Jonathan Cheban

At one point, music manager Benny Medina called Siegal to work on Sean Combs' 29th birthday party.

When Siegal rejected the offer despite Cheban's urging, Cheban accepted the job himself.

Cheban left Siegal and formed his own public-relations firm with two other publicists.

Foodgod (born Jonathan Cheban; 21 February 1974) is an American reality television personality, entrepreneur and former publicist.

He has made appearances on the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its spinoffs.

Cheban was born in Moldova, Soviet Union in 1974, the only child of a real-estate agent mother, Galina, and a diamond-dealer father, Mikhail who died in 2011.

He grew up in Fort Lee, New Jersey and attended Fort Lee High School before graduating from Hofstra University with a communications degree in 1995.

Cheban is of Russian Jewish background.

After graduation, Cheban began working for publicist Peggy Siegal at her firm in New York.

He left that company in 2001, and went on to found his own firm, CommandPR.

Cheban first gained public attention with his appearance on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, appearing as a friend of the Kardashian sisters.

He subsequently appeared in several episodes of the show's spin-offs, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kourtney and Kim Take Miami and Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons.

In 2008, Cheban launched his own clothing line, Kritik.

Cheban also has designed jewelry for RichRocks.

In 2010, Cheban starred in his own reality show, The Spin Crowd, chronicling the lives of Cheban, Simon Huck and their employees at his firm.

The series' executive producer was reality-TV star Kim Kardashian.

It was canceled after one season due to poor ratings.

Cheban's relationship with Kardashian has remained in the public spotlight.

In 2012, Cheban made a short video spoofing himself as someone living in the shadow of Kardashian's fame.

In late 2012, Cheban opened Sushi MiKasa, a restaurant in Miami.

In late 2012, Cheban began dating stylist Anat Popovsky after meeting her while filming Kourtney and Kim Take Miami.

On November 24, 2013, Cheban also co-hosted Coca-Cola Red Carpet Live!, a pre-show to the 2013 American Music Awards.

Cheban signed on as a single man on the second episode of the seventh season of Millionaire Matchmaker, which aired on December 12, 2013 on Bravo.

In January 2014, Cheban launched a product called Glam Screen, which is both a protective cover for a smart phone, as well as a mirror.

In 2014, Cheban launched TheDishh, an entertainment and life-style website that features what Cheban and his team consider to be the highest-quality foods, gadgets and entertainment.

He voluntarily left the show within days, which he finished 15th place.

In February 2015, Cheban opened the fast food restaurant Burger Bandit in Lynbrook, New York, on Long Island.

In January 2016, Cheban entered the Celebrity Big Brother 17 house in the U.K., to compete as a housemate on its 17th season.

In 2017, Cheban appeared on the second season of U.K.'s "Celebs Go Dating".

In late 2019 Cheban launched the podcast Foodgod: OMFG!

In October 2019, various media outlets announced he had changed his legal name to his social media handle, Foodgod, after starting the process in January.