What happens when eight London chefs, who happen to be women, get together to host a dinner? Five courses of delicious food, of course.What else did you expect? A fight? A protest? Tears and tantrums?There are still gender stereotypes to dispel, especially in the world of food. And since yesterday was International Women's Day, what better way to do it than with good food, served with a wry grin and a side of two fingers up to the patriarchy?Bonny Porter, founder of the, on this occasion, ironically named Soho restaurant, Balls and Company, invited Sandia Chang, Roz Bado, Freddie Janssen, Olia Hercules, Emily Dobbs, Tania Steytler, and Margot Henderson to celebrate the women who inspire their cooking.There's no one fixed story for any of these women. Bado is a baker, Steytler is head chef at Danish restaurant Snaps and Rye, Hercules is the the author of Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Beyond, Janssen runs taco pop ups on the side of her day job doing marketing for the Michelin-starred Lyle's, Dobbs has a Sri Lankan street food stand, Henderson runs secret Shoreditch restaurant Rochelle Canteen, and Chang co-founded gourmet hot dog company Bubbledogs."The influence of women in food is so diverse," says Porter. She explains that the medley of artichokes she served was in honour of her mother, who persisted in trying to get her to eat vegetables—and eventually won.Continue reading on MUNCHIES