{"id":17892,"date":"2025-07-20T08:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/?p=17892"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:07:23","slug":"we-are-best-of-dc-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/2025\/07\/20\/we-are-best-of-dc-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Best of DC 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nolwrap\">\n<p>It\u2019s official: We\u2019re the Best of DC 2025!  <em>Washington City Paper<\/em>\u2019s readers named us the winner in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bestof2025.washingtoncitypaper.com\/people-and-places\/best-personal-chef-caterer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Best Personal Chef \\ Caterer category<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bestof2025.washingtoncitypaper.com\/people-and-places\/best-personal-chef-caterer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data-attachment-id=\"17894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/2025\/07\/20\/we-are-best-of-dc-2025\/wcp-facebook-best-of-d-c-winner-pdc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WCP-Facebook-Best-of-DC-Winner-PDC.png\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WCP &amp;#8211; Facebook &amp;#8211; Best of DC Winner &amp;#8211; PDC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WCP-Facebook-Best-of-DC-Winner-PDC.png\" src=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WCP-Facebook-Best-of-DC-Winner-PDC.png\" alt=\"Best of Dc 2025 Best Personal Chef Caterer Palette Dome Cuisine\" class=\"wp-image-17894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WCP-Facebook-Best-of-DC-Winner-PDC.png 940w, https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WCP-Facebook-Best-of-DC-Winner-PDC-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WCP-Facebook-Best-of-DC-Winner-PDC-416x349.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chef Mesilati is also a finalist on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bestof2025.washingtoncitypaper.com\/people-and-places\/best-chef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Best Chef<\/a> category, and we only have you to thank for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your support means so much to us! 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