ACF Press Releases
The following is a chronological listing of recent American Culinary
Federation press releases. If a particular release is not listed, please
contact Patricia A. Carroll, director of communications, at (904)
484-0247 or email pcarroll@acfchefs.net, or Leah
Craig, communications manager, at (904) 484-0213 or email lcraig@acfchefs.net.
March 11, 2010
Ronald
DeSantis, CMC®, AAC, CHE, of The Culinary Institute of America,
Named ACF Certification Commission Chair-Elect
CW4
Russell Campbell, CEC®, Appointed to ACF Certification
Commission
March 10, 2010
Two
Stella® Blue Cheese Products Earn Prestigious ACF Seal of
Approval
March 4, 2010
Peter
Aiello, CEPC, CEC, Named an ACFEF Apprenticeship Regional
Trainer
March 2, 2010
Chefs
Head to Hershey for the ACF Northeast Regional Conference
March 1, 2010
Cooking
for the Baby Boomer Generation is Topic of March “Culinary
Nutrition News” Article Out Today
February 25, 2010
Nine
Student Teams Put Their Cooking Skills to the Test at the ACF Student
Team Central Region Championship in Indianapolis Next Month
Culinary
Student Teams Put Their Knowledge to the Test at the Central Region
Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl
Culinary
Students Compete for Title of ACF Central Region Student Chef of the
Year at Regional Cook-Off in Indiana, March 26–28
Three
Pastry Chefs Battle for Title of ACF Central Region Pastry Chef of the
Year in Indiana, March 26–28
Four
Chefs Vie for Title of ACF Central Region Chef of the Year Next
Month
February 23, 2010
Timothy
Bucci, CEC, CCE, CHE, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In
Pursuit of Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Kevin
Doherty, CEC, CCA, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit
of Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
George
Gonzalez Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot on
Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Scott
Green, CEC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot
on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Ben
Grupe Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot on
Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Adam
Heath, CSC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot
on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Joseph
Leonardi, CEC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of
Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Brian
Joseph Moll, CC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of
Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Timothy
Prefontaine, CEC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of
Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
John
Reed, CEC, CCA, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of
Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Orlando
Santos, CEPC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of
Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Daryl
Shular, CCC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot
on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Rudy
Smith, CEC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot
on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Kevin
Storm, CEC, CCA, AAC, Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In
Pursuit of Spot on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
Eddie
Tancredi Advances in ACF Culinary Team USA Tryout In Pursuit of Spot on
Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
February 22, 2010
15
Chefs Advance to Second Tryout for ACF Culinary Team USA to Vie for Spot
on Internationally Acclaimed Six-Member Team
February 19, 2010
Ten
Culinary Student Teams Put Their Knowledge to the Test Next Month at the
Northeast Region Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl
Eight
Student Teams Put Their Cooking Skills to the Test at the ACF Student
Team Northeast Region Championship in Pennsylvania Next Month
Students
Compete for Title of ACF Northeast Region Student Chef of the Year at
Regional Cook-Off in Pennsylvania Next Month
Two
Pastry Chefs Battle for Title of ACF Northeast Region Pastry Chef of the
Year in Pennsylvania in March
Two
Chefs Vie for Title of ACF Northeast Region Chef of the Year Next
Month
February 17, 2010
28
Chefs Go Head-to-Head Competing for Spot on ACF Culinary Team
USA
February 9, 2010
Award
Winners Announced at 2010 ACF Western Regional Conference
Campbell
Culinary Students Cook Up Victory at Regional Competition
San
Diego Culinary Students Named ACF Western Region Knowledge Bowl
Champions
Washington’s
Emily Wallace Named 2010 ACF Western Region Student Chef of the
Year
Scottsdale’s
Tracy DeWitt Tastes Success in Western Regional Competition
U.S.
Navy Executive Chef Brandon Parry, CEC, PCEC, ACE, Named ACF Western
Region Chef of the Year
Three
Chefs Receive American Culinary Federation Cutting Edge Award at 2010
ACF Western Regional Conference
Hawaii’s
Jean Hull, CCE, AAC, Receives ACF Western Region Hermann G. Rusch
Chef’s Achievement Award
Colorado’s
Aran Essig, CEC, CCA, Receives 2010 ACF Western Region Chef
Professionalism Award
American
Culinary Federation Presents President’s Medallions at 2010 ACF
Western Regional Conference
ACF
Awards Western Region Chapter of the Year and Chapter Achievement Award
at its 2010 Western Regional Conference
Cal
Poly Pomona’s Jeffrey Brown, Ed.D., CEC, CCE, Receives 2010 ACF
Western Region Chef Educator of the Year Award
February 4, 2010
Chefs
Compete for Spot on Renowned ACF Culinary Team USA
February 2, 2010
Balancing
the Plate From the Less-is-More Perspective is Focus of February
“Culinary Nutrition News” Article Out Today
February 1, 2010
Kelly
Conwell Represents U.S. Well in International Cooking
Competition
January 28, 2010
American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation Grants Accreditation to
Culinary Programs in Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Fla., Ind., Mo., Pa., Va. and
Wash.
Alaska
Vocational Technical Center, Seward, Alaska, Receives Programmatic
Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation Education
Foundation
Bellingham
Technical College, Bellingham, Wash., Receives Programmatic
Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation Education
Foundation
Culinary
Institute of Virginia, Norfolk, Va., Receives Programmatic Accreditation
from the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation
East
Central College, Union, Mo., Receives Programmatic Accreditation from
the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation
First
Coast Technical College, St. Augustine, Fla., Receives Programmatic
Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation Education
Foundation
J
Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Va., Receives
Programmatic Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation
Education Foundation
L’Ecole
Culinaire, St. Louis, Receives Programmatic Accreditation from the
American Culinary Federation Education Foundation
The
Chef’s Academy at Harrison College, Indianapolis, Receives
Programmatic Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation
Education Foundation
The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver,
Receives Programmatic Accreditation from the American Culinary
Federation Education Foundation
The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Phoenix Receives
Programmatic Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation
Education Foundation
The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Receives Programmatic Accreditation from the American Culinary
Federation Education Foundation
The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Tampa, Tampa,
Fla., Receives Programmatic Accreditation from the American Culinary
Federation Education Foundation
The
Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts, a Division of YTI Career
Institute, Receives Programmatic Accreditation from the American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation
January 27, 2010
Kyle
Richardson, CEC®, CCE™, AAC, Joliet Junior College, Elected
Chair of American Culinary Federation Education Foundation
Apprenticeship Committee
January 25, 2010
Chefs
Head to Albuquerque for the ACF Western Regional Conference
January 18, 2010
Culinary
Students Compete for Title of ACF Western Region Student Chef of the
Year at Regional Cook-Off in New Mexico Next Month
Derek
Spendlove, CEPC®, CCE™, AAC, of Sullivan University, Named
ACF Certification Commission Chair
January 7, 2010
Chef
Tested and Approved—Eleven Regina® Vinegar and Cooking Wine
Products Earn Prestigious American Culinary Federation Seal of
Approval
Three
Chefs Vie for Title of ACF Western Region Chef of the Year Next
Month
Eight
Student Teams Put Their Cooking Skills to the Test at the ACF Student
Team Western Region Championship in New Mexico Next Month
Nine
Culinary Student Teams Put Their Knowledge to the Test Next Month in New
Mexico at the Western Region Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge
Bowl
Four
Pastry Chefs Battle for Title of ACF Western Region Pastry Chef of the
Year in New Mexico in February
January 5, 2010
January
“Culinary Nutrition News” Focuses on 2010 Nutrition
Resolutions
