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| Feb 1, 2013 |
Pinterest Webinar Slides
Pinterest has become the fastest growing social network in history. This virtual pinboard platform drives more referral traffic on the Web than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn combined. Pinterest has enabled people to share images and links that tie into their interests, inspirations and passions at a time when the Web is becoming emphatically more visual. The platform has become especially popular for food lovers. Learn how you can use Pinterest both personally and professionally. You'll see how food brands and culinary professionals are successfully using Pinterest, and learn how you can get started on Pinterest or take your pinning to a new level.
Janet Helm, MS, RD is the Chief Food and Nutrition Strategist in North America for Weber Shandwick. She provides strategic counsel to a variety of food and beverage clients, including multiple food and agricultural organizations and many of the country’s best loved brands. She is a nutrition blogger for WebMD and maintains her own blog called Nutrition Unplugged. She is the co-founder of Nutrition Blog Network, the first aggregator of nutrition blogs that was created with the support of Weber Shandwick. Janet is also the co-founder of 'Healthy Aperture', the first online food gallery created and curated by registered dietitians, and is the author of the new book "The Food Lover's Healthy Habits Cookbook" with the editors of Cooking Light.
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| Apr 24, 2012 |
Partnership Contacts
Do you know of a company that could be a potential LDEI partner? Let us know.
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| Issues And Policy |
| Apr 5, 2012 |
Julia Child Foundation Fundraiser Event Guidlines
The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts (JCFGCA) believes that Julia’s 100th birthday is cause for celebration! We know that many will want to honor Julia’s life and work.
In accordance with the JCFGCA’s responsibilities, the Trustees have established the following guidelines for those wishing to organize tribute events. The JCFGCA is in favor of these events as long as their primary aim is celebratory, not trading on Julia’s legacy for the purposes of profit.
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| Apr 3, 2012 |
Cohesive Membership Criteria for LDEI Chapters
In the interests of creating a more unified approach to membership criteria in Les Dames d’Escoffier International, the Board of Directors encourages Chapters to adopt the following policies regarding membership...
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| Jul 22, 2010 |
Dames in DC for Chefs Move to Schools
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 the First Lady's "Let's Move!" campaign to end childhood obesity.
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| Lifestyle And Travel |
| Jul 19, 2010 |
Managing Director of School of Culinary Arts, Inducted into Les Dames d’Escoffier International
CHICAGO, July 12, 2010 – Renee Zonka, RD, CEC, CHE, managing director and associate dean of the School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College, has been inducted into the Chicago chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI), an organization of woman leaders in the food, beverage and hospitality industry.
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| Press Releases |
| Jun 14, 2013 |
LDEI Announces 2013 Legacy Awards Winners
Five professional women were chosen as this year’s LDEI Legacy Award recipients to be mentored by some of America’s leading female talent in food, beverage and hospitality—all distinguished members of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI). Chosen from the US and Canada and all having a minimum of four years of work experience, the winners will participate in a high-energy, labor-intensive and career-expanding week learning how to take their respective careers up to the next level.
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| Feb 21, 2013 |
2013 Legacy Awards
The application period for the fifth annual Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) Legacy Awards is now open.
This year, six LDEI Legacy Awards will be given in three categories, Culinary, Wine and Entrepreneurship. Each Legacy Award offers a one-week workplace experience under the direction of highly successful, award-winning members of LDEI. The Legacy experience is a high-energy, labor-intensive and career-expanding opportunity.
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| Sep 13, 2012 |
Food Day + Green Tables Press Release
Louisville, KY, September 13, 2012: Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI), the premier organization of influential professional women committed to the advancement of education and philanthropy via food, beverage and hospitality for the good of the global community, is partnering with Food Day, held across the United States on October 24, 2012. The collaboration brings together members engaged in LDEI’s Green Tables Initiative with Food Day, launched in 2011 by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
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| Feb 13, 2012 |
2012 Legacy Awards
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 producer in Dallas, a leading specialty produce grower and a dynamic vintner on the North Fork of Long Island or a nationally acclaimed pastry chef and TV personality in a rural location outside of Chicago!
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| Jul 11, 2011 |
Donation Request Form/2011 Online Auction
Excitement is building for the 5th Annual Les Dames d’Escoffier Cornucopia Auction. This year we are featuring all things CULINARY—adventures, experiences, tastings, education, gourmet gadgets and foods.
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| Jun 14, 2011 |
2011 Legacy Awards Are Announced
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 Awards in Food, Wine and Culinary Entrepreneurship.
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| Feb 22, 2011 |
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 a nationally prominent artisanal cheese producer in Dallas! The 2011 Les Dames d’Escoffier (LDEI) Legacy Awards will enable winners to participate in these opportunities.
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| Nov 20, 2010 |
London is Newest LDEI Chapter
Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) welcomes London as the 28th chapter of this one-of-a-kind international philanthropic society of professional women leaders in the fields of food, fine beverage and hospitality.
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| Oct 28, 2010 |
LDEI Announces 2010 M.F.K. Fisher Award Winners
Natalie MacLean, an award-winning wine writer from Nepean, Ontario, won first prize in the M.F.K. Fisher Awards for Excellence in Culinary Writing competition, sponsored by Les Dames d’Escoffier International. In addition to a $1,000 cash prize, MacLean won a trip to the LDEI Annual Conference in Palm Springs to accept the award at the October 23 gala banquet honoring M.F.K. Fisher.
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| Jul 6, 2010 |
RISING STARS WIN 2010 LDEI LEGACY AWARDS
Three talented women – 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.
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| Aug 21, 2009 |
LDEI Grande Dame Award
Les Dames d’Escoffier International to present the 10th biennial Grande Dame Award to Shirley Corriher of Atlanta.
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| Apr 23, 2012 |
Partnering Questionnaire
You can help us make our 2012 conference our most successful to date. Do you represent, or know someone who represents, a likely LDEI partner? We’ve assembled a broad range of opportunities for food and hospitality manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, trade and commodity groups, retailers, culinary- and baking/pastry-arts programs, media outlets and associations to partner with LDEI—not only at conference, but from now through late 2013.
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