About the American Friends

The American Friends of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is a tax-exempt U.S. foundation organized to promote the Symposium and its aims in the United States.

The American Friends of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery develops sources of support working with individuals and institutions.

We also administer the OFS Rising Scholar Award, which supports research by young scholars. Through a series of annual grants, we have partnered with The Julia Child Foundation to support increasing Symposium participation by students around the world. In 2020, the Foundation offered significant financial support to build and launch the “V-Symp spaceship” — the infrastructure for the virtual Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery.

The American Friends’ officers are:
– Doug Duda, president
– Cathy Kaufman, secretary and acting treasurer
– Richard Shepro, director

To make a U.S. tax-deductible donation to the American Friends, or to express interest in contributing time or other support, please contact us.