PlumpJack Cafe and Bar

Executive Chef Jack Connell focuses on a New American culinary approach utilizing modern techniques. Working for many notable chefs including Rick Tramonto and Gale Gand at Tru and Paul Kahan at Blackbird influenced him to take his culinary skills to the next level. His wanderlust took him to Lake Tahoe where he had his first stint at PlumpJack Cafe as sous chef for three years. Soon after he enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Excelling among his peers he graduated with the highest cumulative GPA in his accelerated class. After the CIA, Jack went to Philadelphia where he worked with Certified Master Chef Oliver Andreini at the Merion Cricket Club. In 2015, Jack was promoted to Executive Chef at PlumpJack Cafe where he leads a team of talented chefs. He is passionate about the outdoors and has several hobbies that fit into the Tahoe lifestyle including skiing, sailing, hiking, biking, and camping. He also enjoys music, lasers, thrift store shopping, antique bicycles, and his expansive cookbook collection.