LDE London

Women Leaders in Food, Fine Beverage and Hospitality

An affiliate chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International

Welcome to the London Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International – a philanthropic organisation of leading women in the worlds of food, fine beverage and hospitality.

This invitation-only association now stretches to 37 chapters within the USA, Canada, Mexico and the UK. Our members represent the highly diversified and multi-faceted fields of contemporary gastronomy.

Mission: we are founded on the principle of creating a supportive culture within our community through:

Sharing knowledge
Supporting our members
Providing leadership, educational opportunities and philanthropic events for the community at large

New Recipe Share

A warm salad may sound counterintuitive, but at this time of year when we are all trying to make up for the excesses of the Christmas season, and wanting to stay warm, what could be better?

Charlotte Pike shares this favourite salad

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Recipe >

Letter from the President

Welcome to LDE London! For first time visitors, I hope that you gain an insight into our organisation that will inspire you either to support the work that we do and, where appropriate, to seek membership for yourself…

Writing in July 2020, it seems that never before have the aims of LDE International (LDEI) been more relevant . . .

International Women’s Day

Desert Island Dishes featuring Asma Kahn

Tuesday March 14th at 17:00

Join Asma Kahn and Julia Platt Leonard in a special edition of our Desert Island Dishes series. Live-streamed, the hour-long event will include time for audience questions.

The event is now over, but you can view the recording on YouTube

We always welcome donations

Donations go towards our beneficiaries – these range from food charities to educational funds for women entering the worlds of culinary arts, fine beverage or hospitality.

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