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ACF Today, Vol. II, No. 3
ACF Regional Conferences Are Upon Us!
The American Culinary Federation is currently enabling systems at our new headquarters in northern St. Johns County, Fla., to deliver the high degree of service to which our members are accustomed. If you do not reach the individual or department you seek when you contact us, please leave a message, and rest assured that we will get back to you at our earliest opportunity. ACF will be fully operational by midweek next week. Meanwhile, ACF's toll-free telephone answering service, (800) 624-9458, is available 24 hours a day. Or, visit us online at http://www.acfchefs.org, where information on the majority of ACF programs and events is readily available. ACF's new mailing address: 180 Center Place Way, St. Augustine, FL 32095.
"Chicago Then & Now, a Culinary Renaissance" is the theme of the 2004 ACF Central Regional Conference, March 31-April 4 at the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont, Ill. Through March 1, registration is $325 for active members ($350 after) and $200 for senior members ($225 after). The Central Regional Conference provides registration options for student members of ACF. The full conference package, at $275 through March 1 ($300 after), includes the welcome reception, "A Street Fair, the Foods of Chicago's Neighborhoods," three breakfasts, Chef Professionalism Awards luncheon, regional awards reception and dinner, and "An Evening of Jazz & Food with the Exhibitors" at the Trade Expo. Conference registration for Knowledge Bowl team members and Student Team Regional Championship participants is $200 through March 1 ($225 after), and includes the regional awards reception and dinner, Saturday breakfast, and "An Evening of Jazz & Food with the Exhibitors" at the Trade Expo. For more information, visit http://www.worldofmbi.com/CENTRALMENU04.htm or e-mail acfchicagochefs1@aol.com.
ACF partners with the Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education (CAFE) to deliver eight-hour workshops for foodservice educators at each of the 2004 ACF regional conferences. These workshops, sponsored in part by Canada Cutlery, are a full day of discussion and information about what's going on in your region concerning culinary-arts education as well as an interactive seminar on effective communication and coaching techniques to use in your classrooms. Led by Mary Petersen of CAFE and Dr. Fred Mayo (former director of education for The Culinary Institute of America), the clinics will be held on the following dates:
Registration, at $125, includes lunch and educational materials. For more information on programming, contact Mary Petersen at (410) 268-5542. To register, visit https://www.secure-online.com/acf/pfpg_edclinic.cfm.
The ACF Chef of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding culinarian who works and cooks in a full-service dining facility. This person has demonstrated the highest standard of culinary skill, advanced American cuisine, and given back to the profession through the development of students and apprentices. The following are regional candidates for ACF's national Chef of the Year award, which will name the U.S.A.'s Chef of the YearTM for 2004. One candidate from each region will be chosen as this year's Regional Chef of the Year and announced at the respective regional conference. The four finalists will compete in a cook-off at the 2004 ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla., in July. The awards are sponsored by UBF Foodsolutions North America.
Friedrich "Fritz" Gitschner, CMC, AAC
Thomas Hiestand, CEC
John Hudak, CEC, AAC
J. Daniel Knerr, CEC, AAC
Jonathan Kraft, CEC
Kenneth McNamee
Derin Moore, CMC
Richard Potter, CEC, AAC
Michael Redmond, CEC
Stephen Samson
John Saundry, CEC, AAC
In honor of ACF's 75th anniversary this year, ACF Culinary Team USA 2004 will team up with the ACF Chef & Child Foundation at the 2004 ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla., in July to award a 1975-model vintage automobile to one lucky raffle winner. This family-fun event, scheduled for Sunday evening, July 18, at an Orlando venue, will directly benefit efforts of ACFCCF and Culinary Team USA. Raffle tickets, at $5 each in a book of 50, are available to members and chapters now, and will be sold at the four ACF regional conferences this year. Other prizes to be awarded are: * One round-trip United Airlines air fare from anyplace in the United States to Europe (Business Class value $7,000)
Drawing for all prizes will be July 18, 2004, in Orlando. Ticket purchasers need not be present to win. Winners are responsible for applicable taxes. For more information, contact Beverly Stuart at (800) 624-9458, x111, or bstuart@acfchefs.net.
The certification practical exam will be offered at each of the four regional conferences. Registration will be accepted up to two weeks before each test or until testing capacity has been reached. The cost is $50 for ACF members. A seminar at each regional conference the day before the exam will explain the test process. Certification practical exams will be held on the following dates: * West, Sunday, Feb. 29
For more information and to register to take the practical exam, or if your application to be an ACF practical test examiner has been approved and you are interested in being an apprentice practical examiner at one of the scheduled tests, contact Belinda Fieldhouse at (800) 624-9458, x138, or bfieldhouse@acfchefs.net.
The following refresher courses for certification renewal will be offered at regional conferences this year. All courses are $75 each. Refresher courses are organized and executed by the host chapters of the conferences; for more information, visit the respective Web page or contact Belinda Fieldhouse at (800) 624-9458, x138, bfieldhouse@acfchefs.net. * Sanitation and nutrition refresher courses at the 2004 ACF Northeastern Regional
Conference in Newport, R.I., March 18-19. Visit http://www.acfchefs.org/download/documents/nerefresher2004.PDF
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