ACF Today, Vol. IV, No. 20
September 18, 2006


In this edition...

  • Applications Available For ACF Culinary Youth Team USA
  • Increase Your Educational Network by Hosting an American Culinary Federation Train-the-Trainer Program Today
  • Congratulations to New American Culinary Federation Approved Culinary Competition Judges
  • Is Your Chapter Ready for Childhood Hunger Day?
  • Want to Propel Your Culinary Career to New Heights?
  • Nominations are Open for American Academy of Chefs Elected Positions
  • Good Food Begins with U.™ Fall Rewards Program



Applications Available For ACF Culinary Youth Team USA


Applications for the American Culinary Federation's (ACF) Youth Culinary Team USA are now available online at www.acfchefs.org under ACF Culinary Youth Team USA Guidelines, or by calling the Events Management Department at ACF's national office at (800) 624-9458.


The deadline for applications is November 1, and tryouts take place in January and February 2007. Tryout locations will be determined once the applications have been received. The tryout finals determining the new ACF Culinary Youth Team USA will take place at ACF's 2007 National Convention in Orlando, Fla., in July.


Successful culinarians selected for the team will represent the U.S.A. in both the national and international arenas. This includes an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete at the Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA), commonly known as the "International Culinary Olympics."






Increase Your Educational Network by Hosting an American Culinary Federation Train-the-Trainer Program Today


The American Culinary Federation (ACF) is continually expanding its network to provide opportunities for culinarian involvement in the development and expansion of the profession. In so doing, the ACF Train-the-Trainer program was developed for qualifying culinary institutions across the country to serve as testing/training hubs for practical-exam training.


ACF encourages you to become involved by hosting a Train-the-Trainer workshop and practical test in your area. This will not only allow top ACF-approved practical exam evaluators to conduct training right in your facility, but will increase the number of evaluators, and allow individuals interested in becoming certified additional time and location options to test/train for the practical exam.


Below is a list of available dates and locations already scheduled. To add your site, please call the ACF Certification Department at (800) 624-9458, ext. 130. The site must be easily accessible by air and car, and must meet certain requirements that include having a lecture hall or facility with a capacity of 50 attendees and preferably an LCD projector, and a minimum of eight testing stations.


For those not hosting a workshop, ACF encourages you to attend a workshop to become an evaluator or to take the practical exam for certification. If you are interested, please contact the coordinator listed below.


2006
October 1-2
Houston Country Club
Houston, Texas
Friedrich Gitschner, CMC, AAC
(713) 465-8381

November 4-5
TBD
Portland, Ore.

December 6-7
Available

2007
January 10-11
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Mo.
Leslie G. Jett, CEC
(573) 884.3485

February 15-16
Ivy Technical Community College
Indianapolis, Ind.
Jeffrey Bricker, CEC
(317) 921-4516

March 14-15
Anne Arundell Community College
Glen Burnie, Md.
Frederick A. Parmenter, CEC, CCE
(410) 777-1225

April 4-5
Available

May 22-23
TBD
Chicago

June 6-7
Available

July 11-12
Available

August 1-2
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, Ohio
James Taylor, MBA, CEC, AAC
(614) 287-5061

September 5-6
Available

September 26-27
Available





Congratulations to New American Culinary Federation Approved Culinary Competition Judges


Congratulations to the following five ACF members who have been named ACF- Approved Culinary Judges.


Kenneth Arnone, CMC; instructor, The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y.; Mid Hudson Culinary Association


Timothy Bucci, CEC, CCE, CHE; chef instructor, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Ill.; ACF Louis Joliet Chapter


Travis Dale, CEC; executive chef, The Point Lake and Golf Club, Mooresville, N.C.; ACF Inc, Charlotte Chapter


James McCallister, CEC, AAC; executive chef, Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, S.C.; ACF Upstate South Carolina Chapter


Victor Sommo, CSC; owner, Sommo Restaurant, Delhi, N.Y.; ACF New York Southern Tier Chefs Association


In order to become a judge, ACF members must first meet certain prerequisites and attend the "Becoming an ACF-Approved Judge" seminar. For more information and to learn the requirements, call the Events Management Department at ACF's national office at (800) 624-9458.






Is Your Chapter Ready for Childhood Hunger Day?


In 1995, The American Culinary Federation Chef & Child Foundation, Inc. (ACFCCF) reached out across America with the first Childhood Hunger Day national awareness campaign. Every year since, October 16 has been the day ACFCCF highlights the importance of proper nutrition for America's children and recognizes chefs who work to solve the problems of childhood hunger and malnutrition.


To celebrate Childhood Hunger Day, each chapter in New Jersey does their own event and works together to make the New Jersey State Childhood Hunger Day Forum a huge success. Partnerships with the United States Department of Agriculture help target at-risk kids, and create opportunities to reach out and make a difference in the community.


CORRECTION: This year, the New Jersey State Childhood Hunger Day Forum will be held at the food bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties in Neptune, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 9 a.m.


If you would like to get more information on how you can create a similar Childhood Hunger Day event in your community, please contact Thomas Yanisko, CEC, AAC, at tyanisko@sbhcs.com or download the ACF Childhood Hunger Day handbook from the CCF section of www.acfchefs.org.







Want to Propel Your Culinary Career to New Heights?


Buy Culinary Fundamentals and Baking Fundamentals
and visit chefcertification.com today!


An indispensable book for every culinary student, ACF's Culinary Fundamentals is a comprehensive, technique-based cooking-principles text. Included is a DVD with more than three hours of original video highlighting 26 benchmark recipes.


Baking Fundamentals explores the basics of baking and pastry using real-life examples, learning activities, and four founding principles?ratios, sequence, time and temperature?and how these factors impact all quality-baked products.


Visit www.acfchefs.org or call (800) 624-9458 to buy your books.


CHEFCERTIFICATION.COM is your online source for ACF certification courses. It provides user-friendly courses for ACF initial or renewal certification that can be taken whenever and wherever and on your time schedule!

CHEFCERTIFICATION.COM for aspiring chef!



Nominations Open for American Academy of Chefs Elected Positions


Nominations are open for the national chair and national vice chair positions of the American Academy of Chefs (AAC). Nominations will remain open until December 31. To nominate a candidate, you must be an active Academy Fellow in good standing. Please submit your nomination in writing to the AAC office at 180 Center Place Way, St. Augustine, FL 32095.


All nominations must be postmarked no later than December 31 to be valid. All candidates accepting nomination are required to respond in writing. Acceptance letters should also be sent to the AAC office, and must be postmarked no later than December 31.






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