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Chapters offer programs of interest to their communities that enlighten and stimulate, as well as opportunities to mentor promising women who want careers in the food, beverage and hospitality industries. |
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Promote women in our industries through networking and providing opportunities for education and career advancement. Work to advance the significance of foods and beverages in bridging cultural barriers. |
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Create and support ways to give back to local chapter communities. |
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| Welcome to Les Dames d'Escoffier |
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 27 individual chapters across the United States and Canada, is highly diversified and reflects the multifaceted fields of contemporary gastronomy and hospitality.
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- LDEI in DC for "Chefs Move to Schools" White House Launch
June 4, 2010 was a momentous day for LDEI, Green Tables and childhood nutrition. Forty plus Dames * from 15 chapters joined chefs from 37 states on the South Lawn of the White House for the launch of "Chefs Move to Schools", the new initiative of...
- Showcasing Successful Green Tables Projects
Set your Green Tables for the 2011 season! Listen in to a teleforum Tuesday September 28, 4 pm EDT showcasing various successful Green Tables projects. Speakers' presentations will include tips for finding local partners, funding sources, getting...
- LDEI Annual Conference in Palm Springs
The 2010 LDEI Annual Conference is being held in Palm Springs, October 21-24. The annual meeting features motivational and educational sessions, information on how to run a chapter, tours and the annual business meeting. It also features a glimpse...
- Meet the 2010 Legacy Award Winners
Three rising stars – a sommelier from New York, a sous chef from Kelowna BC and a personal chef from Los Angeles - have won the 2010 Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) Legacy Awards in Food, Wine and Hospitality.
Each Legacy...
- Chopped Casting has returned!
Seeking all types of chefs for Food Network- from restaurants, catering, private, corporate, culinary instructors, underground supper clubs, etc. from Boston to DC.
Can you create a $10,000 meal?
Food Network is seeking the next round of...
- Chefs Move to Schools Initiative
Last week GREEN TABLES co-chairs Dame Hilary Baum and Dame Barbara Petit, and Dame Marie Kelley, GT liaison to the LDEI board, were invited to participate in a conference call with White House chef, Sam Kass and representatives of many other...
- LDEI Seeks Nominees for 2011 Board of Directors
LDEI is seeking volunteers who are interested in serving on the international Board of Directors for the 2010-2011term. The LDEI Nominating Committee will collect nominations and produce a single slate that will be ratified by the seated...
- LDEI Announces 2010 Legacy Awards
Imagine the experience of working side by side for an exciting week with award winning masters in Chicago’s exciting restaurant scene, Washington State’s premier wine industry, or a small island resort in the British West Indies!
The...
- 2010 MFK Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing
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 personally gave her permission to Les Dames...
- Web Forum on Child Nutrition Now Available
GreenTables/LDEI in collaboration with Dialogue4Health brought together close to 400 participants from around the country for the February 1 Web Forum Reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act: What’ll It take To Fix School Lunch? Click here for...
- Mark Your Calendar for 2010 Conference
Mark your calendar for the 2010 LDEI Annual Conference, being held in Palm Springs, CA. The event is scheduled for October 21-24 at the Hyatt Grand Champions. Details about the conference and educational programming will be available in early 2010...
- French Potluck Picnic
A Taste of LDEI’s First Regional Gathering -
On Sunday, July 19th, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego and Palm Springs Dames gathered at Peg Rahn’s beautiful San Clemente home for the First LDEI Regional Gathering.
As you can...
- Who are the Top Women Chefs?
Author Beverly Wettenstein has written a piece for the Huffington Post and Les Dames is featured. She wants to know who the top women chefs are and who are the best new women chefs. Check out the posting and add your comments.
Food for Thought...
- A Chocolate Class in St. Louis, by Lori Willis
On Monday, March 16, the St. Louis Dames and invited guests were treated to a lesson in cooking with chocolate hosted by Master Chocolatier Patrice Bruchec, Executive Pastry Chef of The Ritz-Carlton in St. Louis.
Bruchec, who was once told by...
- LDEI Charters 27th Chapter
At its annual meeting in Philadelphia earlier this month, the LDEI Council of Delegates granted a charter for the organization’s 27th chapter – Les Dames d’Escoffier Northeast. The chapter will serve portions of New England and...
- LDEI Celebrates Chapter Anniversaries
At the 2009 LDEI Annual Conference in Philadelphia, the organization celebrated a number of chapter milestones with a celebratory cake at the “Philly PHUN” evening at the Sofitel. The cake was created by two students from the Restaurant...
- LDEI LEGACY AWARD WINNERS CHOSEN IN CULINARY AND WINE
A caterer from suburban Vancouver BC and culinary career counselor from Austin TX have won the 2009 LDEI Legacy Awards in Culinary and Wine. These one-week internships were created to give young women, who are not Dames, a firsthand opportunity to...
- "These 'Dames' Know Cooking" - review from the Desert Sun
It can be argued that women have been the driving force behind America's food revolution. Without Julia Child or Alice Waters we'd all still be eating the way we did in the '50s, and the male stars of the current food firmament would probably...
- Les Dames Cookbook Review from Contra Costa Times
The myth that cooking equals complicated permeates too many American households today. "Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier" quickly dispels that notion.
Cookbook review: "Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier: At Home with the Women Who Shape...
- Najmieh’s Persian Kebabs
Najmieh Batmanglij (Washington D.C.) created a fabulous Persian meal at a special D.C. dinner that the LDEI board attended in February. The delicious kebabs she served (Jujeh Kebab) are mentioned in the Spring issue of the Quarterly on page 9...
- 'Dames' of Seattle's food scene honor moms in an array of dishes
When Seattle's chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier, an organization dedicated to food education and philanthropy, decided to have a potluck in honor of the cooking of their mothers, the array of dishes was wide: from Danish Meatballs to Chicken...
- Les Dames Cookbook Finalist for IACP Cookbook Award
This year the Les Dames cookbook, Cooking with Les Dames d’Escoffier: At Home with the Women Who Shape the Way We Eat and Drink, was nominated as a finalist in the Compilations category of the 2009 IACP Cookbook Awards.
We are proud to have...
- Social Networking
Social networking is all the rage these days and LDEI is on the bandwagon. Thanks to the efforts of a couple of our members, LDEI has a presence on both LinkedIn and Facebook.
Holly Hadsell El-Hajji (Hawaii) is the administrator for the Facebook...
- Shangri La
The name makes one imagine a paradise on earth. Doris Duke spent some 60 years developing this estate into a mythical place of perfect living, accessible to only the invited during her lifetime. Although she had many homes, this is the one that...
- Dames Gather for a Festive Luau at The Bishop Museum in Oahu
The Winter issue of the LDEI Quarterly was mailed to all members on February 24th. The issue is packed with information and photos of the annual conference in Hawaii. Here are some photos and information that didn’t make the issue.
A...
- "A Great Cookbook and a Great Read"
KitchenGadgetGals.com takes a look at the LDEI Cookbook: Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier. You can read the review here. Their bottom line: "A great cookbook and a great read."
- Praise for Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier
Five-Star Cookbook Seasoned By Laguna Ties
Featured in Laguna Beach Independent, Nov 14, 2008
Marcella Rosene, part time Laguna Beach resident for 35 years, is the editor of Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier: At Home with the Women Who Shape...
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