2010 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
CHEFS FELLOWS
Central Region
Glenn Brown, CEC, AAC, executive
chef, The Country Club of Indianapolis,
Indianapolis, and an adjunct culinary
instructor at The International Culinary
School at The Art Institute of Indianapolis;
ACF Greater Indianapolis Chapter
Hubert Schmieder, AAC, retired, Lafayette,
Ind.; ACF Greater Indianapolis Chapter
Robert Walter, CEC, CCA, AAC,
assistant director, Goodwill Great
Lakes, Great Lakes, Ill.; ACF Windy City
Professional Culinarians Inc.
Mark Webster, CEC, CCE, AAC,
executive chef, New Theatre Restaurant,
Overland Park, Kan.; ACF Greater Kansas
City Chefs Association
Robert White, CEC, CCA, AAC,
educator, The Culinary Institute of
Michigan, Muskegon, Mich.; ACF West
Michigan Lakeshore Chapter
Northeast Region
Theodore Kowalski, CEC, AAC,
corporate chef, Sysco Foodservices
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; ACF
Philadelphia Chapter
Willie Lewis, CEC, AAC, corporate
executive chef, Romanelli’s Garden Cafe,
Galloway, N. J., and Romanelli’s on the
Greene, Linwood, N. J.; ACF Professional
Chefs Association of South Jersey
Thomas Pepka, CEC, AAC, executive
chef, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont,
Pa.; ACF Pittsburgh Chapter
Left to right: John Hui receives the
Joseph Amendola Award, John
Kaufmann is the Chair’s Medal recipient
and Michael Garbin accepts the Sharing
Culinary Traditions Award.
C. David Wolf, CEC, AAC, executive
chef, Hyatt on Capitol Square, Columbus,
Ohio; ACF Columbus Chapter
Southeast Region
David Bearl, CCC, CCE, AAC, program
coordinator, First Coast Technical College
School of Culinary Arts, St. Augustine, Fla.;
ACF St. Augustine Chapter
Christopher Donato, CEC, AAC,
corporate executive chef, Nestlé Professional,
Charlotte, N.C.; ACF Inc. Charlotte Chapter
Hilmar Jonsson, CEC, AAC, corporate chef,
KeyImpact Sales & Systems, Inc., Chesapeake,
Va.; ACF Virginia Chefs Association
Eric Karell, CEC, AAC, executive chef,
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Ga.; ACF
Greater Atlanta Chapter Inc.
Christopher McCook, CEC, AAC,
executive chef, Athens Country Club, Athens,
Ga.; Classic City Chefs and Cooks Association
Charlie Palmer, HHOF, center, who was
named an AAC Culinary Hall of Fame
Celebrated Chef, is congratulated by Stafford
DeCambra, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC, Academy
vice chair, left, and Thomas Macrina, CEC,
CCA, HGT, AAC, Academy chair.
