Les Dames d'Escoffier

Boston Chapter

Upcoming events

    • 04/07/2024
    • 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Colonnade Hotel Boston
    • 30
    Register


    Our chapter is proud to honor 
    Denise Graffeo, CEC, AOC, HOF as our 2024 Dame of Distinction

     We welcome our new Dames to be inducted at the dinner

    Tickets to the Annual Dinner are:
    $325 including wine pairings or $225 with non-alcoholic beverages. 
    Attendance is open to chapter members and their guests and by invitation only.

    If you prefer to send a check, please send your name, guest names, contact info, allergy info and payment to: Dame Michelle LaCount 152 Cannon Forge Drive Foxborough, MA 02035

    Dress is Evening Attire (Dames please wear your pin and name tag)

    For event questions, please email Joan Sweeney (Event Chair)  joans0119@gmail.com

    • 05/02/2024
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Clark Showroom 393 Fortune Blvd, Milford, MA 01757
    • 259
    Register


    May 2, 2024 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm

    Clarke Showroom 393 Fortune Blvd, Milford, MA 01757

    • Watch teams of The Epicurean Club and Les Dames d' Escoffier chefs battle on stage for top honors in an exciting culinary challenge.
    • Enjoy small bites from top restaurants along with a cash bar pouring exciting wines and craft brews.
    • Tour the Clarke Showroom to experience the latest in kitchen design and appliances.
    • Bid on exciting and exclusive silent auction items.
    • Help us fund scholarships for promising culinary students and fight food insecurity in our community.

    General Admission tickets are $50 
    VIP Tickets are $75 and include a free drink ticket and special goody bag
     

    Interested in event sponsorship or auction item donation? Learn more here.

    Questions?  Contact our event chairs:

    Robin Cohen, President Les Dames d’Escoffier Boston  617-877-2578 or robin@dovesandfigs.com

    Tim Foley, President The Epicurean Club of Boston  774-270-4828 or tfoley@corefoodservice.com


