ACF Student Chef of the Year Award Previous Winners
* denotes National Winner
2024 National Winner
2024 Regional Winners & National Competitors
- Central - Ashley Winkelman
- Northeast - Mikayla C. Pabroada
- Southeast - Nickloas Abbott, CC
- Military - CS3 Larry Burns
2023 National Winner
2023 Regional Winners & National Competitors
- Central Winner - Jennie Huynh (competing at Nationals)
- Central - Caitlin R. Drzyzga (competing at Nationals)
- Northeast Winner - Maxwell R. Smith (competing at Nationals)
- Southeast Winner - Roman A. Nourse (competing at Nationals)
- Western Winner - Andrea E. Sanchez (competing at Nationals)
- Military Representative - Cpl Carol E. Duenez-Vallejo (competing at Nationals)
2022
Lindsay Peck
2021
Western - * Marissa Brazell
Central - Austin Davis
Central - Austin Hannah
Central - Dulce Hernandez
Central - Brooke Williams
Central - Adrianna Winter
Northeast - Phoebe Beiter
Northeast - Ashten Garrett
Northeast - James Skehan
Southeast - Oscar Cardona
Southeast - Kate Saggio
Western - Erin Jones
2020
Competition was rolled over to 2021 due to COVID-19 Pandemic. All regional competitors were rolled into the National Convention competition.
2019
Central - * Hitomi Tomobe
Northeast - Daniel Hess, CC
Southeast - Devin Agosto
Western - Emma Rae El-Farra
Military - Christopher Sanchez
2018
Northeast -
* Julio Chavez
Central - Andrew Dos Santos
Southeast - Tien Tran
Western - Utahna Warren
2017
Western - * Madeline Black
Central - Gabrielle Edrosa
Northeast - Yudelka Torres
Southeast - Daniel Wernz
Military - PFC Huy Nguyen
2016
Western - * Michelle Stephenson
Central - Shayne McCrady
Northeast - Denise Aguayo
Southeast - Ruth Solis
Military - Specialist Carlos Cruz
2015
Northeast - Kathryn Eurich
Central - Diamond Taylor
Southeast - Elxis Dodson
Western - Madeline Bauer
2014
Central - * Chase Grove
Northeast - Geoffrey Lanez, CC
Southeast - Derek Colglazier
Western - Victor Perez Ruiz
2013
Central - * Jaclyn Adamonis
Northeast - Alexis Chamoff
Southeast - Kendall Knies
Western - Lyn Wells
2012
Western - * Reilly Meehan
Central - Marissa Bertram
Northeast - Thomas Groves
Southeast - Daniel Rodriguez
2011
Central - * Aaron Guajardo III
Northeast - Caitlin Sive
Southeast - Keith Schwock
Western - Ghil Medina
2010
Southeast - * Daniel Gorman
Central - Brett Jacobs
Northeast - Corey Siegel, CC
Western - Emily Wallace
2009
Central - * Kelly Conwell
Northeast - Brianne Slocum
Southeast - Andrew Addleman II
Western - Victoria Maxfield
2008
Southeast - * JohnMichael Lynch
Central - Ender Oktayuren
Northeast - Nicholas Hernandez
Western - Lindsay Kinateder
2007
Western - * Carol M. Chandler, CC
Central - Erica M. Kendall
Northeast - Daniel J. Kirby
Southeast - Wing K. Lau, CC
2006
Western - * Sarah Deckert
Central - Tammy Gauthier
Northeast - Jana Mihokova
Southeast - Patrick Cherches
2005
Northeast - * Christopher David Gould
Central - Chris Eis
Southeast - Nick Sullivan, CC, CPC
Western - Michael J. Sandoval
2004
Western - * Mary Lokar
Central - Matthew Matko
Northeast - Joshua Horne
Southeast - Kristin Bonnell
2003
Central - * Laura Bellus-Kaltenecker
Northeast - Asa Rodriguez
Southeast - Damian Wanek
Western - Ke'o Velasquez
2002
Northeast - * Yvonne Westlake
Central - Paul Tseng
Southeast - Joseph Seuberling, CC
Western - Tasha Shelden
2001
Southeast - * Alfred Mann
Central - Jacqueline Greenawalt
Northeast - Bradley Domalewski
Western - Craig Winter
2000
Western - * Tamara Moore
Central - Shanda Decker
Northeast - Daniel Rodrigues
Southeast - Steven Steltenpohl
1999
Central - * April Johnson
Northeast - Richard Schrimp
Southeast - Hayes Harris
Western - Cy Yamamoto
1998
Northeast - * Thomas Joseph Gribben, Jr.
1997
Central - * Lon Symensma
1996
Southeast - * Jennifer L. Salmon
1995
Northeast - * Adrienne Novak
1994
Western - * Catherine Givens Duehlmier
1993
Southeast - * Annette Lehner
1992
Southeast - * John Munson
1991
Southeast - * Patricia Thibodeau
1990
Southeast - * Robert Cawley
1989
Northeast - * Thomas Madara
1988
Western - * Steven John Buffone
1987
Western - * Denise Fullmer