NEWSWORTHY
Chefs and student volunteers from ACF Louis Joliet Chapter participated in United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Prairieland’s 15th annual Great Chefs Tasting Party and Auction held at Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Ill., March 7.
JOLIET CHAPTER COOKS FOR GREAT CHEFS
TASTING PARTY
More than 500 people attended the sold-out
event, and $116,750 was raised to support
the agency’s day school, adult programs and
home-based services.
NAVY CULINARY SPECIALISTS RECEIVE
AWARD, INSTRUCTION
Several galleys and fleets throughout the
Navy received the Captain Edward F. Ney
Memorial Award for Foodservice Excellence
in April. As a result, a group of Navy culinary
specialists aboard ships and submarines
Navy culinary specialists who visited the
American Culinary Federation’s national
office in June, are, front row, left to right:
CS2 Danilo Vincent Aungon, USS Blue
Ridge; CS3 Christopher Smith, USS
Wyoming; CSSN Dulce Looney, USS Blue
Ridge; and CSSN Lindsey Ocampo, USS
Stennis, and back row, left to right: CS3
Mark Andaya, USS Stennis; CSSN Bryant
Grovak, USS Stennis; CS3 Carlos Rodriquez,
USS Ohio; CSSN Ivan Ketola, USS Stennis;
and CS3 Javier Sanchez, USS Stennis. David
Bearl, CCC, CCE, AAC, right, is coordinator
for business and industry services, First
Coast Technical College, St. Augustine, Fla.
from Georgia, Japan and Washington
received two weeks of culinary instruction at
First Coast Technical College (FCTC) in St.
Augustine, Fla., in June.
October 9-10, 2010
ACF Akron-Canton Area Cooks and Chefs Association
Site: Tri-Mark/SS Kemp, Cleveland
Chair: Mark Kent, CEC; mk6@uakron.edu;
(330) 972-6615; fax (330) 972-5525
Categories: A-B, SA-SB, F1, K1-7, 9, SK1-7, 9, P1, SP1,
ACF Chefs and Cooks of the Catskill Mountains
Site: SUNY Delhi, Delhi, N. Y.
Chair: Jessica Backus-Foster; acfcomp@delhi.edu;
(607) 746-4041; fax (607) 434-8354
Categories: A-D, SA-SD, E1-4, K1-9, SK1, P1, 2, H1, 2,
SH1, 2
October 26-27, 2010
ACF Greater Miami Chapter Epicurean Club
Site: Miami Beach Convention Center—Hall C, Miami
Beach, Fla.
Chair: David St. John-Grubb CEC, CCE, MBA, CHE;
foodworks_intl@comcast.net; (305) 974-8686
Categories: W—Wildcard category using K category
guidelines (chicken, bone-in pork loin, fish, beef)
November 12-14, 2010
ACF Chefs Association of Arizona, Inc.
Site: East Valley Institute of Technology, Mesa, Ariz.
Chair: Eric Watson, CCC, CCE; ewatson@aii.edu;
(602) 331-7632; www.acfaz.org
Categories: A-D, ST2—Student Team State Competition,
K1-9, SK1-9, P1, 2 SP1, 2
January 14-16, 2011
ACF Fox Valley Chapter
Site: Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis.
Chair: John Johnson, CEC, CCE;
jgjohnson@matcmadison.edu; (608) 246-6707
Categories: A-C, E1, F1, 2, S T2—Student Team State
Competition, K1-9, P1, 2
Upcoming ACF-Approved
Culinary Competitions
CompetitiveEdge
Visit the ACF Web site, www.acfchefs.org,
for more information and updates.
DISCOUNT FOR INTERNATIONAL CHEFS CONGRESS
StarChefs.com’s fifth annual
International Chefs Congress, Sept.
20-22, at Park Avenue Armory, New
York, features main-stage programs, a
products fair, tastings and networking
with 1,500 culinary professionals, as well
as special guests Dan Barber, Michael
Ruhlman, Marcus Samuelsson, Alain
Sailhac and more. ACF chefs get a
discounted rate of $295 for a three-day
pass by using the promo code ACFICC
when ordering tickets at www.starchefs.
com/icc/tickets.
