MEMBER NEWS

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021

JULY 2021

Founding LDKY President Jamie Estes, Founder & President of Estes Public Relations, is recognized in Louisville Business First's annual salute to professional women who are making a difference in business and the community. The Business Women First Enterprising Women program will sponsor an in-person event in September at the Kentucky International Convention Center that includes lunch, speakers and a business expo. Jamie was also inducted into the Bluegrass Chapter of Public Relations Society’s Hall of Fame in 2020.

LDKY President & Book Author Susan Reigler, announces international awards bestowed upon her 2 books published last year. Which Fork Do I Use with My Bourbon? Setting the Table for Tastings, Food Pairings, Dinners, and Cocktail Parties won the General Cookbooks category of the 2021 International Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest & Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide (3rd ed) won the Bronze Medal in the Independent Publishers Awards Travel books.

JUNE 2021

Nicole Stipp’s Trouble Bar, a Shelby Park watering hole in Louisville, was listed as one of the 2021 best bars in America by Esquire Magazine. Trouble is the only KY bar included in Esquire's ranking.

MAY 2021

LDEI President Judith Hollis Jones, President & CEO of Buzzard’s Roost Spirits, LLC is pleased to announce that Buzzard’s Roost Spirits, LLC has entered the Massachusetts market with their rye products. Buzzard’s Roost Sippin’ Whiskey is currently available in KY and MA with more states in the works. Check out Buzzard’s Roost

APRIL 2021

Maggie Green RDN, cookbook author and former Joy of Cooking editor, launched the Get Paid to Get Published group coaching program in November 2020. Inside this 12-month online program, Maggie leads food & nutrition experts who want to get paid to write a cookbook so they don’t have to spend their own money to get published. Check out her free Netflix-style training to learn more about Get Paid to Get Published at www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free.

Abbey Mueller, Exec Dir of Abigail Academy Foundation & Life Coach for Girls & Moms, announces that The Abigail Academy Life Skills Center for Girls in Louisville KY will host it's 8th summer of culinary arts camps in The Springhurst Shopping Center. Campers aged 5-13 select five fun options to complete during the week with an emphasis on culinary practice, patience, and confidence. Abbey also has summer job positions for women interested in teaching a cooking or baking class for 4 different sessions. INFO or Call 502-500-7071.

Jerilan Greene, Yum!’s Global Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer, has been named by PRWeek to its 2021 Halle of Femme awards, which recognize the women in the communications industry who “stepped up to the plate in the past year and decades prior.” For Jerilan, “2020 was a year of making one pivot after another, only made possible for me through collaboration and leaning on my talented colleagues across Yum!…”

MEMBER EVENTS

NOVEMBER 2021

Nov 20, 6-8pm: Dame Abbey Mueller, Executive Director of The Abigail Academy hosts an event to spread awareness & celebrate the Academy's start as a non-profit. Culinary summer camps will be highlighted. Dames & guests are welcome to attend & learn more for future educational partnership or student mentoring in the hospitality and culinary industry. RSVP: 502-216-7771 by Nov 15.

JUNE 2021

June 24, 6:30pm: LDKY Events Committee Chair Julie DeFriend (Advanced Sommelier @Skurnik Wines) presents 5 Southern French Rosé wines paired with each region's culinary specialties including a Tomato touch in each dish @Brasserie Provence (owned by LDKY Communications Chair Stacy Duncan) MENU

MAY 2021

May 6, 7pm: Chef Ouita Michel joins moderator & LDKY President Susan Reigler for "An Evening with Ouita Michel" to discuss her new cookbook Just a Few Miles South: Timeless Recipes from Our Favorite Places in conjunction with the Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities Council. To register - https://kybookfestival.org/event/may-6/.
May 11, 7pm: Chef Ouita will also have an online conversation through Carmichael's Bookstore with Chef Edward Lee of the LEE Initiative. To register - https://www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/event/ouita-michel-conversation-ed-lee

APRIL 2021

April 1, 6:30pm: LDKY Events Committee Chair Julie DeFriend (advanced sommelier @Skurnik Wines) joins David DuBou (wine expert @Indigenous Selections) to present a fun & delicious blind tasting of various wines-same cépages but of different values - at Brasserie Provence (owned by LDKY Communications Chair Stacy Duncan.) The NO FOOLING! 4-Course Wine Dinner includes 6 wines and a Prosecco Reception. Check out the Provence MENU.

April 8: LDKY President Susan Reigler & co-author Peggy Noe Stevens will hold a live, outdoor bourbon tasting in Atlanta for that city’s branch of Bourbon Women and sign copies of their book, Which Fork Do I Use with My Bourbon? Setting the Table for tastings, Food Pairings, Dinners, and Cocktail Parties. Susan continues to conduct Zoom whiskey tastings. Check out Susan’s bourbon activities.