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Education

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.
Advocacy

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.
Philanthropy

Create and support ways to give back to local chapter communities.
 
 
Grande Dame

On alternating years, Les Dames d'Escoffier International bestows the honor of naming a woman as Grande Dame of Les Dames d'Escoffier International. This honorary title is given in recognition of extraordinary and unusual contributions to the fields of food, wine, other fine beverage, nutrition, the arts of the table, or other fields that relate to these disciplines. This title may be awarded to both non-members and members of Les Dames d'Escoffier.

  • 2009 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Shirley Corriher (video coming soon)
  • 2007 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Alice Waters (click here for video)
  • 2005 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Marcella Hazan
  • 2003 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Abigail Kirsch and Rosemary Kowalski
  • 2001 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Jerry Anne DiVecchio
  • 1999 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Edna Lewis
  • 1997 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Madeleine Kamman
  • 1995 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Anne Willan
  • 1993 Grande Dame Award Recipient: Marion Cunningham

Grand Dames Honored by Chapters before the formation of LDEI

  • Carol Brock
  • M.F.K. Fisher
  • Julia Child
  • Grace Chu
  • Nika Hazelton
  • Helen McCully
  • Caroline Rose Hunt
  • Helen Bullock
  • Julie Dannenbaum
 

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