NEWSWORTHY
ANNOUNCEMENT OF JUNE 10,
2011, MEMBER MEETING FOR
ELECTION OF THE 2011-2013
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
36TH ANNUAL CULINARY ARTS COMPETITION
All ACF voting members, who will vote in
advance of the meeting by proxy ballot, are
invited to attend the meeting on June 10,
2011, for election of the American Culinary
Federation Board of Directors for the term-of-office 2011-2013.
The meeting will be held on Friday, June
10, 2011, at 10 a.m. EDT. The proxy ballots
will be cast and election results announced
at the meeting.
Meeting location:
The American Culinary Federation (ACF)
headquarters
180 Center Place Way
St. Augustine, FL 32095
Election results will be placed on the ACF
website once winners have been notified.
Col. Gwendolyn Bingham, left, and Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan Hunt, right,
congratulate Sgt. Billy Daugette on winning the title of Senior Chef of the Year at the 36th
U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition in Fort Lee, Va.
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Military chefs from around the country
and from all branches of the service came
together Feb. 26-March 11 for the 36th
U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition,
the military’s annual ACF-sanctioned
competition held at Fort Lee, Va. More
than 250 military personnel competed,
winning nearly 550 medals.
The National Culinary Review | May 2011
“This year’s competition demonstrated
the military’s capability to work together,
regardless of which branch of service one
is in,” says CW4 Russell Campbell, CEC,
chief, Advanced Food Service Training
Division for the U.S. Army at Fort Lee, Va.,
who was in charge of this year’s event.
“We had extremely talented professionals
from all over the world fighting for every
point, and it showed in the quality of their
food throughout the week.”
Here are the top 2011 award winners:
•;Installation;of;the;Year: Fort Bragg, N.C.
•;Senior;Chef;of;the;Year: Sgt. Billy
Daugette, U.S. Army
•;Junior;Chef;of;the;Year: Senior
Airman Ghil Medina, U.S. Air Force
•;Army;Enlisted;Aide;of;the;Year:
SFC Steven Broome, CEC, U.S. Army
•;Field;Cooking;Competition:
Coast Guard
•;Student;Team;Skills;Competition:
Coast Guard
•;Nutritional;Hot;Food;Challenge:
Pentagon team—SSG Orlando Serna, U.S.
Army, and SPC Sarah Deckert, U.S. Army
•;Baron;H.;Galand;Culinary
Knowledge;Bowl:;Fort Bragg, N.C.
•;Best;in;Class,;contemporary
cooking;(category;K):;CSC Derrick
Davenport, CEC, CEPC, U.S. Navy
•;Best;in;Class,;contemporary
pastry;(category;P):;SPC Thomas
Richberg, U.S. Army
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