U.S.A.’s Chef of the Year™ sponsored by
Unilever Foodsolutions
ACF Southeast Region Vice President Elizabeth Baase, CEC (middle), and
Timothy Willis (left), East division corporate chef, Unilever
Foodsolutions, present J. Kevin Walker, CMC (right), with the 2007 ACF
Southeast Region Chef of the Year award. Walker is executive chef at
Cherokee Town & Country Club in Atlanta, Ga., and member of the ACF
Greater Atlanta Chapter Inc.
ACF Pastry Chef of the Year sponsored by
Splenda®
Carol Ewing (left), director of marketing for Splenda®, presents
Natasha Capper, CEPC (right), with the 2007 ACF Southeast Region Pastry
Chef of the Year award. Capper is executive pastry chef at Piedmont
Driving Club in Atlanta, Ga., and a member of the ACF Greater Atlanta
Chapter Inc.
ACF Chef Educator of the Year
Bruce Ozga, CEC, CCE; dean of culinary education, Johnson & Wales
University, North Miami, Fla.; ACF Greater Miami Chapter Epicurean
Club
ACF Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement
Award
ACF Southeast Region Vice President Elizabeth Baase, CEC (left),
presents Louis Perrotte, CEC, AAC (left), with the 2007 ACF Southeast
Region Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement Award. Perrotte is
chef/owner of Le Coq Au Vin in Orlando, Fla., and a member of the ACF
Central Florida Chapter.
ACF Chef Professionalism Award sponsored by
Nestlé FoodServices
James Thomas, CEC; executive chef, The Ocean Forest Golf Club, Sea
Island, Ga.; ACF Golden Isles of Georgia Chapter
ACF Student Culinarian of the Year sponsored by
Custom Culinary, Inc.
Michael Speranza, CEC (left), corporate chef for Custom Culinary, Inc.,
presents Wing Lau (right), with the 2007 ACF Southeast Region Student
Culinarian of the Year award. Lau is a student at The Art Institute of
Atlanta in Atlanta, and member of the ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter
Inc.
Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge
Bowl™
Guilford Technical Community College winners of the 2007 ACF Southeast
Region Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl™ with ACF Southeast
Region Vice President Elizabeth Baase, CEC. Pictured from left to right:
Tina Wilcox, co-coach; Angela Kelch; Stephanie Falish; Sonia Haga, team
captain; Elizabeth Baase, CEC; Tyler Rodgers; Tim Smith; and Donald C.
McMillan, CEC, AAC, coach.
ACF Student Team Regional Championship sponsored by
R.L. Schreiber, Inc.
Tom Schreiber, HAAC, HHOF, president of R.L. Schreiber, Inc., presents
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College of the ACF Western North
Carolina Culinary Association with the 2007 ACF Southeast Region Student
Team Regional Championship. Pictured from left to right: Tom Schreiber,
HAAC, HHOF; Chambli Stuber; Daniel Gorman; Matthew Gruber; Paula
Michelle Bailey; and Jason Huang.
ACF Chef & Child Little Oscar Award
Chapter president Stephen Afflixio, CEC, AAC accepts the 2007 ACF
Southeast Region Chef & Child Little Oscar Award on behalf of the
ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association from ACF Southeast Region Vice
President Elizabeth Baase, CEC.
ACF President’s Medallions Award
Recipients
John Ferrell (left), sales, Buckhead Beef, A SYSCO Company; and Gary
Rawson, executive chef, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. and ACF
Middle Tennessee Chapter president. Not pictured: Michael Bologna, CEC,
CCE, AAC; educator, Chattahoochee Technical College, Marietta, Ga., ACF
Greater Atlanta Chapter Inc.; and George Pastor, Ed.D., CEC, CCE, AAC,
retired, ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association.
