Goodwin
Lewerenz
David Goodwin,
CEC, CCA, AAC,
executive chef/
director of culinary
operations at
Culinary Solutions
A La Carte, Minden,
Nev., a member of
ACF High Sierra Chefs Association; Lutz
Lewerenz, CEC, AAC, retired, Valley
Stream, N. Y., a member of ICA-ACF Big
Apple Chapter; Aidan Murphy, CMC,
AAC, general manager, Old Warson
Country Club, St. Louis, a member of
Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis;
George O’Palenick, CEC, CCE, AAC,
associate professor, Johnson & Wales
University, Providence, R.I., a member of
ACF Rhode Island Chapter; and David
Russell, CEC, AAC, corporate chef at
Unilever Foodsolutions, Lisle, Ill., and a
member of ACF Chicago Chefs of Cuisine
O’Palenick Murphy Russell
Inc., were inducted into the Honorable
Order of the Golden Toque at the Grand
Commanders Annual Dinner held at
Johnson & Wales University, Providence,
Oct. 2, 2010. This lifetime membership
is granted to 100 esteemed chefs by
nomination only.
Dominick
Laudia, CEC,
AAC, executive
chef at Boca
Woods Country
Club, Boca Raton,
Fla., a member of
ACF Palm Beach
County Chefs Association, was honored
by West Boca Raton Community High
School, Oct. 21, 2010, at the unveiling of
the school’s new student-run Calaloo Café.
Cappuccino Corner, the coffee bar, was
dedicated to Laudia for his many years of
service and dedication to young chefs.
Laudia
Rebecca
Formwalt, CSC,
CCE, an instructor
with Buffalo
Public Schools at
Emerson School
of Hospitality,
Buffalo, N. Y., and
a member of ACF of Greater Buffalo New
York, was named the chapter’s 2010 Chef
of the Year. Formwalt was honored at a
gala dinner Oct. 17, 2010, at Niagara Falls
Country Club, Lewiston, N. Y.
Formwalt
McCue
Tenbergen
Oprah Davidson, CPC, a student at
Johnson & Wales University, Miami, and an
ACF national member, was named co-grand-prize winner in the student artisan category
of California Raisin Marketing Board’s
America’s Best Raisin Bread Contest, Oct.
22, 2010. Davidson prepared her formula at
the American Institute of Baking, Manhattan,
Kan., Oct. 14-16. Ray McCue, CEC, chef-instructor at Johnson & Wales University,
Providence, R.I., a member of ACF Rhode
Island Chapter, took home the idea prize
in the professional artisan category. Klaus
Tenbergen, CEPC, CMB, Culinology®
program director and assistant professor at
California State University, Fresno, Calif., a
member of The ACF Chefs Association of
San Joaquin Valley, served as a judge for the
artisan category.
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