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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.

  • 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
MFK Fisher

LDEI presents the M.F.K. Fisher Award every two years. Originally, the award was designed recognize and support a woman in mid-career whose work directly impacts the areas of food, beverage and arts of the table. The Award honors M.F.K. Fisher, a widely read and lauded culinary writer whose works are appreciated by general readers as well as culinary professionals. Women worldwide are eligible to be nominated for the award.

 

In 2006, the M.F.K. Fisher Awards program was completely redesigned. The award now recognizes excellence in culinary writing. For information on the awards program, click on the links below.

 

Appendix 2008   MFK Fisher Award Application

 

 

MFK Fisher Award Recipients:

  • 2008 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Louisa Kasdon
  • 2006 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Kitty Crider
  • 2004 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Andrea Immer
  • 2002 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Mary Risely
  • 2000 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Katherine Mary Alex
  • 1998 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Barbara Haber
  • 1996 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Cathrine Sneed
  • 1994 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Deborah Madison
  • 1992 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Linda Bisson

 

Celebrate the life and accomplishments of M.F.K. Fisher at  www.mfkfisher.org.

 
 
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