Birmingham Alabama, top Birmingham women in food, the Market at Pepper Place — The Market at Pepper Place. Photo submitted

Have you heard of Les Dames d’Escoffier? It’s an international group of women leaders in food, wine and hospitality. This September, seven top Birmingham women in food, all members of the Magic City’s chapter of the organization, demonstrate recipes at the Market at Pepper Place. Check out the lineup.

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The Market at Pepper Place hosts live chef demonstrations every Saturday at 9 a.m., rain or shine, on 29th Street. Here’s when you can catch top Birmingham women in food, aka Les Dames, at the Market in September 2018.

Brittany Garrigus of Satterfield’s Restaurant. Photo submitted
Hazelrig Orchards pears. Photos submitted

1. Pastry Chef Brittany Garrigus

Chef Demo: Saturday, Sept. 1 at 9 a.m. at the Market at Pepper Place
Restaurant: Satterfield’s Restaurant in Cahaba Heights
Recipe: Homemade Pear Jam

At each chef demo, Les Dames will show you how to make a simple seasonal recipe, share a taste and talk about the chapter’s mission and community outreach.

2. Chefs Sherron Goldstein And Rebel Negley

Chef Demo: Saturday, Sept. 8 at 9 a.m. at the Market at Pepper Place
Classes: Fresh Fields Cooking, a private cooking school in Mountain Brook

Founded in 2013, the local chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier counts top Birmingham women in food among its members. Respected chefs and restaurateurs like Idie Hastings, Becky Satterfield and Pardis Stitt are Les Dames. So are many top local female food writers, cookbook authors, food photographers and stylists, cooking instructors, wine experts and leaders in the hospitality industry.

Pat Terry at a Les Dames d’Escoffier Birmingham chapter event at Stone Hollow Farmstead. Photo submitted
Locally grown eggplant at the Market at Pepper Place. Photo submitted

3. Chefs Pat Terry And Jessica Ivey

Chef Demo: Saturday, Sept. 15 at 9 a.m. at the Market at Pepper Place
Classes: Samford Wellness Kitchen, a 7-week cooking class series offered through Samford University’s School of the Arts
Recipe: Grilled Baba Ghanoush

4. Chef Kathy Mezrano

Chef Demo: Saturday, Sept. 22 at 9 a.m. at the Market at Pepper Place
Catering: Kathy G & Company, a renowned Birmingham special event and wedding caterer for more than 20 years.

Local recipients of Les Dames d’Escoffier’s culinary scholarships (i.e. our future top Birmingham women in food) will assist Les Dames with their cooking demonstrations at the Market at Pepper Place.