Dames d’Escoffier Chicago offers a variety of events during the year, many of them open to the public.
Current Events
How the Olive Estates of South Africa Connected two Dames Across the Globe. 
Dame Karen Rose will share the story of City Olive, the art of olive oil tasting, and some intriguing insight on some extraordinary olive oils from unexpected regions of the world from her carefully curated selection. The session will include an olive oil tasting to introduce our dames to a must-visit dame-owned business. There will be nibbles and wine as well.
Dame Sharon Olson will share her story of being marooned in South Africa during the Covid lockdown and her search for a sense of near-normal. One of the only ways to get
Date: September 13, Monday Time: 6:00 - 7:30 Where: 5644 N Clark Street, Chicago, Il 60660 MeteredParking Available. Register Here.

Dames Who Read – Crying in H-Mart, by Michelle Zauner, New Hybrid Format
Michelle Zauner’s new book is a memoir about the mother-daughter bond and covers all of the emotions of love, friction, loyalty, tenderness and grief. It includes the issues of immigrant identity and assimilation no matter what country the roots are planted. Food memories, descriptions and hunger for the familiar and the strange will all present themselves – you’ll laugh and you will, well, cry- tho it may not be in H Mart but in your reading chair! And it will make you hungry and curious about Korean food.
This will be our first experiment with a new hybrid format for Dames Who Read. After months of all-online events, this meeting will have two We will gather on Zoom for an hour of book discussion as we have been doing during the pandemic. The following week we hope members will be ready – and anxious – to gather again, so we have arranged a guided tour of the H Mart in Niles (address below) with samples of some of the typical Korean dishes mentioned in the book. Bring your shopping list as we will be traveling the aisles of the store and learning about the myriad of offerings, familiar and not, before enjoying samplings of several dishes. And at the end we will leave time for you to shop on your own.
Date: September 14, Book Discussion, Zoom Meeting September 21, in person at H-mart Time: 6:00 both dates Place: September 14, Zoom (Zoom link will be emailed to you when you register) September 21, In Person Tour and Shopping at H-Mart, 801 Civic Center Drive, Niles, IL 60714, near the intersection of Dempster and Waukegan. Meet at Food Court.