ACF Northeast Regional Conference
2007 Scrapbook

ACF Central Region Vice President David Russell, CEC, AAC (left front); Northeast Regional Vice President Mark Wright, CEC, AAC (right front); and 2007 ACF President John Kinsella, CMC, CCE, WGMC, AAC (back); present Daniel Scannell, CMC (middle front), with the ACF Northeast Region Chef of the Year award. Scannell is executive Chef at Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, R.I., and a member of ACF Rhode Island Chapter.

ACF Northeast Region Vice President Mark Wright, CEC, AAC (left), presents Norman Hart, CEC, CCE, AAC (right), with the Northeast Region 2007 ACF Chef Educator of the Year award. Hart is a culinary instructor at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa, and member of the ACF Pittsburgh Chapter.

ACF President John Kinsella, CMC, CCE, WGMC, AAC (left), and 2007 ACF Past President Edward Leonard, CMC, AAC (right), present Michael “Mickey” Beriau, CEC, AAC (middle), with the Northeast Region ACF Chef Professionalism Award. Beriau is executive chef at White Cliffs Country Club in Plymouth, Mass., and a member of the ACF Cape Cod & the Islands Chefs Association.

ACF Northeast Region Vice President Mark Wright, CEC, AAC (left), and ACF President John Kinsella, CMC, CCE, WGMC, AAC (right), present Gary Fitting, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC (middle), with the Northeast Region 2007 ACF Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement Award. Fitting is a chef instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academy of Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney, Pa., and a member of The Groundhog Chapter of the ACF.

The New England Culinary Institute, winners of the Northeast Region Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl. Team members (not in order): Jeff Surdel; Jakub Cogswell; Joseph Mitchell; Rosalynn Kooker; Angel Custodio; and Dina Altieri, CEC, CCE, coach

2007 ACF Northeat Region Pastry Chef of the Year sponsored by Splenda® - Patricia Nash of Stamford, Conn., pastry chef, Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y., ACF Chefs Association of Westchester and Lower Connecticut

2007 ACF Northeast Region Student Team Region Championship sponsored by R.L. Schreiber, Inc. - Northeast Student Team Regional Championship, sponsored by R.L. Schreiber, Inc., State University of New York at Delhi

2007 ACF Northeast Regional Student Culinarian of the Year sponsored by Custom Culinary, Inc. - Daniel Kirby, culinary arts student at Erie Community College State University of New York’s North Campus, Williamsville, N.Y., ACF of Greater Buffalo New York