Central Region Honorees
Congratulations to the 2009 ACF Central Region Conference award
recipients and honorees for their outstanding contributions and
goodwill.
Central Region Rene Roncari Senior Chef
Humanitarian Award
Thomas Berg; assistant sous chef, Kelber Catering, St. Louis
Park, Minn.; ACF Minneapolis Chefs Chapter
ACF Chapter of the Year
ACF Windy City Professional Culinarians, Inc., Chicago
ACF Chapter Achievement Award
ACF Minneapolis Chefs Chapter; Minneapolis
ACF Louis Joliet Chapter; Joliet, Ill.
ACF Windy City Professional Culinarians, Inc.; Chicago
ACF Capitol Professional Chefs & Cooks Association of Greater
Lansing Michigan; East Lansing, Mich.
ACF Greater Kansas City Chefs Association; Kansas City, Mo.
ACF of Iowa
ACF Chicago Chefs of Cuisine Inc.; Chicago
Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis Inc.; St. Louis
ACF President’s Medallions
Girolomo “Jim” Calzante, HAAC; owner, Mamma
Maria’s Ristorante, Elmhurst, Ill.; ACF Chicago Chefs of Cuisine,
Inc.
Charles Carroll, CEC, AAC; executive chef,
River Oaks Country Club, Houston; ACF Professional Chefs Association of
Houston
Warren DeWolfe; Aurora, Ill.; ACF Chicago
Chefs of Cuisine, Inc.
Michael Garbin, CEC, AAC; executive chef,
Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago; ACF Windy City Professional
Culinarians Inc.
Ernst Gruch, CMC, AAC; Irving, Texas; Texas
Chefs Association
John Kempf, AAC; Wauconda, Ill.; ACF Chicago
Chefs of Cuisine, Inc.
Michel Lama; general manager, Deer Path Inn,
Lake Forest, Ill.
John McCormack, CEC, CCE, AAC;
president/corporate chef, Gateway Food Ventures Inc., Rochester Hills.,
Mich.; ACF Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association
Michael Reich, CEC; executive chef,
Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Chicago; ACF Chicago Chefs of Cuisine,
Inc.
American Academy of Chefs Chair’s
Scholarship
L. Fernando Mojica; student, Elgin Community College, Elgin,
Ill.
American Culinary Federation Education Foundation
(ACFEF) Exemplary Programs
Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wis.; associate of applied
science (AAS) degree in culinary arts.