Past events

03/18/2024 March 18 Open Board Meeting
03/12/2024 Table in the Back at PAGU
02/18/2024 Dames Annual Ice Fishing Party
02/04/2024 Private Beer & Cheese Tour at Sam Adams Brewery
01/21/2024 Yankee Swap at The Country Club
01/19/2024 International Board Meet and Greet Supper
12/06/2023 Cookie Swap with Culinary Guild of New England
12/05/2023 Holiday Table in the Back at The Chart House
11/20/2023 Open Board Meeting 11/20/23
11/09/2023 Breaking Barriers-Schlesinger Library Archive Tour
11/04/2023 Meet Mary Ann Esposito
10/29/2023 Portugalia Marketplace Tour & Lunch
10/18/2023 Common Craft Table in the Back
10/05/2023 Les Dames d'Escoffier International Conference
09/20/2023 Annual Meeting and Dinner
08/15/2023 Table in the Back at The Daily Catch Waterfront
07/30/2023 Posh Polo Picnic at Myopia Hunt Club
07/24/2023 Open Board Meeting
07/19/2023 Table in the Back - Tenderoni's
07/12/2023 Newton Food Pantry-Dames Give Back
06/14/2023 Sake Tasting and Food Pairing
05/07/2023 61st Annual Dinner
04/28/2023 Dame Delicious-An Evening of Culinary Adventures
03/12/2023 Vintage Tea & Cake
02/26/2023 Portugalia Marketplace Tour & Tasting
02/19/2023 Annual Ice Fishing
02/09/2023 Table in the Back La Morra
01/26/2023 Celebrating Our Diversity Two Zoom Meetings
01/22/2023 Annual Pot Luck and Yankee Swap
01/16/2023 Open Board Meeting 1/16/23
12/14/2022 Holiday Table in the Back at The Chart House
12/11/2022 Kendra Scott Shopping Event
12/09/2022 Kendra Scott Virtual Styling Session
12/03/2022 Dame Mary Ann Esposito Book Tour
12/03/2022 Lunch at L'Osteria Before Mary Ann Esposito Book Signing
11/29/2022 Table In The Back- Chiara Bistro
11/21/2022 Open Board Meeting
11/12/2022 Urban Grape Grand Tasting
11/11/2022 Dame Seema Tikare Wine Class
10/30/2022 Tanya Holland's Book Event at Bar Volpe
10/27/2022 Table In the Back - Gustazo Cuban Kitchen
10/23/2022 Les Dames d’Escoffier, International Conference
10/06/2022 Gourmet Golf at Myopia Hunt Club
10/04/2022 Joyful Kitchen Cooking School & Fat Moon Farm Cooking Course
09/22/2022 Harvard Club Dinner
09/12/2022 Annual Business Meeting
08/17/2022 Down by the Sea-sunset dinner at Eastern Yacht Club
08/02/2022 Table in the Back- Daily Catch Waterfront
07/20/2022 Table in the Back-Dumpling Daughter
07/10/2022 Pretty Dame Woman Polo & Brunch-Myopia Hunt Club
06/15/2022 Table In The Back: Scampo
05/01/2022 60th Annual Dinner
03/21/2022 Table In The Back: Union Oyster House
03/08/2022 Explore the World of Spices
03/01/2022 Kitchen Trends 2022 & Table In The Back At Chickadee
02/20/2022 Annual Ice Fishing & Potluck/Yankee Swap
12/15/2021 Holiday Table in the Back at The Chart House
11/19/2021 Commonwealth Wine School Course instructed by Dame Seema
11/14/2021 Rise and Brunch at The Inn at Hastings Park
10/21/2021 Table in the back @ Mystique
09/21/2021 Annual Business Meeting
08/23/2021 Wine Tasting & Travel: Italy
08/20/2021 Dames Night Out
08/09/2021 Buzzard's Roost Spirits Launch
07/22/2021 Table in the Back at The Newbury
06/25/2021 Dames at the Helm
06/07/2021 Headshots for Success
05/21/2021 Paint Night for a Cause
05/12/2021 Table in the Back: Sweet Basil Needham
04/18/2021 59th Annual Dinner
03/24/2021 Meet the Dames: I'll be Dame'd
03/09/2021 Trisha's Tasting Table
02/24/2021 Women in Wine Wednesday
02/18/2021 Table in the Back at Scampo
12/28/2020 Ring in the New Year Virtual Toast
11/30/2020 Closing the Wage Gap: Economic Equity for Working Women
11/19/2020 Book Party for a Cause
11/14/2020 Annual High Tea Party
11/04/2020 Table in the Back: RBG Edition
10/28/2020 Meet the Dames- I'll be Dame'd!
10/25/2020 Witches' Brew
09/22/2020 Virtual Media Skills Seminar
09/14/2020 Les Dames Boston 2020 Annual Business Meeting
09/10/2020 Focused & Fit: Your Food & Beverage Influencer Marketing Plan
07/29/2020 Pruneti Olive Oil Tasting- Online Class
06/25/2020 Crystals for a Cause: Wine & Shine with Les Dames d'Escoffier Boston Chapter
05/21/2020 Virtual Thirsty Thursday
