2009 Press Releases
December 21, 2009
Certified
Executive Chef® Percy Whatley to Compete in Bocuse d’Or USA
Cuisine Competition in New York in February 2010
December 9, 2009
Award-Winning
Recipes and High-Res Photos Available for the Holidays
December 7, 2009
Cooking
for Diabetics is Focus of December “Culinary Nutrition News”
Article
December 1, 2009
Sustainability,
Local Sourcing and Nutrition Top List of Hottest Menu Trends for 2010,
According to National Restaurant Association Research
Local
Wine and Beer, Culinary Cocktails and Artisan Liquor Among Hottest Menu
Trends in 2010, National Restaurant Association Research Finds
November 17, 2009
ACFEF
Names Eight Apprenticeship Regional Trainers
November 5, 2009
Award-Winning
Thanksgiving Day Recipes and Photos Available
November 3, 2009
ACF
Announces Its 2010 National Events Series
November 2, 2009
ACF
and Clemson University Offer Tips for Downsizing Calories and Portions
in November’s Issue of “Culinary Nutrition News,”
Available Today
October 29, 2009
Linda
Vogler Finalist for Women Chefs & Restaurateurs Community Service
Award
October 22, 2009
Olivier
Andreini, CMC, Approved as an American Culinary Federation Culinary
Competition Judge
Mark
Warren, CEC, AAC, Approved as an American Culinary Federation Culinary
Competition Judge
John
Fisher, CEC, CCE, AAC, Approved as an American Culinary Federation
Culinary Competition Judge
George
O’Palenick, CEC, CCE, AAC, Approved as an American Culinary
Federation Culinary Competition Judge
Brian
Sode, CEC, AAC, Approved as an American Culinary Federation Culinary
Competition Judge
October 9, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Chef & Child Foundation Raises Awareness of
Childhood Hunger, Malnutrition and Obesity through Childhood Nutrition
Day Oct. 16
October 5, 2009
Nutrition
Experts Explain the Truth About Fats
September 28, 2009
Russell
Scott, CMC, WGMC, Places Second in Cooking Competition in Brazil
ACF
Student Chef of the Year Kelly Conwell Will Represent the U.S. In
International Cooking Competition in Chile in January
September 23, 2009
American
Culinary Federation and U.S. Army Join Ranks to Enrich the U.S.
Army’s Foodservice Training Program
September 21, 2009
Florida
Chef Russell Scott, CMC, WGMC, Competes in Brazil This Weekend for a
Chance to Represent the U.S. on the World Culinary Stage
September 15, 2009
Plugrá®
European-Style Butter Earns Prestigious American Culinary Federation
Seal of Approval
September 3, 2009
Nutrition
Experts Offer Easy Ways to Reduce Fat and Incorporate Healthful Cooking
Techniques in September’s Issue of “Culinary Nutrition
News”
September 2, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation Grants Accreditation for
Renewal Programs Across the United States
American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation Grants Initial Program
Accreditation to Programs in Florida, Pennsylvania and Oregon
American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation Grants Accreditation for
Initial and Renewal Programs in Connecticut, Missouri and North
Carolina
August 31, 2009
Cincinnati
Pastry Chef Megan Ketover, CPC, Creates John A. Roebling Suspension
Bridge on “Food Network Challenge: Cereal Bridges 2,” August
30
August 6, 2009
U.S.
Department of Labor Awards $481,200 Apprenticeship Grant to American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation
August 3, 2009
Calorie
Countdown is the Focus of August’s Issue of “Culinary
Nutrition News”
July 17, 2009
ACF
Chef & Child Foundation Recognizes Award Winners at the 2009 ACF
National Convention
Special
President’s Awards Presented at 2009 American Culinary Federation
National Convention
Nick
Seccia, CEC, Wins One-Pot Win-A-Lot Cooking Competition and $1,000 at
the 2009 ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
President’s
Medallions Announced at 2009 ACF National Convention
Chefs
de Cuisine Association of Hawaii Honolulu Students Named National
Student Team Champions at 2009 ACF National Convention in Orlando,
Fla.
Chefs
de Cuisine Association of St. Louis Inc. Wins Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl at 2009 ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
July 16, 2009
Kansas’
Kelly Conwell Wins ACF National Student Chef of the Year Competition at
2009 ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
Timothy
Bucci, CEC, CCE, CHE, Named National Chef Educator of the Year at 2009
ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
Atlanta’s
Heather Hurlbert Named National Pastry Chef of the Year at 2009 ACF
National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
Joseph
Leonardi, CEC, Named U.S.A.’s Chef of the Year™ at 2009 ACF
National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
Wolfgang
Bierer, CMPC, CEC, CCE, AAC, Receives National Hermann G. Rusch
Chef’s Achievement Award in Orlando, Fla.
