President's Blog

This website wil be shutting down.

The new site is www.acfmcc.com

 

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US Food Service

9/30/08

 

Education: Cheese and Wine US Food Service and Bill Coy (wine writer for Mpls/St. Paul Magazine)

Glassware-Libby Glass (Shannon Tunning and Andrea Gustafson

Appetizer- Todd Baker from Baker Sales

 

General meeting called to order by Sergeant at Arms- Chris Struzl

 

Pledge of Allegiance-Chris Struzl

 

Moment of Silents- Chris Struzl

 

Self Introductions- Chris Struzl

  

Swearing in of New Chapter Members- Sturzl

There are none.

 Chairman of the Board Chris Dwyer asks for committee reports:  

Fund raising Committee:

Awards banquet tickets are on their way and will be ready for purchase next months meeting. We are also planning for another fundraiser this spring. Chef Paul Booth is working on a new fundraiser called Food and Arts in the Park. Paul talks about how we would recreate foods that the artist draws.  This event is being planned for September 11^th, 2009. Chef Carlo talks about the Feast for the Golden Fork at the church of Holy Childhood in St. Paul on Como Avenue. Last year when we did this it raised money for the chapter. This event will be April 26^th and the...

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Tags: general, meeting, minutes, september, us foodservice

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St. Paul Hotel

8/26/08

 

Education: BelGioioso Cheese Company

 

General meeting called to order by Sergeant at Arms- Chris Struzl

 

Pledge of Allegiance-Chris Struzl

 

Moment of Silents- Chris Struzl

 

Self Introductions- Chris Struzl

  

Swearing in of New Chapter Members- Sturzl

There were three new members to be sworn in to the American Culinary Federation Minneapolis Chapter.

  Chairman of the Board-Chris Dwyer talks about the ACF 58^th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Award winners are:U.S.A.'s Chef of the Year™, sponsored by Unilever Foodsolutions
Russell Scott III, CMC; executive chef, Isleworth Country Club, Windermere, Fla.; ACF Central Florida ChapterACF National Pastry Chef of the Year, sponsored by Splenda®
R. Andrew Chlebana II, CEPC; pastry chef, White Eagle Golf Club, Naperville, Ill.; ACF Louis Joliet ChapterACF National Chef Educator of the Year
Wilfred Beriau, CEC, CCE, AAC; department chair and professor of culinary arts, Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, Maine; ACF Casco Bay Culinary Association of Portland MEACF National Student Culinarian of the Year, sponsored by Custom Culinary, Inc.
JohnMichael Lynch; apprentice and line cook, Cherokee Town &... [More]

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Oak Ridge Conference Center

5/27/08

 

Education: Barbara Davis from Ken Davis BBQ Sauce Company and Mike Covey from Blue Bunny Ice Cream.

 

General meeting called to order by Sergeant at Arms- Chris Struzl

 

Pledge of Allegiance-Chris Struzl

 

Moment of Silents- Chris Struzl

 

Self Introductions- Chris Struzl

 

Swearing in of New Chapter Members- Chris Sturzl, “no new members at this time.”

 

Motion to except the Minutes- Mark Goode and Chuck Duberstein

 

Minutes-Jim Lund C.E.C-Vice President. States that the minutes are posted and are here for anyone to review.

 

Special Guests: There is no guest speaker this evening

  Vice President Jim Lund asks for committee reports: 

Fund raising Committee:

Paul Booth, “We are meeting on June 1^st to talk about a fundraiser kind of similar to helping paws and we will be having it at the Double Tree Hotel.

 Membership Committee:

Nothing new to state.

      

Student/Junior & Scholarship/Sponsorship Committee: Jim Lund vice president talks about a new program for the twin cities Jr. organization. Which will be meeting at the Cordon Bleu May 28^th and Classic Provisions will be...

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Sheraton Ridgedale

4/29/08

 

Education: Jay Kirshner from Cargill Foods talked about Sterling Silver meet products

 

General meeting called to order by Sergeant at Arms- Chris Struzl

 

Pledge of Allegiance-Chris Struzl

 

Moment of Silents- Chris Struzl

 

Self Introductions- Chris Struzl

 

Swearing in of New Chapter Members- Sturzl

Jessie Langer

 

Motion to except the Minutes- Chris Dwyer C.E.C. and Chuck Duberstein C.E.C.

Minutes-Chris Dwyer C.E.C. states that the minutes are not posted but are here for anyone to review.

 

Secretary Justin Given states minutes are here for review.

 

Special Guests: Steve Venne President-“The American Culinary Federation want to congratulate the Hopkins team for their achievements.” Starting with Gayle Odette the instructor for Hopkins High School following with her four students, Nathan Trombley, Scott Silverman, Corey Groshens and Robyn Pokorny.