03/28/2020 Virtual Table in the Back: Brunch
03/24/2020 CANCELLED: Mariposa presents the Grapevine Experience with Suzanne Branciforte
03/10/2020 Table in the Back: Chiara Bistro
02/23/2020 Ice Fishing at Dame Joan Sweeney's Lakefront Home
02/11/2020 Dietary Trends: How to Make them Work for Your Business
01/13/2020 New England Club Managers Inaugural Business Exposition
01/05/2020 2020 Annual Potluck with Yankee Swap
11/23/2019 High Tea at the Courtyard Tea Room at the Boston Public Library
11/08/2019 Hands-on Class: Amazing Antipasti with Dame Mary Ann Esposito
10/22/2019 Verrill Farm Cooking Class: Sugar Cookies
10/22/2019 Networking—Table in the Back at Il Molo
09/26/2019 Networking—Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
09/20/2019 We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God with Kendall Vanderslice
09/16/2019 Duvine Private Portugal Wine Tour with Dame Jen and Josh Ziskin of Heritage of Sherborn
09/09/2019 Les Dames Boston 2019 Annual Business Meeting
09/07/2019 Davio's Cooking Demo
08/20/2019 Boston Organics Tour: Elm Event 2019
06/21/2019 Bake with the Mamaleh’s Team
06/20/2019 Networking—Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
06/14/2019 Dame Jen Verrill Invites You to a Strawberry Cocktail Party
05/25/2019 Afternoon Tea at Artistry on the Green
05/25/2019 Tour of Dame Jen Verrill's Asparagus Field and Buffet Lunch at Verrill Farms
05/18/2019 23rd Annual Nantucket Wine Festival
05/16/2019 Verrill Farm Cooking Class: Sweet & Savory - Rhubarb & Asparagus
05/16/2019 Networking—Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
05/14/2019 Domaine Jessiaume Burgundy Wine Dinner with Dame Jen Ziskin of Heritage of Sherborn
05/11/2019 2nd Annual Boston Night Market
05/04/2019 Taza’s Annual Block Party
04/28/2019 58th Annual Escoffier Dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, Oval Room
04/26/2019 The Boston Cocktail Festival
04/18/2019 Networking—Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
04/14/2019 Les Dames Spring Brunch and Tour at Portugalia Marketplace
04/11/2019 Ole Spanish Wine Dinner with Dame Jen Ziskin of Heritage of Sherborn
04/06/2019 12th Annual Bristol Cake Show & Competition
03/21/2019 Marche Italian Wine Dinner with Dames Jen Ziskin and Judith McDonough
03/21/2019 Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
03/12/2019 Single Malt Scotch Dinner with Dame Jen Ziskin of Heritage of Sherborn
02/21/2019 Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
01/17/2019 Table in the Back at Gaslight Brassiere
01/14/2019 Annual Potluck with Yankee Swap
01/08/2019 Breakfast Baking with the Pros at Verrill Farm Kitchen
01/07/2019 New England Club Managers Inaugural Business Exposition
12/21/2018 Mixology Class with Bully Boy Distillers
12/15/2018 Roasting Meats and More
12/05/2018 Table in the Back at Osteria Posto
12/01/2018 Holiday Wreath Workshop @ Verrill Farm
12/01/2018 Truffle Making Workshop with Taza Chocolate (+ Wine Tasting)
11/18/2018 2018 North Shore Food + Gift Emporium
11/16/2018 America’s Hometown Thanksgiving
11/15/2018 Taste of Jamaica Plain
11/13/2018 Boston Magazine’s Taste
11/09/2018 Boston Beer and BBQ Fest by Drink Craft Beer LLC
11/04/2018 Pasta-Making Class at Lucia's Ristorante, Winchester
10/26/2018 Hop Culture Presents: Spooky Brews Boston by Hop Culture Magazine
10/20/2018 The 23rd Annual Boston Veg Food Fest
10/18/2018 Hello Grappa! Trade and Press Educational Seminar with Dame Judith McDonough
10/17/2018 Italian Wine Trade Tasting with Dame Judith McDonough
10/13/2018 The Italian Wine Scholar™ Unit 1—Wines of Northern Italy
10/01/2018 DIY Holiday Tea Gifts with Dame Robin Cohen, Owner of Doves and Figs
09/29/2018 Concord Octoberfest
09/22/2018 3rd Annual Martha’s Vineyard Craft Beer Festival
09/22/2018 Nordic Bites Food Festival 2018
09/17/2018 Les Dames Boston 2018 Annual Business Meeting
09/16/2018 Boston Local Food Festival (Free)
09/15/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
09/14/2018 Boston Greek Festival 2018