Dale
Miller, CMC, WGMC, AAC, Receives Chef Professionalism Award at 2009 ACF
National Convention in Orlando, Fla.
American Academy of Chefs Fellows
American
Academy of Chefs Announces 2009 Award Winners and Inductees
Scott
Daniels, CEC, CCA, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Urs
Emmenegger, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
John
Farris, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Gary
Leach, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Charles
Mattocks, CEC, CCA, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Mark
Prece Sr., CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Kyle
Richardson, CEC, CCE, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of
Chefs Society
Brian
Sode, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
J.
Kevin Storm, CEC, CCA, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of
Chefs Society
James
Thomas, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Mark
Warren, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
James
White, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
John
Zelko, CEC, Inducted Into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall of
Fame
Michel
Escoffier Inducted into American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall of
Fame
Gerhart
Koennecke, AAC, Inducted into American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall of
Fame
Phil
Learned, CEC, AAC, Inducted into American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall
of Fame
John
Minniti, CEC, AAC, HBOT, Inducted into American Academy of Chefs
Culinary Hall of Fame
Michael
Rand Inducted into American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall of
Fame
American Academy of Chefs Honorary
Fellows
Patrick
Diethelm Honorary Inductee into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Robert
Kinkead Honorary Inductee into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Robert
Nograd Honorary Inductee into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Arthur
Ritt Honorary Inductee into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Lucien
Salama Honorary Inductee into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Society
Dawn
Sweeney, National Restaurant Association President and Chief Executive
Officer, Honorary Inductee into American Academy of Chefs
American Academy of Chefs Award Winners
John
Minniti, CEC, AAC, HBOT, Receives Prestigious Chair's Medal from the
American Academy of Chefs
Gunther
Heiland, CMPC, AAC, Receives Prestigious Joseph Amendola Award by the
American Academy of Chefs
John
Bogacki, CEC, CCE, AAC, Receives Prestigious Chef Good Taste Award from
the American Academy of Chefs
L.
Timothy Ryan, CMC, AAC, President, The Culinary Institute of America,
Receives Prestigious Sharing Culinary Traditions Award from the American
Academy of Chefs
Brigadier
General Jesse Cross Receives Prestigious American Academy of Chefs Lt.
General John D. McLaughlin Award
Harry
Hoffstadt, CEC, AAC, HOF, Receives Prestigious American Academy of Chefs
Lawrence A. Conti, CEC, AAC, HOF, Chair’s Achievement
Award
Patrick
O’Connell Recognized as Culinary Hall of Fame Celebrated Chef by
the American Academy of Chefs
July 15, 2009
Award
Winners Announced at the 2009 Annual American Culinary Federation
National Convention
July 6, 2009
July’s
Issue of Culinary Nutrition News:
Fiber-Rich Foods Releases Today
June 25, 2009
What
Does it Take to Become a “Certified Master Chef?”
Four
Chefs Compete in 15 Minute Cook-Off in Orlando, Fla. for $1,000
Prize
June 24, 2009
Las
Vegas Chef Michael Ty, CEC, AAC, Elected as ACF’s National
President
June 22, 2009
Statler
Erie Room Restaurant at Erie Community College Receives 2009 ACF
Achievement of Excellence Award
June 18, 2009
ACF
Announces 2009 Achievement of Excellence Award Winners
Kenwood
Country Club Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
The
Seven Hills School Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence
Award
The
Yorktowne Hotel Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence
Award
The
Inn at Little Washington Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence
Award
Le
Coq Au Vin Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Daveed’s
at 934 Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Riverside
City College Culinary Academy Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of
Excellence Award
Café
in the Square Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Boca
Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Servatii
Pastry Shop & Deli Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence
Award
All
in Good Taste Productions Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence
Award
The
French Laundry Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Hartstone
Inn Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Deco
Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence Award
Charlie
Trotter’s Receives 2009 ACF Achievement of Excellence
Award
June 17, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Board of Directors Election Results
Announced
June 9, 2009
Four
Teams of Culinary Whiz Kids Compete in the Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl™ National Competition in Florida Next Month
Student
Teams Prepare for National Cooking Competition in Florida Next
Month
Students
Vie for the ACF Student Chef of the Year National Title in Florida in
July
Culinary
Educators Compete for the ACF Chef Educator of the Year National
Title
Pastry
Chefs Hope for Sweet Results As They Prepare For The National ACF Pastry
Chef of the Year Competition In Florida Next Month
Four
Chefs Compete for U.S.A.’s Chef of the Year™ National Title
at the 2009 ACF National Convention Next Month
June 1, 2009
June’s
Issue of Culinary Nutrition News: Allergen
Awareness Releases Today
May 29, 2009
The
American Culinary Federation Holds its 2009 National Convention in
Orlando
May 27, 2009
Steve
Jilleba, CMC, CCE, AAC, Receives Honorary Doctorate from Johnson &
Wales University
May 22, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Members Receive Top Awards at Cordon D’
Or—Gold Ribbon International Culinary Academy Awards
Ceremony
May 18, 2009
Steve
Jilleba, CMC, CCE, AAC, of Unilever Foodsolutions, Selected ACF Culinary
Team USA Manager
May 4, 2009
ACF
Chef & Child Foundation Partners with Clemson University to Provide
Free Nutrition Articles
April 21, 2009
BCA
Relaunches Web Site
Wolfgang
Bierer, CMPC, CEC, CCE, AAC, Receives ACF Southeast Region Hermann G.
