Chef Jakubiec - Plume Restaurant at The Jefferson

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Plume One of Washington D.C.'s finest restaurants read more: WASHINGTON DC’S BEST FINE DINING RESTAURANT

Voted Washington, DC’s best fine dining restaurant by Zagat, Plume Restaurant at The Jefferson hotel serves as a discreet and elegant backdrop to the culinary artistry of our award-winning executive chef, Chris Jakubiec. Choose a cozy nook or a table by our inviting fireplace as you savor classic dishes crafted using traditional techniques and seasonal restaurant menus that are inspired by the harvest from Thomas Jefferson's kitchen gardens at Monticello.

Savor a bottle of the restaurant’s more than 1,300 labels. Plume’s wine list spans more than a dozen nationalities and dates back to a rare 1780 Borges Madeira Bual, presided over by sommelier Michael Scaffidi, formerly of The French Laundry. Among the more than 50 vintages are those Jefferson himself enjoyed in his time as well as newer wines he might select were he alive today.

Providing the final flourish to this unforgettable dining experience is service as discreet as it is attentive, and always informed.

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: CHRIS JAKUBIEC

Cooking runs in Executive Chef Chris Jakubiec’s family – his mother went to culinary school and ran a deli and catering company in his hometown in Connecticut. Following in her footsteps, Jakubiec got his start at a vegan restaurant before studying at the French Culinary Institute in New York City.

Right out of school, Chris landed a job at The Royalton in NYC. From there, he studied under a parade of well-known chefs at locations including The Delano, Mix and the Gansevoort, where he honed his French cooking skills and learned sous vide and Japanese techniques. In 2009, then Sous Chef Jakubiec helped Damon Gordon open the newly renovated Jefferson Hotel and its fine dining room called Plume. Two years later, Gordon returned to the west coast, and Jakubiec was promoted to executive chef of The Jefferson Hotel in April 2011.

Chris Jakubiec’s culinary program is, as he describes “traditional food, done right,” with a heavy emphasis on impeccable cuts, proper seasoning, artful presentation and classic technique.

WASHINGTON DC’S BEST FINE DINING RESTAURANT