Awards Sponsorships

Increase Your Impressions

The following awards have both national and regional benefits associated with them allowing sponsors access to not only the chefs attending the national convention, but the thousands of chefs and buyers who attend the four ACF Regional Conferences. Marketing impressions increase four fold due to value-added benefits.

Sponsorship Benefits at Each Regional Conference

• One sponsored-event meal ticket
• One full registration
• Registration database of attendees
• Printed signage and recognition
• Quarter-page ad in the regional-conference program guide
• Listing on ACF conference Web page

Awards

Chef of the Year | Pastry Chef of the Year Award | Student Culinarian of the Year Award | Chef Professionalism Award | Chef Educator of the Year Award | The Herman G. Rusch Chef's Achievement Award | The Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl | Customized Culinary Competitions

Chef of the Year

The 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 skills, advanced the cuisine of America, and given back to the profession through the development of students and apprentices. (Sold)

Pastry Chef of the Year

Introduced in 2004, four regional candidates vie for the national title and a cash prize by creating an array of contemporary desserts and traditional pastry items. (Title sponsor: $40,000; Tiered sponsors: $15,000)

Student Culinarian of the Year

The Student Culinarian of the Year Award is the highest honor a student competitor can achieve. It recognizes the knowledge and skills of an up-and-coming culinarian. (Title sponsor: $40,000; Tiered sponsors: $15,000)

Chef Professionalism

The Chef Professionalism Award is presented to the chef who exemplifies the highest standard of professionalism through certification, continuing education and training, culinary competitions and community involvement. (Title sponsor: $40,000; Tiered sponsors: $15,000)

Chef Educator of the Year

The Chef Educator of the Year Award is a time-honored award that includes a competition lecture/cook-off to select the winner. Sponsoring this event will convey to the foodservice community your strong support of the culinary educators who train our future chefs. (Title sponsor: $40,000; Tiered sponsors: $15,000)

Hermann G. Rusch Chef's Achievement

The Hermann G. Rusch Chef's Achievement Award goes to the chef who embodies a lifetime of contributions to professional cooking. The late Hermann G. Rusch was the founder of the first formal culinary apprentice training program in the United States. (Title sponsor: $30,000; Tiered sponsors: $12,500)

The Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl

A perennial favorite, the Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl pits teams of students from around the country against one another in a round-robin format that poses culinary-related answers "Jeopardy" style. Excitement mounts as the competition travels from regional conferences to the national convention. (Title sponsor: $40,000; Tiered sponsors: $15,000)

Customized Culinary Competitions

Create menu development opportunities using your product(s) in a live cooking format. Cash prizes and ACF medals are awarded to enthusiastic competitors, and an energized crowd of spectators will be exposed to your company's product line. Talented decision-makers from some of the most prominent properties across the nation will gain invaluable brand awareness during these popular competitions. ($20,000 plus prize and product)