Southeast Region Competitors
Congratulations to all the 2009 Southeast Region award competitors
and best of luck to the winners, as they prepare to face-off against
their regional counterparts for the national title at the 2009 ACF
National Convention in Orlando, Fla., July 11–14.
Chef of the Year | Chef Educator
of the Year | Chef Professionalism
Award | Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement
Award | Pastry Chef of the Year | Student Chef of the Year | ACF
Student Team Regional Championship | Baron
H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl™
Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Unilever Foodsolutions
2009 ACF Southeast Regional Chef of the Year Award
Winner
P. Richard Brumm, CEC
Chef de Cuisine
La Gorce Country Club
Miami Beach, Fla.
ACF Greater Miami Chapter Epicurean Club
Greg Mueller, CEC, CCA
Executive Chef
Green Boundary Club
Aiken, S.C.
ACF Midlands Chapter
Dirk Rusthoven, CEC, CCA
Executive Chef
Westin Hotel Charlotte
Charlotte, N.C.
ACF High Country Chefs and Cooks Association
Chef Educator of the Year
2009 ACF Southeast Region Chef Educator of the
Year Winner
David Weir, CEC, CCE
Associate Professor
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, Fla.
ACF Central Florida Chapter
Alan Romano, CEC, CCE, AAC
Chef Instructor
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, N.C.
ACF Triad Chapter NC
Chef Professionalism Award
Sponsored by Nestlé Professional
2009 ACF Southeast Region Chef Professionalism
Award Winner
Edmund Chinners, CEC, CCA
Operations Manager
Sodexo
Columbia, S.C.
ACF Midlands Chapter
Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement Award
2009 ACF Southeast Region Hermann G. Rusch
Chef’s Achievement Award Winner
Wolfgang Bierer, CMPC, CEC, CCE, AAC
Corporate Executive Chef, Retired
Nestlé Professional
Cleveland
ACF Chefs of the Low Country
Frederik Lucardie, CEC, AAC
Executive Chef/Campus Director of Food Service
University Village
Tampa, Fla.
ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association Inc.
Robert Stegall-Smith, CEC, AAC
Corporate Chef
Institution Food House
Florence, S.C.
ACF Midlands Chapter
Pastry Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Splenda®
2009 ACF Southeast Region Pastry Chef of the Year
Award Winner
Heather Hurlbert
Executive Pastry Chef
Cherokee Town & Country Club
Atlanta
ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter Inc.
Geoffrey Blount, CEPC
Executive Pastry Chef
Bakery Bistro Initiative @ Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, N.C.
ACF Inc. Charlotte Chapter
David Ramirez
Executive Pastry Chef
Rosen Shingle Creek
Orlando, Fla.
ACF Central Florida Chapter
Student Chef of the Year
Sponsored by Custom Culinary, Inc.
2009 ACF Southeast Region Student Chef of the Year
Award Winner
Andrew Addleman II
Sous Chef
Chowders Seafood/River Rocks
Rockledge, Fla.
ACF Space Coast Chapter
Matthew Alexander
Line Cook
Undercurrent Restaurant
Greensboro, N.C.
ACF Triad Chapter NC
Samantha McNamara
Student
Sullivan University
Louisville, Ky.
ACF National Chapter
Benjamin Smith
Apprentice
Sea Island Company–Cloister Hotel
Sea Island, Ga.
ACF Golden Isles of Georgia Chapter
ACF Student Team Regional Championship
Sponsored by R.L. Schreiber, Inc.
2009 ACF Southeast Region Student Team Regional
Championship Winner
ACF Western North Carolina Culinary Association; Asheville-Buncombe
Technical Community College, Asheville, N.C.; Michael Aanonsen;
Shannon Ginn; Steven Goff; Anna McClintock; and Travis McCloud. The team
was coached by Charles deVries, CEPC.
ACF Central Florida Chapter, Valencia Community
College
Coach: Kenneth Bourgoin
ACF Golden Isles of Georgia Chapter
Coach: James (Tim) Thomas, CEC
ACF Greater Charleston South Carolina
Chapter
Coach: Ward Morgan
ACF Kentucky Chapter, Sullivan
University
Coach: Derek Spendlove, CEPC, CCE, AAC
Old Dominion ACF Chapter, U.S. Army
Coach: Clinton Francis
Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge
Bowl™
Sponsored by Pearson Education
2009 ACF Southeast Region Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl™ Winner
ACF Greater Miami Chapter Epicurean Club, Johnson & Wales
University–Miami, North Miami, Fla.: Alissa Ebel; Catherine
Gonzalez, CC; Victoria Gonzalez; and Marisa Roussell. The team is
coached by Alan Lazar, CCE.
ACF Palm Beach County Chefs Association, Florida
Culinary Institute
Coach: Steve Sitnick
ACF Triad Chapter NC, Guilford Technical Community
College
Coach: Alan L. Romano, CEC, CCE, AAC