Juniors
Our Junior Members have activities all their own. They meet monthly, generally 30 minutes prior to the Educational Meeting (if there is one) or 30 minutes before the General Meeting. See the EVENTS page for meeting dates and locations.
For dinner events, Junior members are usually charged half the fee that full members are charged for dinner. What a deal!
Junior members are actively involved in the Sebastion Murabito Golf Tournament, where they plan, prep, and serve all the food served at this event. Thye also participate in supporting the annual Mardi Gras fundraiser and the Chef's Wine Country BBQ.
Juniors members can compete individually at culinary salons. In addition, Chefs de Cuisine annually sponsors two competitive Junior teams - a Culinary Knowledge Bowl team and a Hot Foods team.
To become involved, contact one of the Junior Board Members:
| Junior Chapter President Heather Roehl e-mail: hroehl@sbcglobal.net |
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| Junior Chapter Vice-President Wade Bruhn e-mail: wadebruhn@live.com |
Junior Chapter Secretary Janice Neuwirth e-mail: janice.marie@mac.com |
| 2013 Knowledge Bowl Team |
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Naname Adriano Coaches: |
| 2013 Hot Food Team |
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Dayton Bell |
Baron H Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl
For over 20 years, the Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl has helped students sharpen their culinary knowledge and has given them to confidence and discipline needed to succeed. Teams of 4 members, with 1 alternate, are sponsored by ACF chapters around the country and compete against one another in preliminary rounds at the regional ACF conferences. The winners of the regional competitions advance to compete for the championship at the annual ACF National Convention.
While most teams consist of students all from within an individual culinary school, the Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis sponsors one of the few teams that are chapter-wide rather than from an individual school.
The St. Louis teams have won the national championship 3 times (out of the 20+ competitions held), in 2009, 2008, and 2006. Listed here are the members and coaches of the 3 national championship teams sponsored by Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis.
| 2009 National Champs | 2008 National Champs | 2006 National Champs |
| Jeremy Brown Meredith Frank Erin Hoffmann Amanda Losh Richard Mueller Coaches: Vicki Davenport Joseph Mueller |
Mary Boehne Charles Conners Brian Horton Reagan Irwin Coaches: Vicki Davenport Joseph Mueller |
John Dahlem Richard Braznell Joel Cormam Kendall U?? Coaches: Susie Judy Vicki Davenport Joe Mueller |
Performance Foodservice
Student Culinary Challenge
Since 2006, PERFORMANCE Foodservice Middendorf has proudly sponsored a culinary competition among all the culinary programs in the St. Louis area. Each school puts together a 5-person team to compete for scholarship money for their school.
While the total scholarship amounts may vary by year, the school which wins the competition receives a generous scholarship from PFG. The second and third place schools and all remaining participating schools receive declining amounts in scholarship funds.
The competition, judged by 2 or more ACF-certified judges, consists of two phases:
- An 80 minute relay-style skills competition.
- A 90 minute hot-food cooking competition featuring a fish starter, salad, Escoffier's Poulet Saute a la Catalane entree, and a dessert.
The competition is held annually in the spring in conjunction with the Chefs de Cuisine Spring Salon and Certification.
| Year | Winner / Team Members |
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| 2006 | Southwest Illinois College Dori Lattina, Shayne Taylor, Jeremy Kosydor, Kelsey Meyer |
| 2007 | Southwest Illinois College Natasha Chairs, Amber Merriman, Jason Clark, Michae Taylor |
| 2008 | L'École Culinaire Elizabeth Schuster, William Dileo, Benjamin Belding, Marcus Daily |
| 2009 | St. Louis Community College at Forest Park Chuck Hess, Marie Wittenauer, Kendra Couch, Meredith Frank, Paul Holthaus |
| 2010 | St. Louis Community College at Forest Park T. Lisa Muhammed, Andrew Missey, Margaret Grant, Dayton Bill, Joe Morgan |
| 2011 | Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College Linda Gumprecht, Amanda Hutchison, Joseph Mason, Emily Novotny, Karen Rivas |
