Les Dames d'Escoffier Sacramento Chapter
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
The Village Feast returns to Davis Central Park to celebrate its 20th anniversary!
Catering provided by our long-time partner and friend, Buckhorn Steakhouse.
For details and registration, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-village-feast-2023-20th-anniversary-tickets-650863549397
Celebrate Bastille Day at L’Apero les Trois
Friday, July 14, 2023, 6 pm to 7pm
Since L’Apero les Trois draws its inspiration from the French style of food and drink, giving it a California twist, it seems appropriate (and fun!) to celebrate France’s Bastille Day here at L’Apero les Trois with a special festival-style grillade and a celebratory drink, à la français.
6:00 – 7:00 PM French-style grillade – a barbecue of lamb chops, Fatted Calf chipolatas pork sausages served with tomato, cucumber, and bell pepper salad, baguette and optional mustards.
3 chops – $22.00
2 chops + 1 sausage $20.
3 sausages $ 19.00
Buy your tickets at laperolestrois.com (events page).
All day cocktail special: La Jacqueline, also known as JaJa, a popular southwestern France festival drink, perfect to celebrate Bastille Day. Ours is made with L’Apero les Trois Meyer Lemon Apéritif, Perrier, Berryessa Gap Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc and a dash of Grenadine. $8.00 No ticket required.
Dame Suleka Sun-Lindley, co-founder of Thai Basil, will be Saint John’s guest chef on Thursday July 6th at 6:00 PM. If you wish to support and purchase tickets, the details are below.
https://secure.givelively.org/event/saint-johns-program-for-real-change/2023-july-guest-chef-dinner
The LDEI Sacramento 2023 spring/summer newsletter has been published. You may download it at the link below.
If you’re striving to keep your heart and brain functioning at their best, this is the event for you!
Join Les Dames d’Escoffier International, Sacramento as we celebrate the release of Cooking à la Heart, a new cookbook by Dame Amy Myrdal Miller that features more than 500 recipes that promote cardiovascular wellness.
Amy will be talking about the ingredients and eating patterns that have science to support their benefits for health as well as flavor and enjoyment. She’ll discuss the ten principles of Cooking à la Heart and address audience questions related to culinary nutrition and the pursuit of better health and wellness.
Come for an afternoon of delicious food, fun and education at the Event Center by Bella Bru at the Milagro Centre in Carmichael beginning at 1:00 PM Sunday, March 19th.
Every ticket sold contributes directly to the Les Dames d’Escoffier International, Sacramento Chapter scholarship fund to support women in agriculture, food, hospitality and the culinary arts.
Get to know your local Les Dames Chapter.
Tuesday August 16th, 4:00pm to 7:00pm PST
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Brasserie du Monde
The Brasserie will celebrate women in food, beverage, agriculture, and hospitality by hosting a mixer and fundraiser for the Sacramento chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier (LDEI).
This is your chance to meet and greet many of Sacramento’s top women in the food, beverage, and hospitality scene, while enjoying complementary wine and bites.
The Brasserie shares our guiding principles of continuing to value the differences among people and cultures throughout the world.
Please, join us and show your support.
Thank you, Brasserie du Monde, for this amazing opportunity and your support of the LDEI Sacramento mission.
The Village Feast celebrates the Sacramento-region Farm to Fork season, where we gather to enjoy and honor the bounty of our local farmers by meeting together for an afternoon of dining at communal tables, in the style of a Provençal Grand Aïoli.
In the last two years, due to the pandemic, we have held the event virtually. This year, we are delighted to return to enjoying The Village Feast in person!
Sunday, Oct 16th, 12:00pm to 3:00pm PST
We will be holding simultaneous events at Mulvaney’s B&L in Sacramento (1215 19th St, Sacramento), and Great Bear Vineyards (24800 Co Rd 101A, Davis) in Yolo County.
What is a Grand Aïoli?
The Village Feast follows the tradition of one of the great, late-summer feasts of Provence, France, where vast amounts of pungent aïoli—the golden garlic-mayonnaise that is a symbol of Provençal cuisine—unites people and food for a gastronomic celebration. The Sacramento region and Provence share a rich agricultural bounty owing to our Mediterranean climates. All that is needed for a feast—olives and olive oil, vegetables, nuts, wines, lamb, and more—is cultivated from the soil of our region.
In the spirit of a Grand Aïoli, please bring your own table settings, plates, silverware, glasses, and napkins so you can enjoy this communal meal.
The menu
Aperitifs include olives, nuts, local wines, and fresh baguettes. The meal is served family-style, with passed platters of heirloom tomatoes drizzled with local olive oil. Steamed and grilled local vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, and bowls of garlic-scented aïoli follow the tomatoes. Next comes the grilled lamb and summer white bean salad. The bottles empty, the bread is eaten, and dessert is served—fruit tart, or as the French say, a galette.
The Silent Auction
Bid on dozens of fabulous items donated by chefs, restaurants, wineries, and community members. Prepare to bid on items by downloading and registering the auction application Auctria to your smartphone.
Who benefits from this Fundraiser?
Les Dames d’Escoffier Sacramento Chapter and Davis Farm to School are working together to support education programs around food and agriculture. Davis Farm to School provides garden grants, farm field trips and support for farm-fresh food in the schools. The Dames provide funds for women with children in the Saint John’s Program for Real Change (a residential shelter with a culinary training program), as well as scholarships to women in food, wine, agriculture, and hospitality. All proceeds from The Village Feast go toward these missions.
Early Bird Pricing is $150 (single seats) and $1200 (table-seats 8).
Early Bird Pricing ends August 31. Ticket prices after this date will change as follows:
$165 (single seats), $1320 (table- seats 8).
Join our mailing list to stay tuned for more updates: https://www.davisfarmtoschool.org
The Village Feast benefits Davis Farm to School to support local, fresh produce for school lunches, and establish and sustain edible school gardens, farm-based education and recycling/composting programs. The event also raises funds for the Les Dames d’Escoffier Sacramento Chapter who provides educational scholarships to women in the Sacramento region pursuing careers in food, wine and agriculture.
This event traditionally brings the community together around a local farm-fresh meal. While we won’t be able to gather in person this year due to COVID 19, we will be gathering virtually and offering a live and silent auction full of local food and wine packages and adventures.
The Village Feast 2021
Saturday, October 9th at 1 p.m.
More Village Feast 2021 details to come soon. Join our mailing list to stay tuned for more updates: https://www.davisfarmtoschool.org