Rusch Chef’s Achievement Award
Russ
Thayer Receives 2009 American Academy of Chefs Southeast Region
Chair’s Scholarship
Miami’s
P. Richard Brumm, CEC, Named ACF Southeast Region Chef of the
Year
Miami
Culinary Students Named ACF Southeast Region Knowledge Bowl Champions
and Prepare for National Competition
Keiser
University Student Andrew Addleman II Named 2009 ACF Southeast Region
Student Chef of the Year
Geoffrey
Blount, CEPC, Receives Joseph Amendola Outstanding Member Award
Edmund
Chinners, CEC, CCA, Receives 2009 ACF Southeast Region Chef
Professionalism Award
Daytona
State College’s David Weir, CEC, CCE, Receives 2009 ACF Southeast
Region Chef Educator of the Year Award
Atlanta’s
Heather Hurlbert’s Desserts Dazzle Judges in Regional
Competition
Asheville-Buncombe
Technical Community College Students Win Regional Cooking Competition
and Advance to Nationals
American
Culinary Federation Honors Six People with President’s Medallions
at 2009 ACF Southeast Regional Conference
ACF
Awards Southeast Region Chapter of the Year and Chapter Achievement
Awards at 2009 ACF Southeast Regional Conference
Award
Winners Announced at 2009 ACF Southeast Regional Conference
April 9, 2009
Three
Student Teams Compete in the Southeast Region Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl in Charlotte, N.C.
April 7, 2009
Victoria
Maxfield of Utah Valley State College Named 2009 ACF Western Region
Student Chef of the Year
Denver’s
Brian Hubner Named ACF Western Region Chef of the Year
Victory
is Sweet for Colorado’s Eric Phillips, CEPC
Whitney
Werner, CEC, CCA, Receives 2009 ACF Western Region Chef Professionalism
Award
Kapi’olani
Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii, Students Cook Up Victory
Le
Cordon Bleu’s Executive Chef Heinz Lauer, CEC, Receives 2009 ACF
Western Region Chef Educator of the Year Award
Bobby
Moghaddam, CEC, CCE, Receives ACF Western Region Hermann G. Rusch
Chef’s Achievement Award
Award
Winners Announced at 2009 ACF Western Regional Conference in
Seattle
April 6, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Honors Six People with President’s Medallions
at 2009 ACF Western Regional Conference
ACF
Awards Western Region Chapter of the Year and Chapter Achievement at
2009 Western Regional Conference
Chapter
Presidents Receive Special Recognition at 2009 ACF Western Regional
Conference in Seattle
Bruce
Riddell, CEC, AAC, Receives Special Recognition at 2009 ACF Western
Regional Conference in Seattle
Students
from Broadmoor Hotel and Resort, Colorado Springs, Colo., Named ACF
Western Region Knowledge Bowl Champions
Nicolas
Ganea Receives 2009 American Academy of Chefs Western Region
Chair’s Scholarship
April 1, 2009
ACF
Southeast Regional Conference Brings Hundreds of Chefs to
Charlotte
ACF
Chefs Hold 2009 Southeast Regional Conference in Charlotte, N.C., April
18–20
Charlie
Trotter Donates $15,000 to the American Culinary Federation
March 19, 2009
ACF
Members Earn Recognition at U.S. Pastry Competition in New York
Nine
Student Teams Compete in the Western Region Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl in Seattle
March 10, 2009
ACF
Western Regional Conference Brings Hundreds of Chefs to Seattle
ACF
Chefs Hold 2009 Western Regional Conference in Seattle
March 9, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Chefs Named to Orlando
Sentinel’s Central Florida Culinary Hall of Fame for
2009
March 5, 2009
First
Certified Junior Culinarian Designations Awarded by the American
Culinary Federation
U.S.
