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The French International Culinary Society is offering scholarships for students that aspire to become professional cooks and help preserve traditions of quality in the French Culinary Art.

The scholarship was established in the name of famed Chef and restaurateur Francoise Haeringer and the Haeringer family, and is available to culinary students who meet a specific set of criteria. Winners will be announced in December 2010.

For more information on the Francoise Haeringer Culinary Scholarship and for application requirements, visit the FICS website.

During this Tuesday’s complimentary wine tasting (August 3), Bistro Lepic & Wine Bar will be showcasing a 2009 Côtes du Ventoux Domaine de Béranne and a 2009 Domaine de Martinolles Pays D’Oc.

The Georgetown restaurant also will be featuring live singing every Wednesday this month, with each show beginning at 7:00 p.m.

You may reserve your table by calling (202) 333-0111, or visiting the restaurant’s website at: www.bistrotlepic.com

July 23, 2010 

Washington Life’s “Event” section has captured the French International Culinary Society’s successful “RED, WHITE & BRUT!” celebration, which was held July 8 at the Washington Club. A write-up of this year’s Bastille Day event is now spotlighted on the publication’s website.

The article is accompanied by a number of photographs from the celebration, including images of La Chaumiere’s Chef and Proprietor Patrick Orange, Food Expressions’ Chef Hugh Cossard and Petits Plats’ Chef Patrick Moulet.

For more information on “RED, WHITE & BRUT!,” see the write-up in Washington Life Magazine and full coverage on the FICS website.

Bisnow’s “The Scene” social report captured the French International Culinary Society (FICS) Red, White and Brut celebration in Dupont circle on July 8, 2010. This Bastille Day celebration was held at The Washington Club.

Six of Washington, DC’s top chefs offered samples of their food, while Veuve Cliquot and Moet & Chandon champagnes were served in addition to artisan wines.

Noted attendees captured by Bisnow for the publication’s pictures were Petit Plats’ chef de cuisine Patrick Moulet, and La Chaumiere’s chef/ proprietor Patrick Orange. The write up on the FICS event ran in Bisnow’s “The Scene” on July 9.

The line-up is quickly coming together for the French International Culinary Society’s “RED, WHITE & BRUT!” celebration on Thursday, July 8.

To date, the list of participating restaurants includes Bastille, Bistro La Bonne, Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar, Central & Citronelle and many more.

This year’s event – hosted at The Washington Club at Dupont Circle – is a true Bastille Day celebration with the best in French food, Champagne and artisan wines.

For a complete list of participants, visit the FICS website and download the event program.

Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar has revealed its discounted menus for this year’s French Restaurant Week – the annual D.C. metro area celebration highlighted by gourmet specials and deals from FICS member restaurants.

This traditional French restaurant, located in the Georgetown area, will offer an extensive three-course prix fix menu (lunch and dinner) from July 9-15.

To see these menus in their entirety, visit the French International Culinary Society website’s event page – which will be updated with additional French Restaurant Week details as they are announced.

Chef/Owner Daniel Labonne of Bistro La Bonne is bringing the excitement of this year’s FIFA World Cup as all games with the French football (soccer) team will be shown live on two screens of his new U Street bistro in Washington, D.C.  More information on the schedule and the bistro’s menu is available at: www.bistrolabonne.com, tel: 202 758 3413.

FICS member Patrick Moulet has settled in as the Petits Plats restaurant’s Chef de Cuisine in Washington, D.C.  Moulet is from the southwest region of France, and has strong roots in Washington, including as Chef de Cuisine at Georgetown’s La Chaumière restaurant.

Washington, D.C.’s Bistro Lepic continues its series of themed events with a wine and cheese tasting dinner on Wednesday, June 9.  It will be presided by “Cheese Ambassador” Bruno Millerioux, a member of the FICS board of directors, who works at International Gourmet Foods. 

Contact the restaurant at: 202-333-0111, or: mail@bistrotlepic.com.

Tomorrow, FICS member restaurant Bistro Lepic will treat its guests to a special performance by the Lynn Véronneau Trio – an Arlington-based ensemble specializing in Latin jazz and Gypsy swing.

This Georgetown restaurant features live music on the first Wednesday of every month, hosted in the Wine Bar of Bistrot Lepic.

You may reserve your table by calling (202) 333-0111, or visiting the restaurant’s website at: www.bistrotlepic.com.