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Les Dames d'Escoffier
San Diego Chapter

ᴡᴡᴡ.ᴍᴀᴅʜᴜɴɢʀʏᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ.ᴄᴏᴍɪɴꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ @ᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴅʜᴜɴɢʀʏᴡᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴋᴛᴏᴋ | ᴛᴡɪᴛᴛᴇʀ @ᴍᴀᴅʜᴜɴɢʀʏᴡᴏᴍᴀɴꜰᴀᴄᴇʙᴏᴏᴋ @ᴅɪᴀʀʏᴏꜰᴀᴍᴀᴅʜᴜɴɢʀʏᴡᴏᴍᴀɴAnita is an internationally published cookbook author and the creator of “diary of a Mad Hungry Woman,” a food blog focusing on restaurant dining both local and beyond. Anita has appeared on Gordon Ramsey's "Hell's Kitchen" as a guest judge, Read more
Juice Plus and Tower Garden By Juice Plus - cglarsen@gmail.com Read more
Ellen Woods
chefewoods@gtmail.com IEllen Woods,  grew up in central Iowa on a family farm where we raised cattle, hogs, corn and soybeans.  Additionally, we had a family garden where we grew our produce.  As a young child I was fortunate to learn the value of food sourcing Read more
Emily Knight
txrestaurant.org In May 2019, Dr. Emily Williams Knight was appointed CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association and Education Foundation and officially assumed this leadership role on August 1, 2019. With more than 50,000 restaurants employing 1.3M Texans and posting sales of 70B in 2019, in Read more
Heidi Lyn Pigeon
hlgheshmi@gmail.com Hi! I am Heidi and a pastry chef!  I earned my bachelors in Art Studio with minors in English and Art History from UC-Davis. I then decided to change mediums and traded in my camera for a KitchenAid mixer. Which led me to The Read more
Janet Burges
Janet is a native San Diegan who had a long career in law enforcement before becoming a cooking instructor. She graduated from San Diego State University and was one of the first women hired and trained for patrol duties with the San Diego Police Department. Read more
kmurtfedt@icloud.com Read more
Kay Bogeajis
kaybogeajis@icloud.com Kay L. Bogeajis is an experienced executive in Restaurant/Retail Operations, with a proven track record of achieving sales and profit goals.  Exceed those targets as high as 20 percent annually.  Repeated success propelling companies to the next level of growth and expansion.. She has Read more
Family Spice - laura@familyspice.com Read more
HelmsBrisoce/ Roccoly LLC - mgldeiboard@gmail.com Maria Laurens is the Chief Executive Officer for Roccoly, LLC,  a company that she co-founded in 2020.  Previously to co-founding Roccoly LLC, Maria Laurens worked for 25+ -years in the hospitality field; she has vast experience in global sales, marketing, Read more
Kelley Productions International - mgkelleyz@sbcglobal.net Read more
Michelle Laracch
Cups LJ Inc - michelleleracch@me.com Read more
Mimi Holtz
Rocky H Ranch - mimiholtz@gmail.com Read more
Les Dames Monica Maccioni
“We are reeds, and the fate is the wind. "Grazia Deledda, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 I was born and raised in Sardinia, a small island in the center of Mediterranean Sea. As any native Italian, my first approach with food was following my Read more
Cucina Casa M- nancy@cucinacasam.com Read more
Stacey LeVasseur
staceylevasseur@hotmail.com Stacey LeVasseur joined HelmsBriscoe as Manager, Global Accounts in April of 2018. Based out of Southern California, Stacey has spent more than 30 years in hotel management for several leading hotel brands, including Hyatt and Sheraton. She uses her extensive experience to assist her Read more