LDE London

Introducing the class of 2024! 🎉 🎉 🎉 We are thrilled to introduce our new Chapter Members, who are joining our growing community of women leaders in food, drink and hospitality. Meet Dr. Elaine Mahon Elaine holds a PhD in Irish Food History from Technological Dublin University, along with other degrees in food and education. She lectures in culinary pedagogy, gastronomy and food studies at the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at the University Dublin. She serves on the board of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies and is a trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, where she coordinates their acclaimed Young Chefs programme. She is on the organising committees of the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium and the Food And Drink Association Conference Series, and is editor of the Journal of Franco-Irish Studies. Elaine was awarded her PhD for her research on diplomatic dining, state entertainment and the protocols established for the reception of important visitors to Ireland following the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. Welcome Elaine! #WomenSupportingWomen #womeninfood #womenleaders

Introducing the class of 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 We are thrilled to introduce our new Chapter Members, who are joining our growing community of women leaders in food, drink and hospitality. Meet Stephanie Jackson... Stephanie is the proud publisher of award-winning, bestselling and celebrated writers, chefs and organisations – including Diana Henry, Sabrina Ghayour, Tom Parker Bowles, Olia Hercules, Pierre Koffmann, Marco Pierre White, Andrew Wong, Monica Galetti, Foodpairing NV, Le Pain Quotidien, Larousse, Institut Paul Bocuse, Claridge’s, The Ritz London. She recently moved from Octopus Books and is about to join Dorling Kindersley. She is a proud Board member of the Abergavenny Food Festival Welcome, Stephanie! #WomenSupportingWomen #womeninfood #womenleaders

Never mind Kamala or Trump, Elisabeth Luard is the only President we need! We are thrilled that Dame Elisabeth Luard has been appointed as the President of the prestigious Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Having already served as Chair of the Trustees for six years, Elisabeth brings a wealth of experience to the role. The Oxford Symposium’s goal is to change the conversation around food, expand the table and improve the plate, through lively debate and the annual publication of their Symposium Proceedings. Huge and well deserved congratulations, Elisabeth from all of us at LDE London. 🎉🎉🎉 Read more https://lnkd.in/dVGiqdrB

It’s may be the last day of September but that doesn’t mean we are over celebrating Sourdough September. Head over to the website to read Dame Catherine Sloman’s tips on getting starter with your starter. https://lnkd.in/eVvvGK_2 #sourdoughseptember #realbreadcampaign #sourdoughbaking #soughdough

Introducing the class of 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 We are thrilled to introduce our new Chapter Members, who are joining our growing community of women leaders in food, drink and hospitality. Meet Jo Jacobius Jo owns and directs her own consultancy which was established in 1991. Prior to this, she was a Board Director of two of the UK’s top ten P.R. consultancies. In her early career, she handled in-house communications for two Government agencies and worked for The Times newspaper. She has advised and conducted successful campaigns for numerous food and drinks brands, companies and trade bodies including Heinz/Weight Watchers, Natural Mineral Water Association, British Bottled Water Producers (which she founded and owned) and many leading spirits, liqueurs, and wine brands as well as grocery retailers including Tesco and Iceland, and the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate & Confectionary Association. Current clients include a premium vodka and an ultra-premium tequila brand. She is a keen amateur cook and cocktail maker. Jo serves on our Events Committee. Welcome, Jo! #WomenSupportingWomen #womeninfood #womenleaders

Introducing the class of 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 We are thrilled to introduce our new Chapter Members, who are joining our growing community of women leaders in food, drink and hospitality. First up, meet Rachel De Cean. Jersey-born Rachel fell in love with cooking as a child – her Mum grew her own fruit and veg and cooked everything from scratch, and her Dad was a fisherman. From a work experience placement for a Duke of Edinburgh Award, she went on to work at the Longueville Manor. During her college training, she was offered a job at Sumas restaurant and continued her studies qualifying her City and Guilds in both front and back of house. She was helping her family business when Shaun Rankin asked her to help open the soon to be Michelin starred, Bohemia, as its pastry chef. After an accident prevented her from continuing the kitchen work she retrained as a nutritionist and raw food and vegan chef. Now she mostly cooks for pleasure and a few private clients, along with running the family business and a vodka brand – Royal Mash Vodka - and still lives in Jersey. Welcome, Rachel! #WomenSupportingWomen #womeninfood #womenleaders

We are so proud of Dame Elaine Mahon who has written a Chapter in a new companion to Irish Food History. Enjoy the whole book for an inspiring and educational dive into the rich history of Irish Food, or hot foot it straight over to Chapter 25 - written by Elaine… The Royal Irish Academy have produced a beautiful hardback available from all good bookstores but also have made individual chapters available freely via https://lnkd.in/e-iV6eSH Congratulations Elaine! #irishfoodhistory #foodstudies

A glorious day at the inaugural South Downs Food Festival Stansted Park yesterday. Organised in association with the Elisabeth David Estate, the festival was opened by our very own Dame Prue Leith, who is photographed with our President Dame Jacqui Pickles, our founder Dame Sue Carter, Dame Valentina Harris and Dame Anne Dolamore. Talks, showcases, demos and an in-depth and fascinating discussion on the enduring legacy of Elizabeth David on our food landscape - this is our kind of day! #southdownfood #elisabethdavid #womeninfood

Ahead of her Taco Time evening for us on October 8th, Dame Jenny Greenhalgh takes us on a culinary journey to discover the origins and evolution of the original “light lunch”… https://lnkd.in/eVjPfwXt

Taco Time! Come join us for Taco Tuesday! Dame Jen Greenhalgh is hosting an evening of fun, Nashville tunes and totally inauthentic Trailer Trash tacos at Bonnington Cafe in Vauxhall on October 8th from 6.30pm. Just for one night she will be producing a special menu themed around "American women who have rocked our world" so don't miss this one off night. *hint, there will absolutely be one called "the Dolly Parton"* It's BYOB and everything on the menu is priced at a princely £4! We’ll also be holding a charity raffle on the evening, with all funds raised going to the Chapter to support the work we do for women in hospitality. Bring a friend or two along for a fun social. https://lnkd.in/d_Pvy8Zg