International Women’s Day has a long and delicious history in the Ottawa restaurant industry. For many years female chefs, sommeliers, and bartenders have come together on this day to pool their collective talents in aid of charities and organizations, often ones that seek to help women in need. This year, Kali Fawcett and Mélyna Amyot (the girls who put the Girl in Girl Dinner 613) organized an IWD event.
On March 23rd at Stofa Restaurant, ticket holders will be treated to six tantalizing courses cooked by incredible female chefs from some of Ottawa’s most inspiring and successful businesses. Some chefs tapped for this year’s event include Anna Côte formerly of The Birch Bite, Caroline Murphy of Corner Peach and Duke’s, and Coco De Leo of Dreamland Pasta Bar & Café.
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To elevate the experience further, wine pairings and craft cocktails from six of the city’s best and brightest women bartenders and sommeliers including Katarina Nyman of The Living Vine and Arlo, and Gillian Ainsworth of Nicholas Pearce Wines, will be available.
All proceeds and gratuities from the event will be donated to Minwaashin Lodge, an essential organization in Ottawa that provides support, shelter, and healing programs for Indigenous women, children, and Two-Spirit people who have experienced violence.
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“I think Girl Dinner has transformed and grown into a project to help marginalized communities and organizations specifically catered to the protection of women and non binary people,” says Fawcett. “Minwaashin Lodge is doing just that. We’re lucky to be joined by an amazingly talented Indigenous chef for this event that we all look up to, so it felt right to choose an organization close to all of our hearts.”
The Girls of Girl Dinner, Kali Fawcett and Mélyna Amyot. Photo provided.
Girl Dinner started 2025 off strong with an event that raised over $6,000 for Cornerstone Housing for Women and hopes to carry that momentum even further with this event. “We choose organizations that are close to our hearts,” says Amyot.
Girl Dinner is for everyone. Community is so important for all of us. If we can do what we love to do and help people in need in the process, what could be better than that?
Tickets for Girl Dinner’s International Women’s Day event can be purchased and donations to Minwaashin Lodge can be made here.
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