Big Night 2015

Vancouver’s most exciting and exclusive culinary event, Big Night, welcomes over 500 food and wine enthusiasts, local celebrities and media for a glittering gala evening that truly lives up to its name. Each category-winning wine from Vancouver Magazine’s International Wine Competition is paired with a Restaurant Award winning chef, who creates a one-of-a-kind dish just…

Les Dames d’Escoffier – Honouring John Bishop

HONOURING A CULINARY HERO Les Dames d’Escoffier, BC Chapter, alongside some of this country’s finest chefs, will honour John Bishop, founder of farm-to-table dining October 3rd the BC Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier will honour John Bishop – Vancouver’s iconic chef, restaurateur, slow food proponent the creator of the farm-to-table movement in Canada’s restaurant scene.  This is…

Summerdine Les Dames d’Escoffier

Join us on Wednesday, August 6th  A “Summerdine” around from Les Dames d’Escoffier.  Be part of an experience as a garden themed, single night, summer culinary event offers dozens of top (and some impossible to get into) restaurants across the province in a unique annual dining event. It’s a garden theme on the same night,…

Les Dames Dine Around

Les Dames d’Escoffier presents A Chefs’ Table Dine Around – Wednesday, August 14th This Wednesday the region’s largest concurrent dinner party takes place in twenty locations across BC. From Vancouver to Victoria, White Rock to Kelowna, over 20 restaurants, vineyards, gardens and cooking schools have donated one table of 4 to 8 seats and a…

Les Dames d’Escoffier Celebrates Umberto Menghi

AN EVENING IN TUSCANY Friday, May 31, 2013 – 6pm Reception / 7pm Dinner Hosted by Les Dames d’Escoffier, BC Chapter and Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver You are receiving an advanced invitation to the second annual Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Gala Evening – tickets will be available to the public in the second week of April. Following the long table…

Dinner of a Lifetime at Big Night

WIN A DAME DINNER OF A LIFETIME AT BIG NIGHT Not only will attendees at Vancouver Magazine’s Big Night event on February 8th, be royally wined and dined by some of Vancouver’s top restaurants, but they will also have the opportunity to win a custom-created Dame Dinner of a Lifetime valued at more than $3,000. …

Les Dames BC Chapter – RAFFLE AND GALA AUCTION PRIZE SOLICITATION

We need – Gift certificates for restaurants, hotels, experiences, Gourmet products and baskets, select wines and more.  AND ITEMS FOR OUR LIVE AUCTION. As many of you know I am a member of Les Dames and a past scholarship recipient. Please email me at cassandra (at) goodlifevancouver.com with your support.  I will be contacting you…

Les Dames d’Escoffier Julia Child 100th Birthday Gala Dinner

Julia Child Celebrations Part two Les Dames d’Escoffier Julia Child 100th Birthday Gala Dinner Saturday, September 8th, 2012 Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver Cost of the Event: $300 all inclusive Join ten Les Dames Chefs and “celebrity” chefs from Canada and Seattle as they prepare an elegant French Julia Child inspired 10-course plated dinner poolside at…

Canadian Woman Wins Les Dames d’Escoffier International M.F.K. Fisher Award

Natalie MacLean, an award-winning wine writer from Nepean, Ontario, won first prize in the M.F.K. Fisher Awards for Excellence in Culinary Writing competition, sponsored by Les Dames d’Escoffier International. In addition to a $1,000 cash prize, MacLean won a trip to the LDEI Annual Conference in Palm Springs to accept the award at the October…