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Announcements
PFG Student Culinary Competition
Friday, March 15, 2013
Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College
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Three culinary programs in the St. Louis area sent teams to the Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College on Friday, March 15 to compete in the 4th annual Performance Foodservice Student Culinary Challenge 2013. The 5 person teams competed in two phases of competition:
- An 80 minute relay-style skills competition
- A 90 minute hot-food cooking competition featuring a fish starter, salad, an Escoffier entree, and a dessert
A big, big thanks goes to Performance Foodservice Middendorf and American Roland for gathering the scholarship funds for the schools!
| Place | School | Scholarship Amount | Medal |
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| 1st | Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College Justin Keimon, coach
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$1500 | Bronze |
| 2nd | L'Ècole Culinaire Chris VanNorman, coach
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$1000 | Diploma |
| 3rd | Le Cordon Bleu St. Louis Tim Shelp, coach
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$500 | Diploma |

Special Thanks to:
- Performance Foodservice- Middendorf
- Sam Reynolds
- Mike Martin
- Administration, Faculty, Staff, and Students of Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College
- Chris Desens
- Casey Shiller
- Brian Hardy
Judges:
- J. Kevin Storm, CEC, CCA, AAC
- Derek Spendlove, CEPC, CCE, AAC
- Anthony Haacke, CEC
Missouri State Junior Hot Food Team Finals
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College
Historically, Missouri has had only 1 Junior Hot Foods Team that has wanted to compete at the annual ACF Central Region Conference competitions, namely our own chapter's team. This year, two culinary schools within the state have wanted the opportunity to represent Missouri. Therefore, a state-wide competition was needed to determine who would represent Missouri. Other states, such as Illinois, have used a similar competition to determine their representatitve.
Consequently, a committee composed of representatives of the interested schools and Chefs de Cuisine worked to define the parameters for such a competition. The competition will rotate among the localities of the participating schools over the coming years.
We welcome the increased interest in student/junior hot food team competitions. It can only serve to improve the quality of all the teams and their resopective institutions.
The winner of this year's competition will represent Missouri at the ACF Central Region Conference competition to be held in Little Rock, April 28th through May 1st.
| Place | School | |
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| 1st | St. Louis Chefs de Cuisine Dan Holtgrave and Rod Laurentius, coaches
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Silver |
| 2nd | College of the Ozarks Robert Stricklin, coach
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Bronze |
| 3rd | Le Cordon Bleu St. Louis Tim Shelp, coach
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Bronze |

Judges:
- J. Kevin Storm, CEC, CCA, AAC
- Aidan Murphy, CMC, AAC
- Derek Spendlove, CEPC, CCE, AAC
- Anthony Haacke, CEC
Chefs de Cuisine Spring Competition and Certification
Saturday and Sunday, March 16 & 17, 2013
Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College
| Student K Competition | ||
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| Joey Lemoine St. Louis Community College Forest Park |
Bronze | ![]() |
| Professional K Competition | ||
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| Tim Leonhardi St. Louis Country Club |
Silver | ![]() |
| Bruce Piatek II Le Cordon Bleu St. Louis |
Bronze | ![]() |

Judges:
- Aidan Murphy, CMC, AAC
- Chris Desens, CEC, CCA, AAC
- Anthony Haacke, CEC
| Certification Testing | ||
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Chris Kramer | CEC |
| Heather Roehl | CWPC | |
| Geoff Kohl | CSC | |
| Bobby Trampier | CSC | |
| Michael Honeywell | CPC | |
Certification Evaluators:
- Chris Desens, CEC, CCA, AAC
- Anthony Haacke, CEC
- Susie Judy, CEPC

Go to our EVENTS page to see a listing of ALL our upcoming events.
| 2013 Chapter Meeting Dates | ||
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| Jan 27 | St. Albans Country Club (Sunday) | |
| Feb 25 | Ford Restaurant Supply (4th Monday) |
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| Mar | no meeting | |
| Apr 22 | Ole Tyme Produce (4th Monday) |
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| May 20 | Stellina Cafe | |
| Jun 10 | LÈcole Culinaire (2nd Monday) |
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| Jul 29 | location tbd (5th Monday) |
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| Aug | no meeting | |
| Sep 16 | location tbd | |
| Oct 21 | location tbd | |
| Nov 11 | location tbd (2nd Monday) |
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| Dec | no meeting | |
July 21 - 25, 2013
Las Vegas, NV