  Vice President Jim Lund asks for committee reports: 

Fund raising Committee:

Carlo Castagneri talks about the fundraiser at the Holy Child Hood Church. Which was on April 26^th. “Special thanks for Chris Dwyer, Kathy Johnson and Mike Neuberger and David Eisenreich whole class.” It was a great success and we are going to start planning for it...

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ACF Meeting

Tuesday March 25, 2008

 

6:00 – 6:30 – Meet and Greet

6:30 – 7:30 – Educational with Alex McIntosh (owner of US Food Group)

7:30 – 8:00 – Social and Dinner

 

General Meeting Notes

Called to order by Sergeant at Arms Chris Struzl at 8:02

Rino Baglio from Pazzaluna back from Italy where he competed and won 2 gold medals and a silver medal

Self Introductions – 2 Board Members present

Thank the hosts and educational presenters – Jim

Chris Struzl said Pledge of Allegiance and did a Moment of Silence

Chris Struzl sworn in Jordan Grifford (?) from Doubletree and Hennepin Tech

Last Months minutes approved by Chuck Duberstein and Pat Connaway

 

Committee Reports

Fundraising – Carlo

• Fundraiser for a Catholic Church $100 per person for up to 150 people. Butler passed appetizers and Dinner starts at 7:04 exactly. This fundraiser is on April 26^th. It is a 50/50 split with the church.
• Working on another fundraiser with Jenny Peterson, formally from Helping Paws, now with Minnesota Link. This group works with special needs children and young adults by encouraging their relationship with  animals to help them work through their challenges....

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Golden Valley Country Club

2/26/08

 

Education: Cedar Summit Farms- Dave and Florence Minar (952) 212-9506

 

General meeting called to order by Sergeant at Arms- Chris Sturzl

 

Pledge of Allegiance-Chris Sturzl

 

Moment of Silents- Chris Sturzl

 

Self Introductions- Chris Sturzl

 

Swearing in of New Chapter Members- Sturzl

No new members at this time.

 

Motion to except the Minutes- Carlo Castagneri C.E.C, C.C.E, AAC and Frankie Jedneak C.E.C.

Minutes-Chris Dwyer C.E.C. states that the minutes are not posted but are here for anyone to review.

Secretary Justin Given states minutes are here for review.

 Chris Dwyer asks for committee reports: 

Fund raising Committee:

Carlo Castagneri talks about the fundraiser at the Holy Child Hood Church. Which will be on April 26^th 7:00Pm the cost is $100/ticket and the profits will be a 50/50 split with the church. So far there are 175 people signed up. Anyone that wants to help out should contact Carlo. We are also working on another fundraiser with MN Link which will be October 11 or the 18^th.

 Membership Committee:

Nothing new to state.

 

Student/Junior & Scholarship/Sponsorship Committee: Steve Shuster says that...

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Center Point Energy

1/25/07

Education: Vader & Landgraf educated us about the Cleveland Combi Oven. Jim Lund states  "Thank you Ann Peterson for having the Minneapolis Chef's Chapter to Center Point Energy."

General meeting called to order by Sergeant at Arms- Chris Struzl

Pledge of Allegiance-Chris Struzl

Moment of Silents- Chris Struzl

Self Introductions- Chris Struzl

Guest Speaker: Sarah from Psp is no longer with Psp and is with American Heart Association in Minneapolis.  She talked about February 1^st will be "Go Red" which means that everyone should wear red to support 1 out of 3 women will die of heart disease. Then she talked about the National Program which will involve 12 chefs creating a heart themed meal and as it gets closer she will tell a bit more about it.

Sharon Gillsrud talks about the Pastry Seminar.

The Pastry Professionals Association is proud to provide an educational experience with instructors that are known for their expertise in the field so chefs can receive the additional training they want. Pastry Seminar 2008 will be held Sunday, March 30 through Tuesday, April 1, 8AM to 5 PM at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. Each day's schedule...

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Chef & Child "Child Hunger Day Event"
*_*Oct. 16, 2007
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*_*If you would like to help with the Child Hunger Day event we are
looking for committee volunteers to help with some of the following:
*Organizing and packing supplies for schools
*Media releases
*Recruiting chapter members for demonstrations
*Preparing certificates and recognition for schools

We will have a meeting on _Weds., Sept. 12, 2007 at 7:00pm_ at Champlin
Park High School in Room 113.
The school is located one mile east of Hwy. 169 on 109th Ave. in
Champlin/Brooklyn Park.  Enter by the school sign and come in Door E3. 
Room 113 is located on the north end of the building.

So far Frankie Jedneak, Bo Kosak, Jadie Laska, Bill Lendway, Pat Conway
and a few others have indicated their interest in helping with this
event.

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ACF Minneapolis Chefs Chapter is currently working on an updated Member Directory. Please down load the MEMBERSHIP CHANGE FORM and send it back to the chapter by September 1st, 2007.

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