ACF WESTERN REGION 2012
AWARDWINNERS
Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Unilever Food Solutions
Percy Whatley, CEC
Executive Chef
The Ahwahnee
Yosemite, Calif.
Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts Inc.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING
WINNERS FROM THE 2012 ACF WESTERN
REGIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT JOHN
ASCUAGA’S NUGGET, SPARKS, NEV. THE
RECIPIENTS WILL COMPETE FOR NATIONAL
TITLES AGAINST THEIR WINNING REGIONAL
COUNTERPARTS AT THE 2012 ACF NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN ORLANDO, FLA., JULY 14-17.
Pastry Chef of the Year
Adalberto Diaz Labrada, CEPC
Executive Chef/Cooking School Instructor
Harmons Grocery Educational Center
Salt Lake City
ACF Beehive Chefs Chapter Inc.
Chef Educator of the Year
Frank Leake, CCC, CCE, AAC
Professor of Culinary Arts
University of Hawaii, Culinary Institute of the Pacific
Honolulu
Chefs de Cuisine Association of Hawaii Honolulu
Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s
Achievement Award
Walter Bronowitz, CCC, CCE, AAC
Executive Chef/Dietary Manager
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle
ACF Washington State Chefs Association
Chef Professionalism Award
Sponsored by Minor’s®
Urs Emmenegger, CEC, AAC
Executive Chef
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego
ACF Chefs & Culinarians of San Diego
Student Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Custom Culinary, Inc.
Reilly Meehan
Private Events Chef
San Francisco Bay Area
ACF national member
Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl
Sponsored by American Technical Publishers
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
ACF Washington State Chefs Association
Richard Hill, Crystal Medawar, Randall Poole,
Sarah Ridges and Margaret Venema; Matthew
DiMeo and Janet Shaffer, CWPC, coaches
Student Team Regional
Championship
Sponsored by R.L. Schreiber, Inc.
Orange Coast College
ACF Orange Empire Chefs & Professional
Cooks Association
James Angotti, Ciara Crivello, Molly Grundy,
Aric Mattson and Jillian Schnaebele; Bill
Barber, CEC, coach
Galbani® Mozzarella Caprese
Salad Challenge
Sponsored by Lactalis Foodservice
Mike Sabella Jr.
Cook
City Forest Catering
San Francisco
What’s In Your Wok? Fried
Rice Competition
Sponsored by Riviana Foods, Inc.
Kristin Swaggart, CC
Chef/Culinary Director
J. Bookwalter Winery & JBistro
Richland, Wash.
ACF Northwest Wine Country Chapter
The award recipients listed below were recognized
for their outstanding contributions and goodwill.
Chapter of the Year
ACF Idaho Chefs de Cuisine
Chapter Achievement Awards
ACF Chefs de Cuisine Society of Oregon
ACF Idaho Chefs de Cuisine
ACF Washington State Chefs Association
ACF President’s Medallions
Alan Anderson, CEC, executive chef, Rogue
Valley Manor, Medford, Ore.; ACF
Southern Oregon Chapter
Murat Day, CEC, WCC, AAC, culinary-arts
instructor, The International Culinary
School at The Art Institute of California–
San Diego; ACF Orange Empire Chefs &
Professional Cooks Association
Webb Evans, CEC, CCA, AAC (posthumous),
ACF Chefs Association of Arizona, Inc.
Cutting Edge Awards
Debora Aragon, CCC, CCE, educator, Sierra
Nevada Job Corps Center, Reno, Nev.; ACF
High Sierra Chefs Association
Todd Bull, teacher, El Cajon Valley High
School, El Cajon, Calif.; Chefs de Cuisine
Association of San Diego
Bert Cutino, CEC, AAC, HBOT, HOF, co-founder,
The Sardine Factory/Cannery Row Company,
ACF Chefs de Cuisine Society of Oregon
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHEFS
The American Academy of Chefs gave
a $1,000 grant to the Western Region
Student Team Regional Champion, Orange
Coast College/ACF Orange Empire Chefs &
Professional Cooks Association, to assist with
expenses to travel to the national competition.
