Dames Give Back: Cooking Champions
Dame Cathy Sloman Continuing our Dames Give Back initiative, Dame Clare Donovan invited us to spend time with her and her devoted team at Cooking Champions.…
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Musings
Shared by our Dames
Where Dames Dine
As a group of women who’ve made food, drink, and hospitality our business, you’d think we’d take a break now and then from obsessing over…
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Down with the kids
Award winning food journalist and author, Clare Finney, pays a heartwarming visit to the North Downs farm, Ellie’s Dairy, and finds a place where goats…
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Substack Unwrapped
Dame Cathy Sloman shares what she learned from the recent Substack: Unwrapped session.A big thank you to Dames Elisabeth Luard and Helen Collier for sharing their insights and experience…
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A Tale of Two Traditions: Thanksgiving Memories from across the Pond
By Dame Jen Greenhalgh Here in the UK Christmas day lunch is a traditional time of family gathering, celebrating love, family and friends and it’s…
Read moreSubstack Unpicked
by Dame Jen GreehalghI’ve read a few articles on Substack over the last couple of years and recently begun following our own Dames Elisabeth Luard and…
Read more5 Minutes with . . .Kim Hanks
Kim Hanks is Co-Founder and Creative Director for Whim Hospitality, an award-winning multi-service company encompassing hotels, restaurants, a full service spa, and an Event Services…
Read moreTaco Tuesday – LDE London Special Report
Dame Jen Greenhalgh worked her taco magic and hosted a Taco Tuesday fund-raiser for us on US election night – or Bonfire Night – take…
Read moreThe Big Interview: Dame Sheila Dillon
Interview: Ellie CostiganDame Sheila Dillon, presenter of The Food Programme and a doyenne of British broadcasting, on food inequality, an Ethiopian farming revolution and the…
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Food transforming lives behind bars
LDE London is proud that so many of our members are making huge strides in changing the dial on some of the big issues in…
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The Original Light Lunch
Dame Jen Greenhalgh takes us on a culinary journey to discover the origins of the iconic taco.It won’t surprise you to know that tacos come…
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Tupperware in turmoil
As we reel from the news that the stalwart of many a kitchen and picnic, Tupperware, files for bankruptcy, Dame Jen Greenhalgh recalls the place…
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A Day in the Life of a Great Taste Judge
The Guild of Fine Food’s Great Taste Awards for 2024 have been announced – so it seems the perfect time to shed a little light…
Read moreDream big: Graduation time
We were delighted that our President Jacqui was able to attend our sponsee, Alex Beighton’s, graduation at the School of Artisan Food and we loved seeing the…
Read moreTackling Food Waste with Oasis Hub
By Dame Jen GreenhalghThis week, we began our “Dames Give Back” initiative by partnering with the Oasis Hub in Waterloo who run a weekly community…
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