ACF SOUTHEAST REGION 2012
AWARDWINNERS
Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Unilever Food Solutions
Bryan Kelly, CCC
District Executive Chef
Aramark at the University of Virginia
Dining Service
Charlottesville, Va.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING
WINNERS FROM THE 2012 ACF SOUTHEAST
REGIONAL CONFERENCE. THEY WILL
COMPETE FOR NATIONAL TITLES AGAINST
THEIR WINNING REGIONAL COUNTERPARTS
AT THE 2012 ACF NATIONAL CONVENTION
IN ORLANDO, FLA., JULY 14-17.
Pastry Chef of the Year
Matthew Ratliff
Assistant Pastry Chef
Everglades Club
Palm Beach, Fla.
Chef Educator of the Year
Costa Magoulas, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC, MHA
Dean—School of Hospitality and Culinary
Management
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, Fla.
ACF Daytona Beach Chefs Association
Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s
Achievement Award
Richard Cote, CEC
Retired Executive Chef
Orlando, Fla.
ACF Central Florida Chapter
Chef Professionalism Award
Sponsored by Minor’s®
Greg Mueller, CEC, CCA, WCC
Executive Chef
Sodexo—Doctors Hospital
Augusta, Ga.
ACF Midlands Chapter
Student Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Custom Culinary, Inc.
Daniel Rodriguez
Student
West Boca Raton Community High School
Boca Raton, Fla.
ACF Palm Beach County Chefs Association
Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl
Sponsored by American Technical Publishers
Culinary Institute of Savannah at Savannah
Technical College
ACF Chefs of the Low Country
Jocelyn Brantley, Claudia Harper, Joshua
Lopez, Joseph Poulin and Angela Real;
Jean Yves Vendeville, CEPC, coach
Student Team Regional
Championship
Sponsored by R.L. Schreiber, Inc.
ACF Golden Isles of Georgia Chapter
Sea Island resort apprentices
Travis Caraballo, Cole Hunter, William
McClendon, Jason McKinney and Mitchell
Nelsen; Daniel Zeal, coach
Galbani® Mozzarella Caprese
Salad Challenge
Sponsored by Lactalis Foodservice
Nora Galdiano, CEC
Executive Sous Chef
Isleworth Country Club
Windermere, Fla.
ACF Central Florida Chapter
What’s In Your Wok? A Fried
Rice Competition
Sponsored by Riviana Foods, Inc.
Costa Magoulas, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC, MHA
The award recipients listed below were
recognized for their outstanding contributions
and goodwill.
Chapter of the Year
ACF Central Florida Chapter
Chapter Achievement Awards
ACF Central Florida Chapter
ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter Inc.
ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association
ACF President’s Medallions
David Bearl, CCC, CCE, AAC, director of
college advancement, First Coast
Technical College, St. Augustine, Fla.;
ACF St. Augustine Chapter
Costa Magoulas, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC, MHA
Jean Yves Vendeville, CEPC, department
chair, Culinary Institute of Savannah at
Savannah Technical College, Savannah,
Ga.; ACF Chefs of the Low Country
Cutting Edge Awards
Michael Deihl, CEC, CCA, AAC, executive chef,
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta; ACF Greater
Atlanta Chapter, Inc.
Alan Romano, CEC, CCE, AAC, chef-instructor,
Guilford Technical Community College,
Jamestown, N.C.; ACF Triad Chapter NC
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHEFS
The American Academy of Chefs gave a
$1,000 grant to the Southeast Region
Student Team Regional Champion, ACF
Golden Isles of Georgia Chapter/Sea Island
resort apprentices, to assist with expenses to
travel to the national competition.
