ACF Student Chef of the Year Award Previous Winners

* denotes National Winner

2024 National Winner

  • Mikayla C. Pabroada

2024 Regional Winners & National Competitors

  • Central - Ashley Winkelman
  • Northeast - Mikayla C. Pabroada
  • Southeast - Nickloas Abbott, CC
  • Military - CS3 Larry Burns

2023 National Winner

  • Caitlin R. Drzyzga

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