Western Region Honorees
Congratulations to the 2009 ACF Western Regional Conference award
recipients and honorees for their outstanding contributions and
goodwill.
ACF Chapter of the Year
ACF Chefs & Culinarians of San Diego, San Diego
ACF Chapter Achievement Award
ACF Beehive Chefs Chapter Inc.; Salt Lake City
ACF Chefs Association of Arizona, Inc.; Phoenix
ACF Chefs & Culinarians of San Diego; San Diego
ACF Colorado Chefs Association; Denver
ACF Monterey Bay Chapter; Carmel, Calif.
ACF San Francisco Chapter; San Francisco
ACF President’s Medallions
William Barber; educator, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa,
Calif.; ACF Orange Empire Chefs & Professional Cooks Association
James Callison, CEC, AAC; executive chef,
Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.; ACF Chefs de Cuisine of the
Inland Northwest
Lyle Hildahl, CFBE, FMP; director of
education, Washington Restaurant Association, Olympia, Wash.; ACF
Washington State Chefs Association
James Koskiniemi ; executive chef, Bellevue
Club, Oakland, Calif.; ACF San Francisco Chapter
Mial Parker; CEC, CCE; department chair/chef-instructor, Professional
Culinary Institute, Campbell, Calif.; ACF Chefs de Cuisine Association
of California
Eric Watson, CCC, CCE; instructor, The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Phoenix,
Phoenix
Special Recognition
Bruce Riddell, CEC, AAC; retired, Colorado Springs, Colo.; ACF
Pikes Peak Chapter Inc.
Special Recognition for Chapter Presidents
Ray Delfino, CEC; Spokane Valley, Wash.; ACF Chefs de Cuisine of
the Inland Northwest, 2008 term
Gary Fuller, CEC, CCE, AAC; program manager,
West Sound Technical Skills Center, Bremerton, Wash.; ACF Washington
State Chefs Association, 2009 term
Peter Hodgson, CEC; executive chef, Salt Lake
City Marriott–University Park, Salt Lake City; ACF Beehive Chefs
Chapter Inc., 2009 term
Vernon Wong, CEC; consultant, Kailua Kona,
Hawaii; ACF Kona-Kohala Chefs Association, 2007 term
American Academy of Chefs Chair’s
Scholarship
Nicolas Ganea; student, Renton Technical College, Renton, Wash.;
ACF Washington State Chefs Association
