Ben Fonbuena, CEC, CCE, AAC,
executive chef/educator, Rice University,
Houston, a member of Texas Chefs
Association’s Houston chapter, will be
named his chapter’s Chef of the Year
at a luncheon in Dallas, July 21. He will
be recognized for his teaching skills,
participation in charity events and
volunteer work. Fonbuena and other
Texas Chefs Association chapter chefs of
the year will be eligible to be named the
association’s 2011 Texas Chef of the Year.
Jackson York, CEC, executive chef, Edom
Bakery & Grill, Brownsboro, Texas, was the
2010 Texas Chef of the Year.
Fonbuena York
Kara Schnaus,
a student at
Sullivan University,
Louisville, Ky., and
member of ACF
Kentucky Chapter,
won a $5,000
scholarship at
the second annual Taste of Derby burger
competition, sponsored by Creekstone
Farms, in May. Schnaus was recognized at
the Taste of Derby Gala at the Mellwood Art
Center, Louisville, for her Kara’s B- 5 Burger,
which won judges Bobby Flay’s, Kent
Rathbun’s and Jo-Jo Doyle’s attention. Her
original recipe featured Creekstone Farms
Black Angus ground chuck seasoned with
garlic and jalapeño, spicy mayonnaise,
caramelized onions and Swiss cheese
served on an onion/poppy seed bun.
Schnaus
Brooke
Maynard, a
student at The
Culinary Institute
of America (CIA),
Hyde Park, N.Y.,
and member
of Mid Hudson
Culinary Association, won third place
and $1,000 from Kraft Foodservice for
her lobster schnitzel and arugula club
on hazelnut bread with mascarpone/
mustard sauce, tomato/baked-fontina
dip and Dijon potato salad in the Future
Chefs of Grey Poupon Student Culinary
Competition held at the CIA April 4.
Maynard
Cindy
Komarinski,
CCC, CCE,
associate
professor at
Westmoreland
County
Community
College (WCCC), Youngwood,
Pa., and member of ACF Laurel
Highlands Chapter, was named 2011
Distinguished Alumnus at WCCC’s
40th commencement ceremony held
at the school’s Youngwood campus,
May 6. Komarinski received the award
for her professional accomplishments,
community service and service to the
community college.
Komarinski
Stanley Shafer, executive chef at Christmas
Farm Inn & Spa, Jackson, N.H., received
White Mountain Chapter of the ACF’s 2011
Chef of the Year award at the 34th annual
Taste of New Hampshire at Eagle Mountain
House & Golf Club, Jackson, N.H., May
20. Also at the event, Lisa Somerville,
CEPC, co-owner of Vintage Baking
Company, North Conway, N.H., received the
chapter’s 2011 President’s Award.
Shafer
Somerville
Michael
O’Donnell, CEC,
a member of ACF
Gulf to Lakes
Chefs & Cooks
Association Inc.,
has been named
national account
sales manager/corporate executive chef
for TW Garner Food Company, Winston-
Salem, N.C. Previously, he was corporate
executive chef at Land O’Lakes, St. Paul,
Minn. In his new role, O’Donnell will be
responsible for expanding TW Garner’s
national account foodservice footprint
across the U.S. and Canada.
O’Donnell
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