Sharing Culinary Traditions Award

2016 - Christopher A. Desens, CEC, CCA, AAC

Program Director, Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College, St. Louis, Mo.; Chapter Education and Program Chair, ACF Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis, Inc.

2015 - Louis Chatham, CEC, AAC

Pearl River Resort; ACF National Member

2014 - Thomas Recinella, CEC, AAC

Program director of culinary arts, food and beverage management, Culinary Institute of Michigan, Port Huron, Michigan; ACF Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association

2013 - Bill Sy, CEC, AAC

Academic director, Culinary Arts and Management, The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Tucson, Ariz.; ACF Chefs Association of Southern Arizona Tucson

2012 - Ralph Comstock, CEC, AAC

Retired executive chef, Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis; ACF Greater Indianapolis Chapter

2011 - Frank Leake, CCC, CCE, AAC

Professor of culinary arts, Culinary Institute of the Pacific, Honolulu; Chefs de Cuisine Association of Hawaii Honolulu

2010 - Michael Garbin, CEC, AAC

Executive chef, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago
ACF Wind City Professional Culinarians Inc.

2009 - Dr. L. Timothy Ryan, CMC, AAC

2008 - Charles M. Carroll, CEC, AAC

Charles M. Carroll, CEC, AAC, received the 2008 Sharing Culinary Traditions Award at the AAC Induction Ceremony & Dinner at the Red Rocks Resort in Las Vegas, July 13, 2008.

2007 - Gerald Scanlan, CEC, CCE, AAC

Gerald Scanlan, CEC, CCE, AAC (center), receives the 2007 Sharing Culinary Traditions Award from John Minniti, CCE, AAC (right), and is congratulated by Tom Macrina, CEC, CCA, AAC (left).

2006 - William Tillinghast, CEC, AAC

William Tillinghast, CEC, AAC (center), receives the 2006 Sharing Culinary Traditions Award from John Minniti, CCE, AAC (right), and is congratulated by Tom Macrina, CEC, AAC (left).

2005 - Garry Waldie, CEC, CEPC, CCE, AAC

Garry Waldie, CEC, CEPC, CCE, AAC (center), receives the 2005 Sharing Culinary Traditions Award from John Minniti, CCE, AAC (right), and is congratulated by Tom Macrina, CEC, AAC (left).

2004 - Mark Wright, CEC, AAC

Mark Wright, CEC, AAC (center), receives the 2004 Sharing Culinary Traditions Award from John Minniti, CCE, AAC (left), and is congratulated by Tom Macrina, CEC, AAC (right).