09/11/2018 Merroir and Terrior: Oysters & Wine with Island Creek Oysters
09/08/2018 2018 Boston Night Market
09/04/2018 Food Flirts TV Show with the Brass Sisters
07/14/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
07/07/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
06/30/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
06/12/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
06/10/2018 Summer Kick Off on the Water in Newport, RI
05/30/2018 Table in the Back at The Backroom at Moody's Delicatessen
05/29/2018 The Wine Hunter Society Tasting Event with Dame Judith McDonough
05/15/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
04/29/2018 57th Annual Escoffier Dinner at the Ritz Carlton Boston
04/16/2018 Epicurean Club of Boston Monthly Meeting
04/08/2018 Food and Wine Tour Northern Italy with Dame Miriam Michalczyk
03/29/2018 CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED - Terroir Smackdown: Bordeaux versus Burgundy (Bourgogne) with Dame Jo-Ann Ross
03/19/2018 Taste of Europe with the Epicurean Club of Boston
02/28/2018 Second Class Added!! Making Macaron at Verrill Farms
02/21/2018 Spaces Now Available! - Making Macaron at Verrill Farms
02/19/2018 Pho Demonstration with the Epicurean Club of Boston
02/16/2018 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dame Guida Ponte
02/11/2018 Table in the Back is Back!!
01/29/2018 Annual Potluck with Yankee Networking Swap
01/15/2018 SOLD OUT - George Montilio Cake Demonstration with the Epicurean Club of Boston
11/27/2017 Sold Out! Waitlist Enabled - Chocolate Workshop at CSCA with Master Pastry Chef Delphin Gomes
11/02/2017 Taste of Commonwealth Kitchen
10/22/2017 Women in Meat Northeast with Dame Edith Murnane
10/18/2017 Free High-Quality European Extra Virgin Olive Oil Classes at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
10/14/2017 VIP Event with Michelin Star Chef Caterina Ceraudo hosted by Dame Judith McDonough
10/13/2017 Identità Golose 2017: All-Star Dinner at Terra with Wines from Dame Judith McDonough
10/12/2017 Foodbetter Harvard
09/17/2017 Shy Brothers Farm Visit & Annual Meeting Hosted by Dame Barbara Hanley
08/07/2017 Epicurean Club of Boston Honors Dame Denise Graffeo
07/11/2017 Taste of Cambridge with Dame Juliana Lyman
06/23/2017 The 2nd Annual Readable Feast Culinary Books Award Gala with Dame Louisa Kasdon
06/08/2017 Understanding Wine Tasting: The Basics of Identifying & Describing Wines in Boston
06/08/2017 Wines of Italy with Dame Judith McDonough
04/28/2017 New England Meat Conference
04/22/2017 Olives Pop Up Fundraiser for New England Center for Arts & Technology
04/17/2017 Dinner at the Belmont Country Club with the Epicurean Club of Boston
04/07/2017 Dames lend a hand! Food for Free Backpack program
04/03/2017 Farm to Fork to Film Party
04/02/2017 56th Annual Escoffier Dinner at The Colonnade
03/13/2017 Food and Wine Tour of Portugal with Dame Carrie McDougall
02/03/2017 Annual Potluck with Yankee Networking Swap
01/09/2017 The Italian Wine Scholarâ„¢ - Unit 1 Wines of Northern Italy
12/10/2016 Readable Feast Holiday Edition
12/04/2016 Les Dames Brunch and Tour at Portugalia Marketplace
11/07/2016 Pastry & Dessert Seminar with Dame Donna Domiano
10/16/2016 Women in Meat Northeast
10/15/2016 Local Craft Spirits
10/08/2016 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dames Guida Ponte and Jen Wolcott
10/02/2016 Food and Wine Tour of Northern Italy with Dame Miriam Michalczyk
10/01/2016 Blues, Brews and BBQ with the Epicurean Club of Boston
09/22/2016 Food and Wine Tour of Tuscany & Umbria with Dame Carrie McDougall
09/18/2016 Boston Local Food Festival
09/15/2016 Food and Wine Tour of Sicily with Dame Carrie McDougall
09/11/2016 Annual Meeting-Clambake
08/15/2016 Food and Travel Tour of Sao Miguel Island with Dames Guida Ponte and Jen Wolcott
06/21/2016 Epicurean Club of Boston Meeting at Verrill Farm
06/18/2016 The Readable Feast Cooking Demos & Seminars
