Les Dames d'Escoffier

Boston Chapter

Upcoming events

  • Annual Meeting at Accardi Foods

    • 09/15/2026
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • 85 Commercial St, Medford, MA 02155
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    All members are invited to attend our Annual Meeting on Sept 15 from 6-9. Accardi Foods in Medford will once again host this event in their exciting test kitchen space. 

    The agenda includes: 

    •  review of the past year
    • Induction of our new Dames
    • Your vote to confirm our board for 2026-2027
    • Presentation of our Saccone Award winners  
    Buffet supper and beverages will be served.  Cost is free but registration is required and this is a members only event.  



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Past events

07/08/2026 Table in the Back at Kush Modern Mediterranean
06/17/2026 Table in the Back at La Morra
06/09/2026 Pastry Demo Class at Joie en Cuisine
05/26/2026 Zoom Board Meeting – Open to Members 5/26
05/06/2026 Table in the Back at Steel & Rye
04/26/2026 New England Restaurant & Bar Show
04/08/2026 Formaggio Private Cave Tour and Tasting
03/27/2026 Dame Delicious 2026-An Evening of Culinary Delights
03/15/2026 64th Annual Escoffier Dinner
02/22/2026 Ice Fishing Party
02/15/2026 Yankee Swap Party
02/10/2026 Culinary Adventure Award Presentation
01/14/2026 Wine Tasting at Focus Sales Group Showroom
12/03/2025 Holiday Table in the Back 2025
11/12/2025 Chef's Dinner at Urban Hearth
11/10/2025 Veterans Day of Service
10/22/2025 Sweet Solutions-wine and dessert tasting
09/28/2025 Boston Harbor Yacht Tour
09/17/2025 Annual Meeting at Accardi Foods
08/19/2025 Table in the Back at The Daily Catch
07/15/2025 Hand Pulled Noodles Class at Pagu
06/29/2025 Fancy Food Show in New York City
05/19/2025 Zoom Board Meeting – Open to Members
05/14/2025 Table in the Back at Talulla
04/27/2025 63rd Annual Escoffier Dinner
04/08/2025 Table in the Back-Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
03/28/2025 Dame Delicious 2025-An Evening of Culinary Delights
03/05/2025 Life Love Cheese class and tasting
02/23/2025 Ice Fishing Party and Potluck
01/12/2025 Annual Yankee Swap
12/10/2024 Holiday Table in the Back at The Inn
12/04/2024 Cookie Swap with Culinary Guild of New England
11/14/2024 Table in the Back at La Morra Brookline
10/17/2024 Les Dames International Conference
10/15/2024 Nzuko Watertown Table in the Back
09/24/2024 Saccone Award Reception at Gustazo Cambridge
09/10/2024 Annual Meeting at Verrill Farm
07/31/2024 Newton Food Pantry Volunteer Shift
07/24/2024 Patio Party Gustazo Cambridge
06/25/2024 Turner's Seafood Melrose-Table in the Back
06/18/2024 June 18 Open Board Meeting
06/05/2024 Protecting America's Chinatowns
05/23/2024 Postponed-Table in the Back- Sweet Basil 5-23
05/02/2024 Steel, Sizzle, & Style - An Epic Culinary Event
04/07/2024 Annual Escoffier Dinner
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 Scholar™ - 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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