The San Antonio chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) is now accepting scholarship applications from San Antonio area women who are currently pursuing a post-high school education in the food/culinary arts, wine, hospitality or agriculture industries. The women’s professional organization will award up to $15,000 in scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year.
Applicants must demonstrate financial need, attend an accredited institution, and currently maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade point grade average. Scholarships are limited to women who are current residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and its contiguous counties.
The scholarship application is available online at www.ldeisanantonio.org, and in the financial aid offices of many area schools.
Past scholarship recipients have included students attending the University of The Incarnate Word, St. Philip’s College, Johnson & Wales University, The Culinary Institute of America, and other higher education institutions.
Completed applications should be postmarked no later than April 15, 2019 and mailed to Les Dames d’Escoffier Scholarship, c/o Diana Barrios Treviño, P.O. Box 15302, San Antonio, TX 78212.
Successful scholarship recipients will be notified no later than May 31, 2019. Funds will be sent directly to the scholarship winners’ educational institutions no later than September 1, 2019.
For more information, contact Diana Barrios Treviño at (210) 771-7011 or dianabarriostrevino@gmail.com.