06/17/2016 The Readable Feast Cookbook Awards Ceremony & Cocktail Party
06/15/2016 Culinary Guild Late Spring 6-Course Dinner at Journeyman
06/01/2016 Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds: A Stakeholders Conference for School Food
05/26/2016 R. Murphy Knives Workshop and Factory Tour
05/17/2016 Table in the Back at Woods Hill Table
05/16/2016 Behind the Scenes Tour & Dinner at Wegmans Burlington with the Epicurean Club of Boston
05/13/2016 Book Signing with Award-Winning Cookbook Author and Colorado Dame
04/24/2016 Master Class in Butchering with Kari Underly
04/21/2016 Foodbetter Harvard
04/19/2016 Table in the Back at Lineage
04/09/2016 9th Annual Cake Craft Fantasy Book Cake Show & Competition
04/06/2016 Let's Talk about Food with The Boston Globe: School Lunches
03/15/2016 Table in the Back at Steel and Rye
03/06/2016 55th Annual Escoffier Dinner at The Colonnade
02/27/2016 Ice Fishing at Dame Joan Sweeney's Lakefront Home
02/23/2016 Of Chocolate and Other Joys with Dame Lee Napoli
02/16/2016 Table in the Back at Babbo
02/11/2016 Hewiston Vineyard Dinner at the 2016 Boston Harbor Hotel
02/11/2016 Dame Mary Ann Esposito honored at the Taste Awards
01/30/2016 New Date - Annual Potluck with Yankee Swap
01/19/2016 Table in the Back at Taberna de Haro
12/28/2015 Table in the Back at City Bar at the Lenox Hotel
12/18/2015 Let's Talk About Food Brown Bag Lunch: Combat Ready Kitchen: Unpack a bag of groceries with LTAF and CSPAN BookTV
12/12/2015 Mary Ann Esposito Book Signing in the North End
12/03/2015 Let's Talk About Food Brown on Film
12/02/2015 *Last Minute Special Invitation * Dinner at Yvonnes for Les Dames Boston
11/28/2015 Let's Talk About Food Brown Bag Lunch: Do Diets Really Work?
11/20/2015 Let's Talk About Food Brown Bag Lunch with Alison Arnett
11/17/2015 Table in the Back
11/13/2015 Bantam Cider Tour and Tasting
11/09/2015 2015 ACF/Epicurean Club Boston Chef of the Year with Guest Speaker Chef Bernadette DeVirgilio
11/06/2015 Y2Y Opening Celebration Harvard University
11/06/2015 Brown Bag Lunch with Chicago Dame Ina Pickney
11/03/2015 Azores Food Tour
10/03/2015 Lets Talk About Food -Ask A Chef Booth
09/29/2015 LDEI Boston Chapter Annual Meeting
09/21/2015 The Veneto with Mary Ann Esposito
09/19/2015 Mariposa Wines at Mooo
07/25/2015 Azores Food Tour with Pantry Road!
06/29/2015 LDEI in NYC for Fancy Food Show at Corkbuzz
06/23/2015 Strawberry Pie Class at Verrill Farm
06/19/2015 18th ANNUAL CHEFS IN SHORTS©
06/17/2015 Mariposa wine presents Australian Wine Tasting at Morton's at Seaport
06/10/2015 Cooking class: Italian Desserts
06/10/2015 Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds: Serving Change in Public School Food
05/31/2015 Nepal Charity Tea Dinner with Dame Cynthia Gold
05/27/2015 Boston Dames Gathering at City Bar
05/23/2015 Asparagus Luncheon
05/18/2015 New England Restaurant Networking to benefit NE Homeless Veteran's
05/13/2015 Northeast IFT Food Industry Expo
05/13/2015 Nantucket Wine Festival
05/13/2015 Seaport Sangria Smackdown!
05/07/2015 STRATEGY TO SHELF AN INSIDER’S VIEW ON BRINGING FOOD PRODUCTS TO MARKET
04/24/2015 MIT Sustainability Summit
04/21/2015 New Woods Hill Table Restaurant to host raw milk expert and author, David Gumpert
04/20/2015 Ancient Grains Dinner with Maria Speck at Bondir
04/19/2015 2015 Annual Dinner at Rialto!
04/16/2015 Dame Ellen Callaway Recycled Beauty Art Exhibit
04/14/2015 Maria Speck Book launch event at Harvard University
03/29/2015 Visionaries in the Field of Hunger Relief
03/28/2015 Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System
03/12/2015 MIT Sloan Sustainability Lunch Series-Seafood Sustainability
03/05/2015 Dame Maryanne Esposito at BU!
12/15/2014 Gingerbread house at Verrill Farm!
11/13/2014 Annual Business Meeting
11/10/2014 Thirst Boston
10/30/2014 The Best Begins in Boston
09/27/2014 Let's Talk About Food
09/10/2014 Opening party for Earl's Kitchen and Bar
07/19/2014 Great Event
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