Joseph Amendola Award
The Joseph Amendola Award is presented to a Pastry Chef or Master
Baker. This recipient has devoted their career to their profession and
to the mentoring of young individuals who will be future pastry
chefs.
2023 - Carlton W. Brooks, CEPC, CCE, AAC
2022 - Leslie Eckert, CEPC, CCE, AAC
2021 - Gloria M. Cabral, CWPC, CCE, AAC
2020 - Sharon L. Pallas, CEPC, CC, AAC
2019 - Garry W. Waldie, CEC®, CEPC®, CCE®, AAC®
ACF Chef’s Association of Arizona
2018 - Casey E. Shiller, CEPC®, AAC®
Program Coordinator, Baking and Pastry Arts - St. Louis Community Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri; Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis Inc.
2017 - Gerard M. Molloy, CEPC®, AAC®
Pastry Chef Instructor, Monroe College, New Rochelle, New York; ACF Long Island Chapter
2016 - Jan M. Bandula, CMPC®, CEC®, AAC®
Faculty Emeritus, Stratford University, Baltimore, Maryland; Chapter Membership Chair, ACF Greater Baltimore Chapter, Inc.
2015 - Darrin Aoyama, CEPC®, AAC®
Executive Pastry Chef, River Oaks Country Club; ACF Professional Chefs Association of Houston
2014 - Gale O’Malley, CEPC®, AAC®
Pastry instructor, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu; ACF Honolulu Chapter
2013 - Wolfgang Bierer, CMPC®, CEC®, CCE®, AAC®
Retired; ACF Chefs of the Low Country
2012 - Albert Imming, CMPC®, CCE®, AAC®
Culinary professor emeritus, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois; ACF Louis Joliet Chapter
2011 - Derek Spendlove, CEPC®, CCE®, AAC®
Chair, baking/pastry arts, Sullivan University, Louisville, Kentucky; ACF
Kentucky Chapter
2010 - John Hui, CEPC®, AAC®
Corporate pastry chef, Pebble Beach Resorts, Pebble Beach, California
ACF Chefs Las Vegas
2009 - Gunther Heiland, CMPC®, AAC®
2008 - Noble L. Masi, CEPC®, AAC®, HOF