ACF Chef Professionalism Award

The National Chef Professionalism Award is presented to the chef who exemplifies the highest standard of professionalism through certification, continuing education and training, culinary competitions and community involvement. It is presented to honor culinarians who help elevate the status of chefs and cooks in the United States.

The National Chef Professionalism Award was designed to commemorate the efforts of Dr. Lewis J. Minor, AAC; Louis Szathmary, AAC; and Lt. Gen. John D. McLaughlin, AAC. The combined efforts of these three ACF leaders helped achieve a long-sought goal for American chefs: official recognition of ACF executive chefs as professionals, reflected in the U.S. Department of Labor's Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

 

* denotes National Winner
2007	* Michael Beriau, CEC, AAC Gregory Wozniak, CEC, AAC James Thomas, CEC David Goodwin, CEC, CCA, AAC	Northeast Central Southeast West
2006	* Joseph Eidem, CEC, AAC Ewart Jones, CEC, AAC Brian Sode, CEC Americo DiFronzo, CEC, AAC	West Central Southeast Northeast
2005	*Thomas J. Macrina, CEC, AAC Ernst W. Gruch, CMC, AAC Anthony L. Lauri, CEC, AAC Ray Delfino, CEC	Northeast Central Southeast West
2004	*Stafford DeCambra CEC, CCE, AAC Patrick Mitchell, CEC Joachim Buchner CMC Jesse Bartyzal CEC AAC	Southeast Central Northeast West
2003	* Derek Spendlove CEPC CCE AAC Michael Carmel, CEC, CCE Rene Rawraway, CEC, CCE John Fisher, CEC, CCE, AAC	Southeast Central Northeast West
2002	* John Kaufmann CEC AAC	Central
	Thomas Vacarro, CEPC	Northeast
	Hiroshi Noguchi, CEC, AAC	Southeast
	John Hui, CEPC	West
2001	*Bert P. Cutino, CEC, AAC	West
	Joel Tanner, CEC, AAC	Central
	Phillip J. Cragg, CEC, CCE	Northeast
	Jill Bosich, CEC, CCE	Southeast
2000	*Alex R. Darvishi, CEC, AAC	Northeast
	Bernard S. Urban, CEC, AAC	Central
	Bernd M. Mueller, CEC	Southeast
	Steven Kleinman, CEC, AAC	West
1999	*Siegfried Eisenberger, CEC, AAC	West
	Steven Jilleba, CMC, CCE, AAC	Central
	Gino Corelli, CEC, AAC	Northeast
	Roderick Smith, CEC, AAC	Southeast
1998	*Deborah J. Trudeau, CCE	Central
	Frederik Lucardie, CEC, AAC	Southeast
	Ronald R. Perkins, CEC, CCE, AAC	Northeast
	Doug Schwartz, CEC	West
1997	*Clayton Sherrod, CEC, AAC	Southeast
	Uwe Hestnar, CEC, AAC	Northeast
	Denis Ellis, CEC, AAC	Central
	Michael Pizzuto, CCE	West
1996	*Noble Masi, CEPC, CMB, AAC	Northeast
	Robert Garlough, CEC, CCE, AAC	Central
	Louis Perrotte, CEC, AAC	Southeast
	Giovanni Joe Delrosario, CCE, CWC	West
1995	*Joseph Amendola, CEPC, CCE, AAC	Southeast
	Phil Learned, CEC, AAC	Northeast
	John Zehnder, CEC, AAC	Central
	William Franklen, CMC, AAC	West
1994	*Johnny Rivers, CEC, AAC	Southeast
	Edward Leonard, CMC, AAC	Northeast
	Nick Marino, CEC, AAC	Central
	Werner Zefferer, CEC, AAC	West
1993	*Walter Rhea, CMPC, CEC, CCE, AAC	Southeast
	Nickolas Zakharoff, CEC	Northeast
	Louis Jesowshek, CEC, AAC	Central
	Stafford DeCambra, CEC, CCE, AAC	West
1992	*Hartmut Handke, CMC, AAC	Northeast
	Victor Gielisse, CMC, AAC	Central
	Hans Schadler, CEC, AAC	Southeast
	Walter Leible, CMC, AAC	West
1991	*Roland Schaeffer, CEC, AAC	Northeast
	Roland Zwerger, CCE, AAC	Central
	Reimund Pitz, CEC, CCE, AAC	Southeast
	Michael TY, CEC, AAC	West
1990	*Roland Henin, CMC, CCE, AAC	West
	Lisa Brefere, CEC, AAC	Northeast
	Robert Lippert, CCE, CCC, AAC	Central
	Kenneth Wade, CEC, AAC	Southeast

 

Application Deadline October 31, 2007.

*2008 ACF Chef Professionalism Award Application
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