ACF Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement Award Previous Winners

* denotes National Winner

2024 National Winner

• Denise S. Graffeo, CEC, AAC, HOF

2024 Regional Winners

• Northeast - Denise S. Graffeo, CEC, AAC, HOF
• Southeast - Bryan D. Frick, CEC, AAC
• Western - Anthony J. Danna, CEC, AAC

2023 National Winner

• John R. DiSessa, CEC, AAC

2023 Regional Winners

Central - Patrick D. Mitchell, CEC, AAC
Northeast - John R. DiSessa, CEC, AAC
Western - Carlton W. Brooks, CEPC, CCE, AAC

2022

Southeast - * Joseph Alfano, CEC, AAC
Northeast - Richard A. Panzera, CEC, CCE, AAC
Western - Brian W. Dragos, CEC, CCE, AAC

2021

Central - * Thomas Recinella, CEC, AAC
Northeast - James Connelly, CEC, CCA, AAC
Southeast - Roger Newell, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Western - Mohammed “Bobby” Moghaddam, CEC, CCE, AAC

2020

Southeast - * Louis Perrotte CEC, AAC, HOF
Central - Rajeev Patgaonkar CEC, AAC
Northeast - Raimund Hofmeister CMC, AAC
Western -

2019

Central - * John Folse, CEC, AAC, HOF
Northeast - George O'Palenick, CEC, CCE, AAC
Southeast - Jeffrey Rotz, CEC, CCE, AAC
Western - Lenard Rubin, CEC, CCA

2018

Northeast - * Wolfgang Geckeler, CEC, AAC, HOF
Central - Alex Darvishi, CEC, AAC
Southeast - Bernd Mueller, CEC, AAC
Western -Bill W C Sy, CEC, AAC, HOF

2017

Northeast - * Michael Beriau, CEC, AAC
Central - Fred Griesbach, CEC, AAC
Southeast - Helmut Holzer, CMC
Western - J. Luis Martinez, AAC

2016

Northeast - * James Taylor, CEC, AAC, MBA
Central - Thomas Elkin, CEC, AAC
Southeast - Howard Cooper, Ph.D.
Western - Bobby Moghaddam, CEC, CCE, AAC

2015

Southeast - * Hans Schadler, CEC, AAC
Central - Bernard Urban, CEC, AAC, HOF
Northeast - Robert Milam, CEC, AAC
Western - Gary Fuller, CEC, CCE, AAC

2014

Northeast - * Hartmut Handke, CMC, AAC
Central - Frances Jean Jedneak, CEC
Southeast - Reimund Pitz, CEC, CCE, AAC, WGMC
Western - Walter Leible, CMC, AAC

2013

Southeast - * Klaus Friedenreich, CMC, AAC
Central - Kevin Enright, CEC, CCE, AAC
Northeast - Robert Forquer, CEC, AAC
Western - John Fisher, CEC, CCE, AAC

2012

Northeast - * Wilfred Beriau, CEC, CCE, AAC
Central - John Kaufmann, CEC, AAC, HOF
Southeast - Richard Cote, CEC
Western - Walter Bronowitz, CCC, CCE, AAC

2011

Central - * John Zehnder, CEC, AAC
Northeast - Biagio Dente, CEC, AAC, HOF
Southeast - Costa Magoulas, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Western - Leif Benson, CEC, AAC

2010

Northeast - * Americo DiFronzo, CEC, AAC
Central - Gregory Wozniak, CEC, AAC
Southeast - Donald McMillan, CEC, AAC
Western - Jean Hull, CCE, AAC

2009

Southeast - * Wolfgang Bierer, CMPC, CEC, CCE, AAC
Central - Bernard Urban, CEC, AAC
Northeast - Pierre Rausch, CEC, AAC
Western - Mohammad Moghaddam, CEC, CCE

2008

Southeast - * Roland Schaeffer, CEC, AAC, HOF
Central - Ralph Comstock, CEC, AAC
Northeast - Noble Masi, CEPC, AAC, HOF
Western - William Franklin, CMC, AAC

2007

Southeast - * Louis Perrotte, CEC, AAC
Central - Albert Imming, CMPC, CCE, AAC
Northeast - Gary Fitting, CEC, CCE, CCA, AAC
Western - Billy Sy, CEC, AAC

2006

Western - * Jon Greenwalt, CEC, AAC, HOF
Central - Michael Garbin, CEC, AAC
Southeast - George Pastor, Ed.D., CEC, CCE, AAC
Northeast - Anthony Graffeo, CEC, AAC

2005

Northeast - * Phil Learned, CEC, AAC
Central - Steven Jilleba, CMC, CCE, AAC
Southeast - Arthur Moyel, CEC, AAC
Western - John R. Fisher, CEC, CCE, AAC

2004

Northeast - * Stanley “Doc” Jensen, CEC, CCE, AAC, HOF
Central - William “Bo” Kozak, III, CEC, AAC
Southeast - John Wright, CEC, CEPC, CCE, AAC
Western - Richard Morgan, CEC, AAC

2003

Central - Oliver Sommer, CEC, AAC
Northeast - Manfred Bast, CMPC, CEC, AAC
Southeast - Joseph Amendola, CEPC, CCE, AAC
Western - Darrell Anderson, CEC, CCE, AAC

2002

Donald Antinore, CEC, CCE, AAC
Bradlee Barnes, CMC, AAC
Lisa Brefere, CEC, AAC