UPCOMING EVENTS
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Attention Apprentices and Students:
Be a member of ACF Culinary Team USA for a day.
For more information click here. Deadline registration is May 24, 2012.
Rio Grande Valley Chapter Golf Tournament - June 18, 2012
A 3 Man Scramble is scheduled at Cimarron Golf Course on June 18th. Cost is $150 per person for a round of golf and a nice breakfast and lunch all prepared, organized and hosted by Rio Grande Valley Chapter, TCA. There will be 4 stations of food, a martini bar, beer stations, etc. For more information contact the RGV Chapter at tcargvchapter@gmail.com.
12th Annual RBA Pillsbury Bakers Plus Grand Champion Decorating Competition-Application deadline June 30, 2012
Competition being held September 9-11, 2012 at George Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas.
For more details click this link.
11 Days of Italian Cuisine with Chef Lorenzo Polegri - Orvieto Italy - June 20-July 1, 2012
For more details, click here.
TRA Show - Southwest Foodservice Expo - June 24 -25, 2012, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas
For more information click here.
ACF National Convention - Orlando, Florida - July 14-17, 2012
TCA Convention - Tyler, Texas - August 3-5, 2012
Culinary Competitions - Orlando, Florida - September 23, 24, & 25th, 2012
The ACF Central Florida Chapter will be hosting culinary competitions at the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Show in Orlando, FL on September 23, 24 & 25. There are over $50,000 in cash prizes to be won in these competitions. Competition information will be available soon on the acfcfc.org website.
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Community Outreach Chair - Sharon Van Meter
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In order to address the childhood obesity program, Sharon Van Meter, TCA Community Outreach Chair, has partnered with the Greater Dallas Association, Medical City Heart Hospital and Texas Prostart Program, the Texas Restaurant Association's culinary high school program, to create healthy snacks for school children. Booklets have been compiled by Texas Prostart students with the supervision of a Medical City Heart Hospital registered dietician and Texas Chefs Association chef mentors. You may view the healthy snack booklets by logging onto www.medicalcityheart.com and on left side of page click Kids teaching Kids.
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
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May Members:
Tamara McCrary - Dallas Chapter - Stu Cul
Maria Barrera - Corpus Christi Chapter - Stu Cul
Jordan Brewer - Dallas Chapter - Stu Cul
Jessica Wall - Dallas Chapter - Stu Cul
Keiara Kearns - Golden Triangle Chapter - Stu Cul
Vernon Chin - rejoining Dallas Chapter - TCA Chef
Shannon Cafourek - rejoining Fort Worth Chapter - A1 - Rosina Food Products
April Members:
Dora Guerra-Aguilar - Rio Grande Valley - Cul Enthusiast
Mariella Bueza - Dallas Chapter - Stu Cul
Clay Mitchell - East Texas Chapter - TCA Chef
Keith Gimpel - Fort Worth Chapter - Stu Cul
Tito Tiffert - Rejoining Dallas Chapter - Prof Cul
Frances Jackson - San Antonio Chapter - Stu Cul
Christopher Veatch - Corpus Christi Chapter - Prof Cul
Loretta Adcock - Dallas Chapter - Stu Cul
Joe Frazier - Houston Chapter - A2 - Auto-chlor Systems
Kevin Kimbrough - Brazos Valley Chapter - Prof Cul
Cesar Tovar - Houston Chapter - Prof Cul
John Cain - Rio Grande Valley Chapter - Cul
James Burger - Fort Worth Chapter - A2 - Tea of Life Inc.
Adrienne Cardenas - Corpus Christi Chapter - Stu Cul
Fernando Cardenas - Corpus Christi Chapter - Stu Cul
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Certified Culinary Specialist
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There is a certification program for High School Hospitality and Culinary Arts Students. For more information click here for brochure, page 1 & page 2. The program is associated with Texas Restaurant Association Pro Start. For more information about TRA Pro Start click here.
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Red Cross PowerPoint Presentation
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Lynn Krause CEPC, AAC, ACF Disaster Relief Task Force Chair, presented a Disaster Relief PowerPoint Presentation at the 2010 Convention. If you are interested in viewing presentation, click here.
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Earn 14 CEH from American Culinary Federation
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HACCP on-line training by the National Environmental Health Association - NEHA. Train quickly and cost effectively. Identify and prevent sources of food borne illness, using both the classic approach to HACCP and the Process approach. Accessible from any internet enabled connection 24/7/365. All materials have been reviewed and accepted as meeting the standards for HACCP from the International HACCP Alliance and FDA.
Register: www.nehahaccp.org. Receive a 15% discount by entering coupon code 720616
You can find additional ways to earn your CEH's on the ACF website at www.acfchefs.org.
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GO TEXAN has a new program for restaurants with lots of benefits.
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