New Pastry Team At 1789 Restaurant

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New Pastry Team at 1789 Restaurant Creates Sweet Endings for Georgetown's Premier Dining Experience

Washington, D.C., (October 20, 2004)-Executive Chef Ris Lacoste is pleased to announce the appointment of two new pastry chefs at historic 1789 Restaurant in Georgetown. Pastry Chef Zoe Trillium Behrens and Assistant Pastry Chef Donna Divittorio artfully create all the fresh breads, pastry and seasonal desserts for the restaurant in the sun-filled pastry shop overlooking Prospect Street.


Zoe Behrens began her career in her teens at her family's restaurant and winery,
Behrens- Hitchock in Arcata, California, which later relocated to Napa. There Chef Behrens gained experience at the CIA Greystone, as well as spending time abroad exploring Europe and the Caribbean. Her next move brought her to Washington, DC to pursue additional culinary education at L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland. During this time she joined 1789 Restaurant as kitchen staff.

Donna Divittorio, also an alumnus from L'Academie de Cuisine, joins 1789 Restaurant as assistant pasty chef with extensive pastry experience earned at Pastries by Randolph, the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and the French Embassy. She has also assisted Executive Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier on multiple occasions at the White House during both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Her tenure at the White House began through her role as an assistant chef in the Navy in 1997. She has honed her skills since entering the culinary field with extensive training in classic French pastry, cake decorating, and chocolate.

1789 Restaurant is located at 1226 36th Street, NW and offers complimentary valet parking along with dinner service nightly. A pre-theater menu is available until 6:45 p.m. and the restaurant also offers private elegant dining rooms for special
occasion gatherings. For reservations please call 202-965-1789.