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Scholarships
Scholarships on behalf of Les Dames d’Escoffier International’s New England Chapter, The Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts will offer scholarships to eligible students who enroll and start classes during the 2019 calendar year. Recipients are chosen by the Les Dames d’Escoffier International New England Chapter.
Two High School Scholarship Awards ($2,500): This scholarship is available to female 2019 high school graduates who attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Austin or Boulder (campus-based Associate Degree Programs only).
Deadline for High School Scholarship entries is March 31st , 2019 Professional Advancement Scholarship Award ($1,500): This scholarship is available to female prospective students currently working in the culinary arts field who aspire to advance in their careers and enroll in Escoffier’s Diploma in Culinary Arts and Operations (campus-based Associate Degree Programs only).
Two Professional Advancement Scholarship Awards ($1,500): This scholarship is available to female prospective students currently working in the culinary arts field who aspire to advance in their careers and enroll in Escoffier’s Diploma in Culinary Arts and Operations (100% online program).
Deadline for Professional Advancement Scholarship entries is January 15th ,for remaining start dates in February, April, May, July, August, September, and November. Scholarships will be evenly distributed throughout the student’s entire program. The scholarship application and the reference forms are both online submissions.
Green Tables
Green Tables is LDEI’s farm-to-fork outreach initiative, exploring and expanding crucial relationships between LDEI members and the farms and farmers, restaurants and chefs, kitchen tables and home cooks who comprise their local and regional food systems.
The New England chapter is heavily Green Tables focused, looking to expand membership to include farmers and food systems advocates, offering events that bring awareness to various food systems topics, and hosting a food systems focused Legacy Award.
LDEI Awards
The International organization has four award programs:
M.F.K. Fisher Award – Named for America’s leading culinary writer, this monetary grant awarded every year, recognizes, and supports women who are doing groundbreaking work in the areas of food, fine beverage, nutrition and health.
Grande Dame Award – Honors women of exceptional achievement and exemplary professional lives. Julia Child was the first recipient of the LDEI Grande Dame Award. It is given every two years at the LDEI Conference, alternating with the LDEI The Woman of Purpose Award.
Women of Purpose Award – This Award celebrates a visionary Dame who has made strides towards improving our food system and will be presented every other year at the LDEI Conference, alternating with the LDEI Grande Dame Award
Legacy Awards - The Legacy Awards, supported by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, were established in 2009 by Les Dames d’Escoffier International with one goal in mind: to provide targeted mentorship opportunities for professional women in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries. The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts generously supports our Legacy Awards program.
“LDEI’s Legacy Awards continue to provide opportunities for women in the professional food world to develop their careers in ways Julia Child could only dream of when she was starting out. The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts is proud to support this important mentoring program, which we think Julia would call ‘a triumph.'”
-Todd Schulkin, Executive Director
The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Legacy Award host, Christine Burns Rudalevige, leading a Maine seafood cooking lesson
Dames Nancy Matheson Burns and Diane Wheeler sharing the culinary delights of Boston with the 2019 winner, Kaley Brammer
Tour of Valley View Farmstead in MA, founded by Dame Elizabeth Mulholland
Tour of Nonesuch Oysters, founded by Dame Abigail Carroll
Tour of Topsfield Bakery with founder Dame Mary Bandereck
Tour of North Star Sheep Farm with founder Dame Lisa Webster, followed by lunch with a restaurant partner in Portland, ME
Tour and tasting of Moderation Brewing Co. in Brunswick, ME- co-owned by Dame Mattie Daughtry
Exploring the New England organic food movement at the Common Ground Fair
Learning more about New England tree fruit identification at the Common Ground Fair
Maine apple tasting at the Common Ground Fair
Lobster roll sampling in Portland, ME
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