Students Named World Champions in International Culinary
Competition
February 27, 2009
Students
Represent U.S. in International Cooking Competition in Scotland
February 24, 2009
American
Culinary Federation Honors Nine People with President’s Medallions
at 2009 ACF Central Regional Conference
Thomas
Berg, CEC, AAC, Receives 2009 ACF Central Region Rene Roncari Senior
Chef Humanitarian Award
St.
Louis Students are Central Region Knowledge Bowl Champions
Bernard
Urban, CEC, AAC, Receives 2009 ACF Central Region Hermann G. Rusch
Chef’s Achievement Award
Timothy
Bucci, CEC, CCE, Receives 2009 ACF Central Region Chef Educator of the
Year Award
Victory
is Sweet for Illinois’ Ford Culbertson
Schaumburg’s
Jack Delby Named ACF Chef of the Year for the Central Region
Award
Winners Announced at 2009 ACF Central Regional Conference
Fawzi
Ottman, CEC, AAC, Receives 2009 American Culinary Federation Central
Region Chef Professionalism Award
L.
Fernando Mojica Receives 2009 American Academy of Chefs Central Region
Chair’s Scholarship
ACF
Awards Central Region Chapter of the Year and Chapter Achievement Awards
at 2009 Central Regional Conference
Fox
Valley Technical College’s Culinary Program Recognized as
Exemplary at 2009 ACF Central Regional Conference
Schoolcraft
College Students Continue to Cook Up Victory
Kelly
Conwell Wins Competition and is Named 2009 Student Chef of the Year for
the American Culinary Federation’s Central Region
February 17, 2009
Ten
Student Teams Compete in the Central Region Baron H. Galand Culinary
Knowledge Bowl in Chicago
February 10, 2009
Joseph
Leonardi, CEC, Receives 2009 American Culinary Federation Northeast
Region Chef of the Year Award
Megan
Ketover, CPC, Receives 2009 American Culinary Federation Northeast
Region Pastry Chef of the Year Award
Thomas
Griffiths, CMC, Receives 2009 ACF Northeast Region Chef Educator of the
Year Award
Brianne
Slocum Receives 2009 American Culinary Federation Northeast Region
Student Chef of the Year Award
Students
from ACF Pittsburgh Chapter Named 2009 ACF Northeast Student Team
Regional Champions
Award
Winners Announced at 2009 ACF Northeast Regional Conference
Dale
Miller, CMC, WGMC, AAC, Receives 2009 American Culinary Federation
Northeast Region Chef Professionalism Award
ACF
Awards Northeast Region Chapter of the Year and Chapter Achievement
Awards at 2009 Northeast Regional Conference
Pierre
Rausch, CEC, AAC, Receives 2009 ACF Northeast Region Hermann G. Rusch
Chef’s Achievement Award
American
Culinary Federation Honors Seven Members with President’s
Medallions at 2009 ACF Northeast Regional Conference
Jonathan
Moreira Receives 2009 American Academy of Chefs Northeast Region
Chair’s Scholarship
Westmoreland
County Community College’s Culinary Programs Recognized as
Exemplary at 2009 ACF Northeast Regional Conference
Baltimore
International College Declared ACF Northeast Regional Conference
Knowledge Bowl Champions
January 28, 2009
Eight
Student Teams Put their Cooking Skills to the Test at The ACF Student
Team Northeast Regional Championship in Boston
Six
Student Teams Put their Culinary Knowledge to the Test at the Northeast
Region Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl in Boston
January 26, 2009
ACF
Chefs Cook at Super Bowl XLIII Events
January 22, 2009
ACF
Central Regional Conference Brings Chefs, Cooks and Foodservice
Professionals to Schaumburg, Ill.
ACF
Chefs Hold 2009 Central Regional Conference in Schaumburg, Ill.
January 21, 2009
The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Tampa Receives
American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accreditation
January 7, 2009
ACF
Northeast Regional Conference Brings Chefs, Cooks and Foodservice
Professionals to Boston
ACF
Chefs Hold 2009 Northeast Regional Conference in Boston