there is nothing like a dame.

So, what is a dame?

A Dame is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, an organization of women leaders who create a supportive culture in our communities to achieve excellence in the food, fine beverage and hospitality fields. We share Knowledge, Support Members Provide Leadership, Educational Opportunities and Philanthropic Events for the community at large

We are chefs, food writers, sommeliers, farmers, butchers, pastry artists, restaurant owners, publicists, teachers, dieticians, food manufacturers, sales reps, influencers, philanthropists. We are friends, sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, aunts. We are Dames

THE DALLAS CHAPTER OF LES DAMES D’ESCOFFIER IS AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN LEADERS WHO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE CULTURE iN OUR COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN THE FOOD, FINE BEVERAGE, AND HOSPITALITY FIELDS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO WELCOMING WOMEN OF ALL RACES, LANGUAGES, ETHNICITIES, CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, PHYSICAL ABILITIES, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS INTO OUR CHAPTER, WHILE ALSO CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF INCLUSIVITY AND A CULTURE OF BELONGING THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS, AWARDS, INITIATIVES, AND PARTNERSHIPS.

What is a Dame?

Les Dames d’Escoffier is the only organization of its kind: a worldwide 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.

Upon being granted the original charter by Les Amis d’Escoffier, the first chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier was founded in New York in 1976. 

There are 1200 members worldwide representing chefs, culinary school proprietors and teachers, culinary historians, food editors and writers, hoteliers, vintners and wine merchants, restaurateurs, caterers, professors, chocolatiers, bakers, manufacturers and purveyors.