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Mike Solomonov

Mike Solomonov is the co-owner of CookNSolo Restaurants with his twenty-year business partner Steve Cook; Chef of the seminal restaurant Zahav; and co-author of four cookbooks. One of the country’s foremost restaurant minds, Solomonov is known as a champion for Israel’s vibrant and extraordinarily diverse culinary landscape, and as a steward of Philadelphia’s burgeoning food scene. He has garnered five James Beard Foundation Awards, including the coveted 2019 “Outstanding Restaurant”, 2017 “Outstanding Chef”, and 2016 “Cookbook of the Year” honors for Zahav. His restaurant group operates eight distinct concepts in Philadelphia, with properties also in Brooklyn and Miami. Renowned for their innovative flavors and memorable hospitality, CookNSolo’s concepts include Federal Donuts & Chicken, Dizengoff, Goldie, K’Far (Philadelphia and Brooklyn), Laser Wolf (Philadelphia and Brooklyn), Lilah Events, Jaffa Bar, and AVIV at 1 Hotel South Beach. In 2024, Solomonov co-founded Zahav Foods, a CPG company that brought his iconic signature dish, Zahav Restaurant Recipe Hummus, to households across the United States through retail at Whole Foods Market. Outside of the restaurants, you can often find Mike with Steve at Pho 75 in South Philly, working out the kinks in their Israeli village.

Mike Solomonov

Mike Solomonov is the co-owner of CookNSolo Restaurants with his twenty-year business partner Steve Cook; Chef of the seminal restaurant Zahav; and co-author of four cookbooks. One of the country’s foremost restaurant minds, Solomonov is known as a champion for Israel’s vibrant and extraordinarily diverse culinary landscape, and as a steward of Philadelphia’s burgeoning food scene. He has garnered five James Beard Foundation Awards, including the coveted 2019 “Outstanding Restaurant”, 2017 “Outstanding Chef”, and 2016 “Cookbook of the Year” honors for Zahav. His restaurant group operates eight distinct concepts in Philadelphia, with properties also in Brooklyn and Miami. Renowned for their innovative flavors and memorable hospitality, CookNSolo’s concepts include Federal Donuts & Chicken, Dizengoff, Goldie, K’Far (Philadelphia and Brooklyn), Laser Wolf (Philadelphia and Brooklyn), Lilah Events, Jaffa Bar, and AVIV at 1 Hotel South Beach. In 2024, Solomonov co-founded Zahav Foods, a CPG company that brought his iconic signature dish, Zahav Restaurant Recipe Hummus, to households across the United States through retail at Whole Foods Market. Outside of the restaurants, you can often find Mike with Steve at Pho 75 in South Philly, working out the kinks in their Israeli village.