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The ACF and our local Chefs de Cuisine chapter sponsors several events requiring substantial amounts of money.
On a national level, the ACF sponsors culinary teams competing in world competitions as well as efforts to address malnutrition and hunger in the US and foreign countres.
Locally, we provide scholarships to culinary students and professional members and we support our Junior Hot Foods and Knowledge Bowl teams.
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National ACF News
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A Message from Your President Michael Ty, CEC, AAC: ACFEF Golf Tournament Read More Daniel Gorman Wins International Competition, Hans Bueschkens Junior Chefs Challenge, in South Korea Read More Get Sizzle: The American Culinary Federation Quarterly for Students of Cooking Wherever You Are with its New Free Mobile App Read More 12th Annual Pillsbury Bakers Plus Creative Decorating Competition Read More Complimentary Life Insurance Read More Ingredient of the Month: Beef Read More ACF Northeast Regional Conference Read More ACF Ethics and ACF Internal Audit Committee Members Named Read More Allison Weldon to Compete in National Chaine des Rotisseurs Young Chef Competition Read More Daniel Gorman Wins Hans Bueschkens Junior Chefs Challenge
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Junior Hot Foods Team
wins 1st Place and Gold Medal
Our Student Hot Food Team did an amazing job at the ACF Central Regional Conference, held in Detroit April 13 - 16. Garnering a total of 37+ points out of 40, they displayed an awsome Cold Platter and a marvelous Hot Foods plate.
And, of course, they will go on to represent the Central Region at the ACF National Conference in Orlando, July 14 - 17.
Coached by Dan Holtgrave CEC and Rod Laurentius CE, the team consists of: Wade Bruhn (team captain), Austin Hamblin, Justin Dye, Michael Battocletti, and Sean Begley.
The Junior Hot Foods team will demonstrate their skills to our membership by cooking items they intend to feature at their competition for the national title at the ACF Convention in Orlando at the May dinner meeting, to be held at St. Clair Country Club in Belleville on Monday. May 21. So plan on attending and help urge them onward!
We wish them continued Success!
Chef Casey Shiller
wins ACF Central Region
Educator of the Year
(Editor's Note: Here is the Press Release issued by St. Lous Community College.)
Executive pastry chef Casey Shiller has proven that he is an artist in the kitchen, but another teaching honor has emphasized his wizardry in the classroom.
Shiller, baking and pastry arts coordinator in St. Louis Community College’s Hospitality Studies program, was named the American Culinary Federation’s Central Region Educator of the Year at a recent ACF conference in Detroit.
“Each day of work poses new challenges, opportunities to further my skills as an educator, and reassures my commitment to be a lifelong learner. The last seven years of teaching at St. Louis Community College, paired with over 14 years as a member of the ACF, has been incredibly rewarding,” Shiller said.
“Students are amazing. Their thirst for knowledge is unwavering. I am so proud to be part of their lives, shaping them into the future leaders of the baking and pastry industry, and am humbled to be honored as the ACF Central Region Chef Educator of the Year,” he said.
Shiller will compete against his regional counterparts (Northeast, Southeast and West) for the national award during a July 14-17 conference in Orlando, Fla. The Central Region encompasses 15 states.
He was named the Forest Park campus’ Co-Teacher of the Year in 2010 and received Missouri Community College Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2011. He has been at STLCC since 2005 and teaches a range of classes from cake decorating to food science to contemporary plated desserts.
A native St. Louisan, Shiller’s 15-year culinary career includes stints at Trump’s casinos and hotels in Atlantic City and restaurants in Florida, Chicago and upstate New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in pastry arts and baking from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, R.I.
Last summer, he and teammate Dana Holland, executive chef of Jilly’s Cupcake Bar & Café in University City, won the $10,000 grand prize on the Food Network’s cooking competition series “Cupcake Wars.” They were invited back to participate in “The Battle of the Champions” in January.
Shiller is also director of baking and pastry at Jilly’s, 8509 Delmar Blvd. In January, they opened a satellite location in the Colonnade Center in Des Peres.
Shiller is a producer of KMOV-TV’s local cooking competition show, “Ready Chef Go” and is a frequent contributor to the newsmagazine program, ‘Great Day St. Louis.” He serves as treasurer of the St. Louis chapter of ACF’s Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis.
Shiller and his wife, Anne, live in St. Louis.
Congratulations Casey !
Upcoming Events
May 21, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
June 04, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
June 18, 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Go to our EVENTS page to see a listing of ALL our upcoming events.
| 2012 Chapter Meeting Dates | ||
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| Jan 16 | Vin de Set |  |
| Feb 20 | Four Seasons |  |
| Mar | no meeting |  |
| Apr 23 | SLCC at Forest Park | |
| May 21 | St. Clair Country Club |
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| Jun 4 | Le Cordon Bleu | |
| Jul 25 | Maplewood Farmer's Market | |
| Aug | no meeting | |
| Sep 17 | loc tba | |
| Oct 15 | Old Hickory Country Club | |
| Nov 19 | loc tba | |
| Dec | no meeting | |
2012 ACF National Convention
July 14 - 17, 2012
Orlando World Center
Marriott Resort
Orlando FL
