Women Chefs And Restaurateurs To Honor Edna Lewis

Southern Roots & Hospitality at National Conference in Atlanta

Louisville, KY-Women Chefs and Restaurateurs (WCR), the nation's leading association representing women in culinary professions, will host a special tribute to the late Miss Edna Lewis at its annual conference in Atlanta, Ga. In celebration of the conference's theme, Southern Roots and Hospitality, WCR will kick off its annual gathering by honoring Miss Lewis's enormous contributions to the preservation of Southern cooking as a chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.

WHO: Nationally renowned women representing the vast diversity of culinary
professions ranging from chefs, restaurant owners, hospitality professionals, educators, food writers, farmers, food historians, sommeliers, marketing strategists, and other service providers. For a full list of conference speakers, please go to www.womenchefs.org and click on "National Conference" (on left-hand navigation bar).

WHAT: Peer learning, skill building, information sharing, and networking at national
conference of women in culinary professions. Participants can also peruse the latest culinary products and services. A sampling of master classes includes:
 Slow Southern Grains in the American Culinary Fast Lane
 From Southern Iced Tea to the Modern Tea Cocktail: American Trends in Tea
 Straight Talk on How to Recruit Women of Color to Your Restaurant
 How to Implement Organics Into a Successful Business
 An Exploration of the Culinary Heritage of the Carolina Low Country
 Writing Recipes for Home Cooks
 Southern Cakes

WHEN: November 18-20, 2006

WHERE: InterContinental Buckhead Hotel, 3315 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30326

WHY: More than 50 percent of the food service industry workforce are women, yet few reach the upper echelons of their profession. WCR's national conference provides women at all stages of their culinary careers with opportunities to gain new skills, information and techniques that can give them an edge in meeting the demands of this fast-paced, ever-changing profession and industry.

PRESS PASSES: Available on a limited basis. Please contact Emily Lynn at (877) 927-7787, ext. 212 or via email at elynn@hqtrs.com.

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