Chef Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen - Biography
Baltimore, MD
September 2019
Spike Gjerde is a chef and restaurateur dedicated to creating a viable local food economy in the Mid-Atlantic with the Chesapeake Bay at its center. Based in Baltimore and having expanded to Washington, D.C. in 2018, he leads a team of nearly 300 across six locations including Woodberry Kitchen, Artifact Coffee, Bird in Hand, Parts & Labor, Grand Cru, and canning operation Woodberry Pantry, plus A Rake’s Progress, and The Cup We All Race 4 at The LINE Hotel. In 2015, Gjerde took home the James Beard award for “Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic.”
Related Links
Trend Alert: Is Goat the New Pork Belly?
7th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress
Fame, Fortune and 2012 New Year's Restaurant Resolutions
The 7th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress Welcome Address
Baltimore, a Butcher Shop, and Bologna: Bringing Back Local Whole-Animal Charcuterie
9th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress
Trend Alert: Is Goat the New Pork Belly?
7th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress
Fame, Fortune and 2012 New Year's Restaurant Resolutions
The 7th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress Welcome Address
Baltimore, a Butcher Shop, and Bologna: Bringing Back Local Whole-Animal Charcuterie
9th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress

Chef Spike Gjerde
@spikegjerde- Woodberry Kitchen
2010 Clipper Park Road
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 464-8000
www.woodberrykitchen..