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Les Dames d’Escoffier is the only organization of its kind: a world wide philanthropic society of professional women leaders in the fields of food, fine beverage and hospitality. The invitation-only membership, composed of 28 individual chapters across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, is highly diversified and reflects the multifaceted fields of contemporary gastronomy and hospitality.  

 
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  • Remembering Julia Child on Pinterest.com
    In celebration of Julia Child's 100th Birthday, August 15, 2012, Les Dames d'Escoffier New York invites you to post a photo or memento of Julia on Pinterest.com. Our goal is tocreate 100 Tributes (or more!) to Julia in an online Pinterest scrapbook...

  • Meet Me in St. Louis - 2012 LDEI Annual Conference
    Calling all Dames! Please mark your calendar for the “Meet Me in St. Louis!” LDEI Conference Oct. 11 – 14, 2012! Ladies, when it comes to 2012 Conference Planning, St. Louis dames are literally “rolling on the...

  • LDEI Embroidery Patches in the LDEI Store
    LDEI now has iron-on patches available for sale in the LDEI store. These high-quality embroidered patches are 3.5 inches in diameter and come in two colors: white with blue stitching or blue with white stitching. The cost is only $5.00 and...

  • It's All Who You Know
    We’re excited about the 2012 Les Dames d’Escoffier International Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, October 11-14! We are currently securing mutually beneficial partnerships to help ensure a successful event that delivers...

  • Les Dames d’Escoffier New York Hosts Welcome Party During IACP Conference
    By Melanie Young, President, Les Dames d’Escoffier New York   On March 29 the New York chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier hosted a welcome party at New York University’s Fales Library for Dames attending the International...

  • Philly Chapter Hosts Its First Culinary Symposium
    Cuisine, Cultur and Community by Aliza Green and Eileen Talanian (Philadelphia)  On an overcast morning last June, 100 Dames and guests brightened their day by attending the Philadelphia Chapter’s first biannual food symposium, Cuisine...

  • Help a woman enhance her career or experience a new world!
    Les Dames d’Escoffier International Legacy Awards, Supported by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, Offer Professional Wisdom to Women Workingin Food and Wine Imagine working side by side with award winning...

  • Deadline Extension for M.F.K. Fisher Award Submissions
    The deadline for submissions has been extended to April 13!   The MFK Fisher Award, presented biennially in even-numbered years, honors Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, a widely read and lauded culinary writer. Before her death in 1992, MFK Fisher...

  • STL Chapter Accepting Applications for Scholarships
     St. Louis, MO (March 1, 2012) -- Thanks to a grant from partner MillerCoors, The Saint Louis Missouri Chapter of Les Dames d’ Escoffier (LDEI-STL) is now accepting applications for culinary scholarships.  For the second consecutive year, a...

  • Recognizing LDNY's Founders
    In December 2011, LDNY Vice President Margaret Happel Perry and I sat down with our founder Dame Carol Brock and one of our five task force founding members Beverly Barbour-Soules, at Barbetta, a beautiful and historic Italian restaurant located in...

  • Les Dames d’Escoffier International Legacy Awards, Supported by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, Offer Professional Wisdom to Women Working in Food and Wine
    Imagine working side by side with award winning masters in Vancouver’s dynamic catering scene, or during harvest at one of California’s oldest and best known family-owned wineries. Learn from a nationally prominent artisanal cheese...

  • One of the Founding Members of LDEI Passes Away
    Eda Saccone, one of the five founding members of Les Dames d’Escoffier, has passed away in Boston. Below is her obituary as well as an historical perspective of the beginning of the organization that highlights the important role that she...

  • LDEI Caps for Sale
    LDEI has logoed baseball-style caps for sale. These top quality caps have the LDEI logo embroidered on the front and LDEI embroidered on the back. The hats come in blue with white embroidery or white with blue embroidery. The cost is $18 and...

  • Martha Teichner Presentation at LDEI Annual Conference
    Posted with permission. All rights reserved.  ON JANUARY 15, 2009, AN HOUR BEFORE CAPTAIN SULLY SULLENBERGER LANDED US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549 ON THE HUDSON RIVER, MY KITCHEN BURNED DOWN. I WAS ON A TRAIN TO BOSTON AT THE TIME AND KNEW NOTHING...

  • Kikkoman Recipes
    Here are two appealing recipes that have been created by San Francisco Dame Helen Roberts. Read the Spring 2011 issue of the Quarterly (pages 12 and 13) to learn more about Helen and the quality products she endorses from Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc...

  • Meet the 2011 Legacy Award Winners
    Three rising stars – a sommelier from New York, a food activist and chef from suburban Washington DC and a specialty foods marketing and culinary manager in Chicago - have won the 2011 Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) Legacy...

  • ACF Resource for Culinary and Baking/Pastry Students and Educators
    The American Culinary Federation has a free resource for culinary and baking/pastry students and educators. Sizzle: The American Culinary Federation quarterly for students of cooking has educated students and provided educators with resources since...

  • Legacy Awards Offer Professional Wisdom to Women Working in Food and Wine
    Imagine the experience of working side by side for an exciting week with award winning masters in Vancouver’s dynamic catering scene, or during harvest at one of California’s oldest and best known family-owned wineries or with an...

  • Top Trends from LDEI Food Experts
    Check out our latest release, "Top Trends from Food Experts" here: http://pitch.pe/124496 We encourage you to share this with friends and colleagues through Facebook, E-mail or one of the other sharing options available by PitchEngine. For those...
 

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