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We are Les Dames!

The San Antonio Chapter, with more than 65 members, just celebrated two decades of community philanthropy. Our organization is focused on scholarships for women, community garden funding, nutrition education for children & families and culinary excellence.
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New Members 2016

Welcome to our new members - Jo Ann Boone, Angela Covo and Julie Vrana.

Our Mission

We are a proud chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International (LDEI) www.ldei.org.

LDEISA is an invitational organization of women leaders in food, beverage, agriculture and hospitality whose mission is education, advocacy and philanthropy.

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Education

The San Antonio chapter offers a wide variety of educational programs that are of interest to their community. These programs are designed to enlighten attendees and to stimulate discussion about selected subjects. In addition, the Les Dames members offer opportunities to mentor promising women who want careers in the food, beverage, hospitality and agricultural industries.

Advocacy

The members of Les Dames d’ Escoffier work tirelessly to promote women in the various food industries through networking and providing opportunities for education and career advancement. This amazing and talented group of women has worked very hard and continues to advance the significance of the entire food Industry.

Philanthropy

The San Antonio Chapter has helped to create and support ways to give back to our local community by providing educational programs and by offering annual scholarships to women entering culinary, hospitality and agricultural institutions. We also provide grants to local gardening associations to help with costs associated with these community garden projects.

Our Programs

A message from our Chapter President

Welcome to our web site!

We are happy to present our Seven 2018 Scholarship recipients which will receive up to $27,000 towards tuition and books based on their needs. Please visit our Scholarships tab for details on the winners.

We continue to visit and support the Women Owned Restaurants in Rockport and Port Aransas, Texas. We are so proud to announce the seven recipients of our Hurricane Harvey Aspirations Grant . $5000 has been allocated for each of these restaurants. Although the recovery effort has made tremendous progress over the last nine months, their is much more work and relief needed to this devistated area. Visiting the physical site, of these women owned restaurants, has brought a personal connection to the damage that was done to their physical property and also to their resilient spirit and drive to help their community recover first to their own recovery efforts. Equipment has been purchased for most of these 7 restaurants. Truely amazing and heartwarming!

Mark your Calendar for our next Plate Changer Luncheon to be held on September 21, 2018 at 11:30am at the Marriott Riverwalk. For ticket and table sales visit our dedicated web site PlateChanger.org This is one of our major fundraisers where your attendance is needed to help fund our Aspirations Grant. Come and meet the past recipients. You must see our video from our last Plate Changer Luncheon in the Fall of 2016.

See you there!!

Plate Changer Luncheon September 21, 2018

Aspirations Grant

The purpose of the Aspirations Grant Program is to award a grant each year to empower and further business enhancement or culinary innovation to a non LDEISA member in the San Antonio, Texas Hill Country or South Texas community. Please visit Aspirations Grant for more information under Programs Tab. Save the Date - Our next Plate Changer luncheon is set for September 21, 2018, 11:30am at the Marriot Riverwalk. Stay tuned for details. CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO of the first recipients of our Aspirations Grant IN THE FALL OF 2016.
Scholarships

Annual scholarships are awarded to eligible women pursuing an education in food, nutrition, culinary arts, wine, hospitality or agricultural industries. $25,000 total dollars are available for scholarships for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. Click on >2018 Scholarship Application to download an application.
Visit Scholarships under the Programs tab for more information.
Green Tables

Les Dames d'Escoffier International has designed a philanthropic program to help communities better understand the link between rural and urban farms and their tables. Many of our members are at the forefront of this global movement to transform how we eat.

LDEISA Officers

Upcoming Events

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FOR MEMBERS ONLY

Membership Dues for 2018/2019 are due July 31st. Send payment of $185 to Kay Shumake either by phone or mail, LDEISA, PO BOX 15302, 78212 . Mark your Calendar for Tuesday, September 11 for New Member and Officer Induction Meeting that will follow the Board of Directors Meeting. This is our third required meeting of the year. Details to follow.

Plate Changer Luncheon September 21, 2018

NEW DEDICATED WEBSITE FOR OUR NEXT FUNDRAISER PLATECHANGER.ORG. Go to this web site for up to date information on ticket and table sales. See you there!!

Latest News

21Mar

LDEI San Antonio Now Accepting Scholarship Applications

Written on 21 March 2018.

The San Antonio chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) is now accepting scholarship applications from San Antonio area women who are currently pursuing a post-high school education in the food/culinary arts, wine, hospitality or agriculture industries. The women’s professional organization will award up to $25,000 in scholarships for the 2018-2019 school year.

Applicants must demonstrate financial need, attend an accredited institution, and currently maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade point grade average. Scholarships are limited to women who are current residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and its contiguous counties.

The scholarship application is available online at www.ldeisanantonio.org, and in the financial aid offices of many area schools.

Past scholarship recipients have included students attending the University of The Incarnate Word, St. Philip’s College, Johnson & Wales University, The Culinary Institute of America, and other higher education institutions.

Completed applications should be postmarked no later than April 15, 2018 and mailed to Les Dames d’Escoffier Scholarship, c/o Diana Barrios Treviño, P.O. Box 15302, San Antonio, TX 78212.

Successful scholarship recipients will be notified no later than May 31, 2018. Funds will be sent directly to the scholarship winners’ educational institutions no later than September 1, 2018.

For more information, contact Diana Barrios Treviño at (210) 771-7011 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

About Les Dames d’Escoffier San Antonio

Les Dames d’Escoffier San Antonio (LDEI-SA) is a chapter of LDEI International, a nonprofit association of professional women in the food, wine, hospitality and agriculture industries around the world. The organization is dedicated to assisting others through scholarships, education, advocacy and philanthropy.

11Feb

ASPIRATIONS GRANT APPLICATION FOR WOMEN OWNED RESTAURANTS AFFECTED BY HURRICAN HARVEY IN THE ARANSAS PASS, ROCKPORT AND PORT ARANSAS SURROUNDING AREA

Written on 11 February 2018.

LDEI San Antonio Chapter is honored to announce a special Aspirations Grant approved by the Board and Membership in January. This Aspirations Grant Program is to award a grant(s) (4 grants up to $5,000 for women owned restaurants affected by Hurricane Harvey in the Port Aransas, Aransas Pass and Rockport, Texas) to empower and re-open, re-build their business to a non-LDEI SA or former member or non-LDEI member or former member woman or 501(c)3 resident in the San Antonio, Texas Hill Country, or South Texas community.

The deadline for submission of complete application will be February 20, 2018.

To download the application click on this link Hurricane Harvey Grant.

21Sep

Aspirations Grant

Written on 21 September 2016.

Aspiration Grant: To empower and further business enhancement or culinary innovation.

The purpose of the Aspirations Grant Program is to award a grant(s) (amount to be determined) each year to empower and further business enhancement or culinary innovation to a non LDEISA member or former member woman resident in the San Antonio, Texas Hill Country, or South Texas community.

Every other year we have a fundraiser for our Aspiration Grant called Plate Changer Luncheon. Our next event will be September21, 2018 with details to be announced. Please visit Plate changer Luncheon page under the Programs tab.

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