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At ChefConnect: Baltimore

-- Create a chocolate sculpture with Susan Notter, CEPC

-- Learn about gourmet ice cream desserts from Melodie Jordan

-- Watch a vegetable fermentation demonstration by Marc Winans

-- Learn about flexitarian menus with Michael Miello, CEC, and Rocco

Paradiso

-- Reduce fat, not flavor with Jeffrey Quasha, CEC, CCA

-- See a Paleo and gluten-free demonstration by John Griffin, CEC, CEPC

-- Learn about sustainable seafood from James Corwell, CMC

-- Career development with Gregory Beachey, CCC

-- Award ceremonies for President's Medallions, Cutting Edge Awards

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Calling all Culinary Competitors!

Register today for the 2015 American Culinary Classic, open to

regional, city, college, company and military teams, and individuals.

The event will take place during Cook. Craft. Create. ACF National

Convention & Show, July 30-Aug. 3, at the Orlando World Center

Marriott, Orlando, Florida. Don't miss out on this exciting international

competition!

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ACF Culinary Team USA Receives Support

Hammock Dunes Club, Palm Coast, Florida, and its members raised more than $30,000 for ACF Culinary

Team USA, Jan. 13, during a “Taste of the Team” dinner. The club members enjoyed an evening meeting

and sampling dishes created by the national chef team that placed third overall at the Villeroy & Boch

Culinary World Cup 2014 last November in Luxembourg.

Team members who prepared a signature dish for the 150 attendees were George Castaneda, CEC; Shawn

Culp, CEC; Jason Hall, CMC; Allison Murphy, CEPC; Matthew Seasock, CEC; Corey Siegel, CEC; team

manager Joseph Leonardi, CEC; team advisor Timothy Prefontaine, CEC; and ACF Culinary Youth Team

members Megan Bamford and Kristyn Chatlosh. Team member Jason Hall is executive chef at Hammock

Dunes Club.

“We are very thankful for and encouraged by the support from the Hammock Dunes Club and its members,”

said Joseph Leonardi, CEC, team manager. “We welcome them into the team’s family and look forward to

sharing with them our journey to the 2016 ‘culinary Olympics’ in Erfurt, Germany."

The funds will help support ACF Culinary Team USA practices as they prepare for the American Culinary

Classic in Orlando, Florida, July 30-Aug. 3, and the 2016 “culinary Olympics” in Erfurt, Germany.

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EDUCATION & EXHIBITS FOR CHEFSACF chapters in the Midwest region have partnered with the Midwest

Foodservice Expo to build a conference-within-a-conference, geared

specifically for chefs. The Expo has technique demos, 300+ food and beverage exhibits, training for BOH

professionals, networking with other chefs, off-site excursions and more. It’s an interactive, all-senses event that

draws 7,500+ industry professionals to Milwaukee over March 9-11, 2015. Attend this conference and take

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ACF Chefs Place Second at 2015 International Catering Cup

Congratulations to George Castaneda, CEC, and Greg Mueller, CEC, CCA, executive chefs with Sodexo

North America, who placed second overall in the 2015 International Catering Cup in Lyon, France, Jan.

24-25. The duo traveled to Lyon last week to represent the USA and compete against teams from 11 other

countries including Japan, the Netherlands and Italy. France placed first and Switzerland placed third

overall.

Castaneda and Mueller prepared pâté en croûte, a whole trout stuffed with cod, three variations of pork

and a dessert of dark chocolate, Victoria pineapple, coconut and lime.

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Do you have a story about how

involvement in ACF has greatly

impacted your career? Did

connections you made through

ACF help you land your first job?

Did competing in an ACF

competition propel your career?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Please take a moment to email

your story, in 500 words or less, to

membership@acfchefs.net.

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Congratulations to Our Northeast Award Winners

Learn about the chefs and students who proved their skills at the ACF Northeast Region Culinary Salon, Jan.

17-18, at Erie Community College in Williamsville, New York.

ACF Northeast Region Chef of the Year, sponsored by Unilever Food Solutions

CSCS (SS) Derrick Davenport, CEC, CEPC, MBA, executive chef/enlisted aide, U.S. Navy, Office of the

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.

ACF Northeast Region Pastry Chef of the Year, sponsored by Plugrá® European-Style Butter

SFC Jason Buscovich, CEPC, enlisted aide, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia

ACF Northeast Region Student Chef of the Year, sponsored by Custom Culinary, Inc.

Kathryn Eurich, student, SUNY, Delhi, New York; line cook, The Landmark Inn, Laconia, New York

ACF Northeast Region Student Team Championship, sponsored by Vitamix® Corporation

ACF Epicurean Club of Boston; students from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Boston, Cambridge,

Massachusetts

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Voting Eligibility for ACF National Office CandidatesACF members will vote electronically for the 2015-2017 board of directors in

May 2015. The email subject line for ballots will be "ACF Official Election

Ballot." To be eligible to vote, membership dues must be paid by March 31.

To ensure eligibility and to receive correspondence, update your contact

information, especially email address, at www.acfchefs.org, or call (800)

624-9458. For questions, contact ACF Nominations & Elections Committee

Chair Fritz Sonnenschmidt, CMC, AAC, HOF, at sonnenchef@aol.com.

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ACFEF Apprenticeship Committee Meeting

The committee met Jan. 17 to review and recognize seven programs. They also welcomed Cindy Komarinski,

CCC, CCE, HAAC, professor, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, Pennsylvania, as new

chair, and thanked Kevin Clarke, CCE, JD, culinary director, Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute,

Dillon, Colorado, for his dedication and service. Clarke remains on the committee as immediate past chair.

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