General Membership Meeting
September 27, 2004
Whole Food Company
Arabella Station

Richard Abide
and Barbara Schnauder
of Kelley & Abide, Co.
Distributors of Chef's Apparel
www.kelleyabide.com

ACFNO
Minutes of September 27, 2004 Meeting

• Chef Jon Petrie called the meeting to order and introduced the chapter officers.
  • Pledge of Allegiance
  • Culinarians Code
  • Chef Mike Roussell of Brennan’s Restaurant suffered a heart attack, Liz Walden, wife of Chef T. Walden suffered a stroke and Norman Key had an accident that crushed both heels. Please keep these members in your thoughts.
  • LTC school update – 5 ½ weeks into the semester, the hurricane set progress back a week, LTC participated in a gourmet gala for the group home for children at K Bar B, New instructor on campus is Kevin Foil.
  • Delgado school update - Accepted 68 new culinarians and 10 pastry arts students, the new faculty member for Pastry Arts is Chef Jon Petrie.
  • Nunez school update – Gala coming up on October 16, ticket price is $35
  • Chef and Child Foundation – national charity that ACF focuses on the nutritional issues for needy children, this year locally will be “Naturally Nawlin” at Jean Gordon food festival, set up demo and talk about sanitation on Nov. 6.
  • To find out more about meetings and events locally, go to ACFNO.com
  • Chef of Year nominations – dinner will be Dec. 12, the nomination process – must be a member in good standing, an active member, and certified by ACF, nominations are until October 18, must submit a brief bio.
  • Chef Jon officially opened floor for nominations.
  • The chapter enjoyed a wealth of visitors and speakers at the September meeting- Kelly and Abide, Howell Farms, Burgundy & Al Olivier, Southern Sales, LA Cookin’ magazine, and Delectable magazine.
  • Carl Howell of Howell Farms spoke about their crops. The Farms raises produce all year long. They have 14 green houses and 6 more in production.

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