ACF Member News & Opportunities
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Three Chefs Earn CMC Certification
After an exciting eight days and nearly 90 hours of cooking, Gerald Ford, CMC, Joseph Leonardi, CMC, and Shawn Loving, CMC, earned the ACF
Certified Master Chef® certification. Congrats, chefs!
For an inside look at what it's like to take the ACF CMC exam, click the CMC Videos button below or explore the CMC photo album.
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Thank you to Schoolcraft College for hosting the exam, to the Schoolcraft College apprentices for their assistance and to the Media Services team for producing the CMC videos. Thank you also to the ACF Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Chapter, the
CMC exam evaluators,
CMC exam candidates and the
CMC exam sponsors. Thank you to all for making the 2017 ACF CMC exam a success.
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Register Early to Save up to $200 on ChefConnect Conferences
Prices increase after the early registration deadlines.
ChefConnect: Charlotte
- Early registration deadline: Nov. 1
ChefConnect: Newport Beach
- Early registration deadline: Nov. 15
Here's what's new in 2018:
- Now you can save up to $300 by choosing the education-only registration
- New learning tracks include pastry, student, culinary and education
- Blanket continuing education hours---no more badge scanning
- Non-member registrations now include a one-year ACF membership
Discounted hotel blocks are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Update on Hurricane and Wildfire Relief Efforts
Funds from the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF) Disaster Relief Fund are available to assist ACF members, schools with ACFEF programmatic accreditation and their students affected by catastrophic events and natural disasters. This form is also in the Members Portal.
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Please consider donating to the
charity of your choice
or making a donation to the
ACFEF Disaster Relief Fund
to help affected members.
Call the ACF national office to make a credit card donation at (904) 484-0220.
You may also want to consider
fundraising initiatives
to support fellow culinarians in need.
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CEC®/CEPC® Update
Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the CEC® and CEPC® certification levels will require a 30-hour course in Cost Control Management. No refresher course will be required.
Current CEC
®
certified chefs will not have to complete this 30-hour course at the time of recertification, as this is only a requirement for initial CEC
®
certification. For more information, please contact
certify@acfchefs.net
or call the Certification Hotline at (888) 817-5344.
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2018 What's Hot Survey
ACF and National Restaurant Association want to know what ACF chefs think about upcoming food trends and techniques for 2018. Please participate and share your opinions. Complete the survey by
Oct. 31 to be entered into a drawing for a
$500 American Express gift card.
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Apply to Join ACF Culinary Youth Team USA 2020
Applications are being accepted for ACF Culinary Youth Team USA 2020. Each team member cannot be older than 23 years old on the qualifying date of November 1, 2020. For more information on the selection process, click the button below. Applications must be received by
December 1, 2017.
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Social Media Contest!
ACF wants to see how you use winter squash in your kitchen. To enter the
October Ingredient of the Month
social media contest, click the button below or post a picture on Instagram and tag @acf_chefs with the hashtag #IOTM and you'll be entered into a drawing to win cool prizes.
Contest ends Tuesday, Oct. 31.
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Click below to learn more and obtain recipes, then complete the quiz to earn one hour of continuing education credit toward ACF certification.
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Register and compete in a "Jeopardy"-style competition with questions that cover nutrition, baking, culinary math, safety and sanitation, and the arts of classical and modern cooking. To compete for the national title, teams must enter and win in their respective regional competitions.
Deadline to register is Nov. 30.
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Grants Still Available for Childhood Nutrition Programs
A limited number of
grants are still available
for members to host a childhood nutrition program in their community during the month of October. Members can also earn continuing education hours by volunteering.
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ACF chefs are in the news and make a positive impact in their communities. Share your chapter's news with ACF by sending clips to
pr@acfchefs.net
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Edward Leonard, CMC, AAC,
believes certification furthers learning—and that’s what matters most.
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Happy Childhood Nutrition Day!
Today is Childhood Nutrition Day and #ACFChefs across the nation are working with their local communities to foster and promote awareness of proper nutrition. When you participate, use the hashtag #ChildhoodNutritionDay on social media to share your photos!
On Oct. 13, WC Griggs Elementary School in Mobile, Alabama, hosted a Childhood Nutrition Day event at with 720 students attending.
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Trends, Techniques and Tastes
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Sizzle with Lorena Garcia
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The fall issue of
Sizzle
features an interview with Lorena Garcia; tips on how to find mind and body balance in the kitchen; ways to prepare "trash fish;" and a primer on mead, one the world's oldest beverages.
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Chef Wook Kang, CEC, culinary arts instructor at Kendall College, Chicago, shows how to prepare traditional Korean Kalbi and a modern remix of the dish that might surprise you.
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Cultured Butter in 8 Steps
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Butter is an important ingredient to both pastry and savory chefs. At Buxton Hall BBQ in Asheville, North Carolina, Lead Pastry Chef Ashley Capps shows you why homemade, cultured butter is better.
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Members Advantage Program
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Certification Plaques
Display your hard-earned certification with a beautiful plaque engraved with your name, date and certification level. Membership and apprenticeship plaques are also available, engraved with your name and date of membership or apprenticeship date.
Plaques are available in the ACF store.
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GE Store
The GE Store is an exclusive, full-service, secure, online shopping site where ACF members and their immediate family can purchase high-quality appliances directly from GE.
See what's new in the GE Store.
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American Culinary Federation, 180 Center Place Way, St. Augustine, FL 32095
(904) 824-4468 | Fax: (904) 940-0741
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