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March 1-2, 2011
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April 16-17, 2011
May 23–24, 2011
Chefs de Cuisine Association of
San Diego members from left to
right: Neil Shepler, Tranita Barnett,
Todd Bull, Kassandra LeBlanc and
Eric Satrom, volunteer at the 2010
Start! San Diego Heart Walk, held
Sept. 19, 2010, in Balboa Park. The
chapter hosted a brunch in the park
for more than 175 heart transplant
recipients, doctors and nurses and
walk participants as a way to give
back to the community and to offer
student culinarians a chance to
take part in offsite catering. Once
expenses were paid, proceeds went
toward the chapter’s Education
Foundation, which sponsors
students’ chapter membership fees
and provides culinary scholarships
to deserving students with
disadvantaged backgrounds.
In November, Mark
Wright, CEC, AAC,
American Academy
of Chefs scholarship
chair, announced
the 2010 Chaîne
des Rôtisseurs
scholarship recipients. The following
recipients will receive $1,000 toward
tuition, books and other school-related fees.
• Ashley Coates, University of Houston/
Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and
Restaurant Management, Houston
• Jessica Desormeaux, Lake Washington
Technical College, Kirkland, Wash.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHEFS ANNOUNCES
SCHOLARSHIPS
• Adelle Freeman, The Restaurant School
at Walnut Hill College, Philadelphia
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ACF CHEF CREATES
HAUNTED HOUSE FOR
WHITE HOUSE HALLOWEEN
Ray Duey, CEC, joined fellow fruit-and-vegetable carver James Parker at the White
House Oct. 31, 2010, for the president’s
annual Halloween celebration, which was
attended by local school children and military
families. Duey, Parker and several assistant
sculptors spent two days creating a 3x4-foot
haunted house made out of pumpkins. They
also received a special tour by White House
executive chef Cristeta Comerford.
Ray Duey, CEC, left, with student Edmund
Palmiera, center, and James Parker, in front
of their pumpkin-sculpted haunted house at
the White House, Oct. 31, 2010.
IN MEMORIAM
We mourn the passing of our fellow culinarians, who
meant so much to the industry and to the American
Culinary Federation.
Nicholas Dabbenigno
ACF Professional Chefs Association of South Jersey
Gil D. Gaitan, AAC
ACF Minneapolis Chefs Chapter
Edward H. Gould
ACF National Member
Bob Husted
ACF Chicago Chefs of Cuisine Inc.
Kevin M. Lear
ACF Epicurean Club of Boston
Jean Michelet, AAC
ACF Philadelphia Chapter
Joseph A. Rooksberry, CEC, AAC
ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association Inc.
Nancy S. Steryous, CCE, AAC
ACF Inc. Florida Suncoast Cooks Association
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