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Events 

  • Sat, Sep 05
    Birmingham
    Sep 05, 2026, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Birmingham, 2829 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
    Stop by our booth for picnic, barbecue and tailgating tips and learn more about how our chapter funds the future of food in Alabama. We will have plenty of fun Labor Day foods like snacks, dips, chicken salad & pimento cheese, pickles, cookies and more.
  • Sat, Sep 12
    Pepper Place Market
    Sep 12, 2026, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Pepper Place Market, 2829 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
    Join the Birmingham Dames each Saturday in September for our annual takeover at Pepper Place Market. This week at our tent you'll find tasty Mediterranean treats from Greece, the South of France, Spain and the Middle East--all reflecting the unique food heritage of the Magic City!
  • Sat, Sep 19
    Pepper Place Market
    Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Pepper Place Market, 2829 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
    Join the Birmingham Dames each Saturday in September for our annual takeover at Pepper Place Market. This week, we'll collaborate with Southbound Food Festival's special program ROOTED: Women in Food Legacy in Motion for chef demos & panels all morning with Southbound guest chefs and our own Dames!
  • Sat, Sep 26
    Pepper Place Market
    Sep 26, 2026, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Pepper Place Market, 2829 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
    Join the Birmingham Dames each Saturday in September for our annual takeover at Pepper Place Market. This week at our tent, we'll feature lots and lots of sweet treats! It's our most popular day! This will satisfy your sweet tooth until our Sweet Treats fundraiser in February!
  • Sun, Oct 04
    Pepper Place Market
    Oct 04, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Pepper Place Market, 2829 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
    Use our traditional drive-through or picnic at Pepper Place with us! This is our largest fundraiser of the year! It's how we fund the future of food in Alabama. We would love for you to join us! Click on PICNIC on our home page to get your picnic!

Champagne & Fried Chicken

Our 2024 event was a huge success! We'll do it again in 2025, you can be sure.

Each fall, we host Champagne & Fried Chicken at Pepper Place. This is our largest fundraiser of the year. All the money raised from our sponsors goes directly into our grant and scholarship giving and to our endowment. To date, we have given more than $200,000 in entrepreneurial grants to women-owned businesses and educational scholarships to female students across Alabama.

LDEI Birmingham

The Birmingham chapter of

Les Dames d’Escoffier International is an organization of resident leaders and experts in the food, beverage and hospitality industries, and we are dedicated to growing, creating, promoting and

sharing our local food culture.

​Registered Charity:

46-4530653

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