NEW DATE: The State Of Restaurants: A Conversation With Three Industry Leaders

Restaurants, you've made it through the hard part. There’s definitely light at the end of the tunnel. They’ve pivoted, adapted, changed, and learned. The state of restaurants today doesn’t look the same as it did a year ago, and certainly not two years ago. This is a resilient industry and the road ahead, while it still holds challenges, looks promising. Join Les Dames Escoffier DC as three industry leaders talk about what the future can hold, what lessons were learned, and the situation as they see it. Moderated by Charissa Benjamin, founding partner of Savor PR, a DC-based full-service, woman-owned public relations agency representing hospitality and lifestyle brands. The panel will include Kathy Hollinger, president and CEO of The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington and the preeminent voice for the industry in DC; Micheline Mendelsohn, deputy chief executive officer of Sunnyside Restaurant Group, which operates and franchises six successful restaurant concepts nationally and internationally including We The Pizza; and Ashleigh Pearson, owner of newly opened Georgetown chocolate shop Petite Soeur, who is a Le Cordon Bleu graduate, who has worked at Marcel’s in DC and Thomas Keller’s Per Se, as well as being a Les Dames scholarship recipient. 
While this event is free of charge, donations are encouraged and appreciated. Your generosity supports the Les Dames scholarship program, which underwrites the professional studies and advancement of women in the food, beverage and hospitality industries and their grants program, which funds tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations that are making a difference in the global food community. Online and live, Tuesday, October 26th at 12:00 p.m. ET. Click here to register on Zoom. If you would like to donate to Les Dames, please click here.