Upcoming DC Events

Maître Restauranteur Omar Masroor and Maître Rôtisseur Sophia Masroor

Please join the Bailliage of Greater Washington as we embark on a culinary journey to enjoy the cuisine of Afghanistan at our next on-line gathering. This six-course menu (vegetarian option available) delivered to your home will be accompanied by a bottle of wine carefully selected from the DC Chaîne’s wine cellar.

Maître Rôtisseur Sophia Masroor and Maître Restauranteur Omar Masroor are the chef-owners of the highly acclaimed Aracosia Restaurants. Their sophisticated cuisine, made with carefully sourced ingredients, is both comforting and exotic. Their traditional dishes are inspired by those served to Afghan royalty and their most honored guests.

We will meet via Zoom for dinner, with Omar Masroor ready to answer your questions!

Join the Bailliage of Greater Washington on Zoom as we enjoy an opulent Piedmontese delivered dinner cooked by celebrity Chef Roberto Donna.

Chef Donna was born in the Piedmont region of Italy. Arriving in DC at the age of 19, he opened Galileo Ristorante only 4 years later. It was named one of the 10 best Italian restaurants in America by Wine Spectator and one of the twenty finest Italian restaurants in the world by the President of Italy. Chef Donna has trained and influenced many of the top chefs in Washington, and was named Best Chef Mid-Atlantic by the James Beard Foundation in 1996. Throughout his career, his mission has been to bring authentic high-end Italian cuisine to the United States.

Chef Donna has created an extraordinary menu exclusively for the DC bailliage that highlights flavors he grew up with. He will prepare it personally, just for us. The evening will begin with a cocktail created by Chef Donna followed by a seven-course dinner the featuring bounty of the fall harvest and the finest rare ingredients. In the hands of this expert chef, the menu simply shines. A bottle of wine from the Chaîne’s cellar accompanies the dinner.

Dinner will be delivered contactlessly to your home in the DC Metro area, and Chef Donna will join us on Zoom that evening to discuss his cuisine and answer your questions.

Save The Date
Wednesday, Novermber 18, 2020

Kick off the holiday season in true Chaîne style with a tasting of eight premium caviars accompanied, of course, by a bottle of Champagne from the bailliage’s cellar.

The Caviar Company of San Francisco will ship (via overnight express) eight varieties of the finest caviar, along with blini, crème fraîche, and a mother-of-pearl spoon directly to your home. That evening, the company’s founders, sisters Petra Bergstein & Saskia Bergstein, will join us via Zoom to lead an educational and entertaining evening exploring the luxurious world of caviar.

Founded in 2006, The Caviar Co. is a curated purveyor of the finest sustainable caviar currently available. With their combined caviar knowledge and experience working with the pioneers of the industry, The Caviar Co. conducts business with absolute transparency, exceptional care for the planet, and undeniable reliability. With aquaculture and sustainable sturgeon farming methods, they are able to avoid impacting the wild sturgeon.

Mark your calendar for our 2021 Black-Tie Grand Induction and Gala Dinner at the wonderful Four Seasons in Georgetown.

Details to follow.

Save the date as the Bailliage of Greater Washington, D.C., returns to the historic Willard InterContinental for its traditional holiday gala dinner on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Details to follow.