Jeffrey Buben: Biography and Background

Jeffrey Buben is a chef and restaurateur in Washington D.C.

Buben was raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the son of a former FBI agent. He graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in 1978 and worked in several restaurants in New York City before moving to Washington, D.C. in 1984.

In D.C., Buben cooked at Nicholas in the Mayflower Hotel and the Occidental Grill in the Willard Hotel. In 1993, he opened his own restaurant with his wife, Sallie, Vidalia, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. Vidalia earned rave views for its Southern food, including a corn bread recipe from Sallie's grandmother. Bon Appétit named it one of the nations' "Best New Restaurants."

In 1999, Buben won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic.

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