U.S.A.’s Chef of the Year™ sponsored by
Unilever Foodsolutions
Matthew Southard; executive chef, Prestwick Country Club, Frankfort,
Ind.; ACF Windy City Professional Culinarians Inc.
ACF Pastry Chef of the Year sponsored by
Splenda®
Michelle Garcia; owner/executive pastry chef, The Bleeding Heart Bakery,
Chicago; ACF Windy City Professional Culinarians Inc.
ACF Chef Educator of the Year Michael Artlip,
CEC, CCE, CHE; AAS culinary-arts program chair, The School of Culinary
Arts at Kendall College, Chicago; ACF Windy City Professional
Culinarians Inc.
ACF Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement
Award
Albert Imming, CMPC, CCE, AAC; professor emeritus, Joliet Junior
College, Joliet, Ill.; ACF Louis Joliet Chapter
ACF Student Culinarian of the Year sponsored by
Custom Culinary, Inc.
Erica Kendall; student, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Ill.; ACF Louis
Joliet Chapter
Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge
Bowl™
Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis Inc., St. Louis
L to R: Vicki Davenport, coach; Brian Horton, co-captain; Mary Boehne,
captain; Stephen Durley; Sheeri Sullivan; Corey Moore; Joseph Mueller,
CCC, coach
ACF Student Team Regional Championship sponsored by
R.L. Schreiber, Inc.
Michigan; ACF Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association; Culinary Studies
Institute at Oakland Community College
L to R: Thomas Schreiber, sponsor; Kevin Enright, CEC, CCE, AAC, coach;
John Clements; Bradley Ball; Kathryn Szczerba; Jo Elizabeth Kallio;
Norman Valenti; Tammy Gauthier, coach
ACF Chapter Achievement Award
(not in order of appearance) ACF Black Hills Chapter of Professional
Chefs, ACF Capital Area Professional Chefs and Cooks, ACF Chefs of
Milwaukee Inc., ACF Chicago Chefs of Cuisine Inc., ACF Greater Des
Moines Culinary Association, ACF Greater Indianapolis Chapter, ACF
Minneapolis Chefs Chapter, ACF South Bend Chefs and Cooks, ACF Windy
City Professional Culinarians Inc., Chefs de Cuisine Association of St.
Louis Inc., and Texas Chefs Association
