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Membership Meeting
Mark your calendars and plan to attend. Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on
Monday, February 8, at 2:30 pm.
We will be gathering at Jaques-Imo's Restaurant, 8324 Oak St.
Guest Speakers will be Chef Frank Brigtsen,
Chairman of Share Our Strength, Taste of a Nation
and
Ashley Graham, Regional Director, Share Our Strength.
Share Our Strength, Taste of Our Nation website
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Scenes from a previous
General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, December 9 at Christmas Party at
Deanie's Seafood French Quarter
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Mary Bartholomew (past president), Leon West, Damian Thomas (incoming president)
Chef Leon West receiving chapter award for contributions to culinary industry in New Orleans. Chef West served 28+ years as executive chef at the convention center. |
Jan Rost, Nancy Burback, Mary Bartholomew and members of the ACFNO applauding the efforts of
Lenny Minutello for his efforts in organizing the ACFNO Christmas Party
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Mary Bartholomew and Jan Rost present Thomas Weindel with the ACFNO Junior Member of the Year award |
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On Sunday, July 19 at the Louisiana Restaurant Association Expo, four Culinary Arts teams competed in the Alligator Soiree. Delgado Community College (DCC), Louisiana Culinary Institute (LCI), LTC Jefferson (LTC) and Sowella Community College were the schools competing. LCI placed first, DCC placed second and LTC placed third.
The teams prepared an appetizer and an entrée in 1 hour and 45 minutes with alligator being the predominant ingredient. All the teams knew that the center of the plate was to be alligator but each team had a different presentation, including Asian, Italian and All-American. All teams were judged by foodservice professionals under certified rules.
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From left to right: Dr. Mary Bartholomew, Chef Nancy Burback, and Chef Jan Rost.
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Knowledge Bowl
The Knowledge Bowl team garnered a silver medal at the ACF Central Regional conference. The team consists of Francis Strayham, Wanda Schmidt, Eric Mark, Joshua Cormier and Ray Yakelis. Under the direction of Coach Nancy Burback, CEC, CCE |
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Hi Chefs, Students and Industry Professionals,
I'm proud to announce the roll out of our own ACF Central Region Blog.
Please go to www.wearechefs.com/group/acfcentralregion and sign up as a member. Let's use this tool to be our new line of open communication for all discussions concerning our exciting industry and our region of the American Culinary Federation. Let's be the first to populate our own regional blog. It is simple and only takes minutes to sign up!!
Keep on cookin!
David C. Russell CEC, AAC
Corporate Chef
Unilever Foodsolutions
Central Region
Vice-President
American Culinary Federation |
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The photos are from the LRA Expo Aug. 4 at the La. Seafood Promotion Board's "Alligator Soirre". The LTC Students came in 4th place. The students are Joshua Di Maggio, Thomas Wiendel, Jennifer Pacaccio, Katie Ragan, Stacey O'Brien, and Chef Jan Rost. They Prepared "Cocodrie Three Ways" as an appitizer, and sauteed alligator with red bean and popcorn rice with grilled veggi kabobs.
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Culinary Case Study
To download a copy of the revised by-laws, click here.  |
Be sure to check out our Calendar of Events as it changes often. Stay informed as to what your organization is planning and how you can participate. This is YOUR organization and your active involvement is encouraged. |
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Please stay in touch!
We have set up a "blog" here for
you to communicate with friends, family members, co-workers,
etc. Once you log in you can let others know where you are and
that you are all right. With so many of us displaced and without
our familiar phone numbers and limited access to our email, you
can leave messages for all to see.
The URL for this site is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ACFNO/ |
More
information can be found on our site here. If you wish
to post or view Hurricane Katrina related information a web
log has been set up by the ACF national headquarters. |
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