pierogies. I wouldn't turn down their housemade ding-dong, that's for sure. Current All Star Spike Mendelsohn has opened not one, but two casual restaurants in our nation's capitol. Good Stuff Eatery, another... and enjoyed our burgers, fries, and shakes while Spike himself worked the register. I particularly enjoyed the "cottage fries" seasoned with thyme and rosemary. This year, Spike followed Good Stuff's success by opening We, The... -
Top Chef: All-Stars Recap
2010-12-14 / Box Office Prophets
...Top Chef, the season started wonderfully as the producers came up with the perfect initial Elimination Challenge. With a cast of 18 chefs who had not won in previous seasons, they were asked to remake the dish that led to their ultimate disappointment. In the end, there were several surprises, some of them serendipitous. Spike... during the episode, other than Fabio, whose dish seemed to make Anthony Bourdain regret ever becoming a celebrity cook famous enough to be a judge on Top Chef. To kick off the show, we are introduced to a Jonas brother. Are we on the right channel? Readers of this site... -
Top Chef Recap: Following the Culinary Prowess of Joe Jonas
2010-12-10 / The Quad (blog)
...season one, and Spike, who is eleven years old, were the top two and had to continue the challenge by recruiting the other chefs to make 150 portions of their snacks. After the kids voted (in what was the longest Quickfire segment in Top Chef history), Tiffani emerged the winner...video. Team brontosaurus (Spike, Blais, Angelo, Marcel, Carla, Mike, Stephen, Fabio, Dale T.) appeared to be sailing along smoothly. Spike seemed slightly more inebriated than usual in his interviews...sent home, making her the second very strong woman in two episodes to go. This is the face that gets you eliminated. ... -
Top Chef Recap: A Night(mare) at the Museum
2010-12-09 / People Magazine
...Jonas was," he said. "I thought he was a pastry chef." With 45 minutes to cook, everyone got to work, whipping up saccharine treats for the kids to enjoy at midnight. In the top, Spike Mendelsohn, who made carrot chips with a sweet dipping sauce, ...final say – and this week's Judges' Table was especially dramatic. Spike's team was named the winner, and Marcel Vigneron, Richard Blais and Angelo Sosa were called out as winners for their fruit parfait dish. And, in a startling elimination, the judges sent home a livid (is that an understatement?) Jen Carroll for her bacon and eggs. The chef...
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