Past Recipients of Les Dames Scholarships and Career Advancement Awards

CAREER ADVANCEMENT GRANT AWARDS 2019

Ebony Freeman, Sips and Stilettos

Rebekah Miller, Dietetics

Dana Sorensen and Rachel Oldham, SOLV Catering

Kathleen Cotter, The Bloomy Rind

Hannah Messinger, Pantry Raid

Sarah Bush, Farmer

Rhonda Malone, Perfectly Cordial

Justyne Noble, Noble Springs Goat Dairy

Zada Sorrell, Baker

Amanda Swift, Mandie Cakes

Amber Besonen, Historic Gardener and Interpreter

CAREER ADVANCEMENT GRANT AWARDS 2018

Adriana A. Ortega, Succulent Vegan Tacos

Elizabeth Lassiter, Lost Weekend Farms

Kylee Thatcher, Three Daughters Farm/BootHill Blades

Alex Comfort-Wasnewsky, baker, pastry cook, The Thompson Hotel

Erin Keas, bartender, LA Jackson in The Thompson Hotel  

Jennifer Albanese, Pig&Leaf Farm, Spiral Ridge Permaculture

Kechelle Williams, Early Eats Food Truck

Keshia M Hay, Sip N Bite private chef services

Melissa Corbin, Corbin in the Dell

Rachel Maxwell Carpenter, Good Flower Farm

Tasha French Lemley, Chai Wallah LLC

Trish Mathisen Adjunct Professor, Nashville State Community College, Culinary Arts

CAREER ADVANCEMENT GRANT AWARDS 2017

Tasha Lemley founder, Chai Wallah LLC

Caroline McDonald farmer, Sounding Stone Farm

Rebekah Miller production manager, Green Door Gourmet

Rose Martha Mulanax culinary incubator manager, Conexion Americas

Kechelle Williams owner, founder Early Eats food truck

OPPORTUNITY NOW INTERNSHIPS 2017

Sophia Chen interned at the Nashville Farmers’ Market, coordinating outreach to local non-profits and community centers, assisting with satellite Vanderbilt Market, and contributing to the Fresh Savings EBT program.

Elizabeth Love interned at independent, chef-driven restaurant Lockeland Table Community Kitchen and Bar learning sanitary kitchen practices and assisting with kitchen prep.

Senai King interned at Chauhan Ale and Masala House, and learned how to organize the restaurant opening preparation list and acquired many cooking skills.

MATCHING SLOW FOOD MIDDLE TENNESSEE SEED GRANT

Women Farmers of Middle Tennessee

Les Dames Nashville matched a micro-grant awarded by Slow Food Middle Tennessee, thus giving the Women Farmers of Middle Tennessee the needed funds to launch their Mentorship Program.